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Dataverse Community Meeting 2020
The Dataverse Community is excited to announce the sixth annual Dataverse Community Meeting! #dataverse2020 will take place over Zoom on June 17, 18, and 19. Learn more and register for free at https://projects.iq.harvard.edu/dcm2020. You don’t need to use Dataverse or even be familiar with Dataverse to join. #dataverse2020 is open to anybody interested in research…
Read MoreNEASIS&T Support for ASIS&T 2020 Annual Meeting
The Association for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIS&T) is pleased to announce two conference support awards for participation in the ASIS&T Annual Meeting, which will be held virtually this year. Our goals are to support scholarship and connect research and practice, bringing new voices to the chapter. There is one student award…
Read MoreASIS&T 2019 Conference News from Travel Award Winner, Rachel Williams
With Spring well underway, Melbourne was bright and bustling with many activities and people—everything from the State Library of Victoria to local cheese festivals to the Victoria Market. State Library of Victoria. One of the many wonderful activities was this year’s recent ASIST meeting, which I had the privilege to attend in October 2019 at…
Read MoreNEASIST’s Annual Winter Conference 2020 – Friday, 1/17
When: Friday, January 17th, 2020 Where: Simmons University Who: NEASIS&T (New England chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology) Registration opens: November 20, 2019 Please save the date for NEASIS&T’s annual winter conference. The theme this year is: The Privacy Puzzle: Piecing Together Patron Privacy, Data Efficiency, and the Modern Web Topics include: Patron…
Read More2019 Travel Award
2019 Travel Award Application Deadline: Tuesday, April 16 Notification of Award Winner: Friday, April 26 The Association for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIS&T) is pleased to announce a travel award to support participation in the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Our goals are to support scholarship and connect research and practice, bringing new voices to the…
Read MoreAmerican FactFinder Webinar
American FactFinder Webinar NEASIS&T is sponsoring a webinar on American FactFinder, presented by Ana Maria Garcia, a Data Dissemination Specialist for the U.S. Census Bureau. Learning Objectives: Understand what datasets are publicly available and how they can be used in practitioner and academic settings. Navigate American FactFinder to identify and access relevant datasets. It’s not…
Read More2018 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia
2018 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia Greetings from your guest blogger, Alyson Gamble! I am a doctoral student in LIS at Simmons University and the research associate at the Harvard Data Science Review . I am also the grateful recipient of the 2018 student NEASIST travel award. Thanks to the generosity of NEASIST…
Read MoreNavigating the Data Landscape: Roles and Rules and When to Break Them
Navigating the Data Landscape: Roles and Rules and When to Break Them The New England Chapter of the Association for Information Science & Technology, together with the Simmons College Student Chapter, invite you to join us at our 2019 Winter Event: The amount, variety, and production rate of data have increased exponentially and rapidly. We…
Read MoreSpecial 2018 Chapter Service Award
Special 2018 Chapter Service Award The Association for Information Science and Technology, New England chapter is pleased to present a special 2018 Chapter Service Award to recognize a chapter leader who has contributed and will continue to contribute to the significant development of the New England chapter and of our parent organization, ASIS&T – Rachael…
Read MoreNNLM NER Travel Stipends Available to attend Library Carpentry
NNLM NER Travel Stipends Available to attend Library Carpentry National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region will award travel stipends to one person from each of the 6 New England states (6 total stipends) to attend Library Carpentry on October 22-23. This workshop is organized by the New England Chapter of the Association…
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