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Chapter welcomes new board members

Chapter welcomes new board members The Europen Chapter is pleased to announce two new board members for the term 2017/2018: Chair-elect: Dirk Lewandowski, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Hamburg, Germany (https://www.haw-hamburg.de/index.php?id=29927) Secretary/ Treasurer: Anna Maria Tammaro, Department of Information Engineering, University of Parma, Fiesole, Italy annamaria.tammaro@unipr.it Thanks to the members that nominated and voted in…

International Symposium on the Future of Education in Information Science (FEIS)

International Symposium on the Future of Education in Information Science (FEIS) 10-11 September 2018, Pisa, Italy The International Symposium on the Future of Education in Information Science (FEIS 2018) is organized in the frame of the activities of the Erasmus+ EINFOSE٭ project. The ultimate goal of EINFOSE is to define common entry requirements and learning…

Berlin Regional Meeting

Berlin Regional Meeting Sponsored by the ASIS&T European Chapter 4 October, 2017, 10:00 – 16:00 Humboldt University Berlin, Germany PROGRAMME The History of Library and Information Science in Europe Fidelia Ibekwe SanJuan, IRSIC – Aix-Marseille University European Library & Information Science Map Christine Meschede, Universität Düsseldorf Virginia Ortiz-Repiso, Chair, ASIS&T European Chapter Digital Libraries and…

#sigdlchats

#sigdlchats Are you interested in discussing the future of the digital library? On August 14 at 5 pm CEST a conversation on Twitter will be done using hashtag #sigdlchats. All European members of ASIS&T are invited to participate. A second conversation will be held the day after involving not European members.

Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan to be Editor-in-Chief of Education for Information

Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan to be Editor-in-Chief of Education for Information EUChap Advisor Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan will be the new Editor-in-Chief of Education for Information. Current Editor-in-Chief Prof. Jamshid Beheshti says “I am delighted that Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan has agreed to be the new Editor-in-Chief of our journal, taking over at the beginning of 2018. Until then she and I…

ESC Newsletter Out

ESC Newsletter Out Dear folks, the Euorpean Student Chapter has published its sumer newsletter. Topics of the issue are: • Presentation of the new ESC Board Members • “I was at…“ – four students report on their conference attendance • Do you know? (new topic) • Lexicon (new topic) • News • Do not miss…

Open data workshop on global definitions and regional understanding

Open data workshop on global definitions and regional understanding Open data is growing in attention on a global scale. There exist different definitions of the term open data. According to The Open Definition (n.d.), “Open data and content can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose.” This definition refers to different types of…

Data. Networks. Civil Society. Open Southeast Asia. Workshop in Bonn, Germany

Data. Networks. Civil Society. Open Southeast Asia. Workshop in Bonn, Germany A great opportunity to meet people & share ideas The Open Southeast Asia workshop serves as a catalyst for students, professionals (from governmental organizations as well as from NGOs – both are welcome) and academics — empowering them with general knowledge about open data,…

Asian Pacific Chapter Promotes ASIS&T at iSchool Conference

Asian Pacific Chapter Promotes ASIS&T at iSchool Conference Report by Emil Levine and Virginia Ortiz-Repiso, published in INSIDE ASIS&T, Vol 1/2 Under the coordination of the Asian Pacific Chapter, ASIS&T offered a presentation at the iSchool Conference in Wuhan, China on March 24th. Entitled, “Professional Organizations in Career Development” members of ASIS&T presented to over 60 attendees. Representatives from committees,…

Carol Tenopir visit at Carlos III University in Madrid

Carol Tenopir visit at Carlos III University in Madrid sharing things by Virginia Ortiz-Repiso, EUChap Chair Library and Information Science Department within the framework of its Doctoral Program Library Science: Archives and Libraries in the Digital Environment, and with the collaboration and sponsorship of the FullBright Spain Commission, had the pleasure of receiving Professor Carol Tenopir of the…