Inside ASIS&T, November 2024

Hello everyone I would like to start by saying how grateful I am to be able to work with you all. ASIS&T is a very special organisation, and I look forward to helping you develop it in fruitful and interesting new directions over the next year.  I particularly would like to thank Crystal, Lydia and…

Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,   Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless   With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,   And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core.                                                    (John Keats, To Autumn)     It is hard to…

The following is Lydia Middleton’s State of the Association address from the 2024 Annual Business Meeting. Back to Inside ASIS&T, November 2024

ASIS&T 2024 Annual Meeting Recap We had another well attended Annual Meeting in Calgary, Canada with 421 individuals attending. There would have been more, but unfortunately many colleagues from around the globe were unable to obtain a visa into Canada. Of these, 395 were ASIS&T members. Registrants from 20 countries came together to engage in…

Here are just a few of the thousands of AM24 photographs. To view the entirety of the photos, please visit our Dropbox Folder. Back to Inside ASIS&T, November 2024

Difficult Conversations: The Role of Information Science  in the Age of Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence 88th Annual Meeting CALL FOR PROPOSALS Information science scholars and practitioners have anticipated the evolution (and expansion) of artificial intelligence (AI) for decades. AI has been called the “technology of a generation,” (UK Government, 2024) and as such, information science scholars will…

Effective January 1, 2025, the new address for the ASIS&T office will be: 1935 County Road B2W Suite 165 Roseville, MN 55113 United States Please inform your business office (if applicable) of this change. Thank you! Back to Inside ASIS&T, November 2024

ASIS&T welcomes the following Institutions and Individuals who have joined ASIS&T since September of 2024. Institutions: University of South Carolina | United States | Institutional Affiliate Wuhan University | China | Institutional Affiliate Individuals: Anandhukrishna A S | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University | India | Professional Maria Alamgir | Manchester Metropolitan University | United Kingdom…

Members of ASIS&T have full access to the Journal of Information Science and Technology (JASIST). If you are not sure how to access your member benefit, contact Pamela Yonker at pyonker@asist.org. To view issues of JASIST, log in to the Info Hub at www.asist.org and click Resources from the left-side navigation. Then click “Journal Access.” JASIST Volume 75, Issue…

Check out the newest articles from Information Matters (IM), ASIS&T’s digital-only communication translational forum for information science, bringing relevant and current research evidence and industry developments, news, and opinion to a global public audience free of charge. Sign up for our weekly newsletters from IM. Erasing Individuality: The Uncanny Undertone of AI Writing Assistance Christopher Lueg Lessons from Parenting…

Asia Chapter Congratulations to the new Chapter officers for 2024-2025, Chair Zhenjia Fan and Chair-elect Shaobo Liang. Europe Chapter Our chapter has begun planning events for the year ahead but is still in need of a Treasurer for 2024-2025. The role essentially entails a few emails to ASIST to use our yearly budget, joining the…

SIG-AH /  SIG-VIS SIG-AH and SIG-VIS have decided to merge to form SIG-Arts & Visual Cultures (SIG-AVC). Travis Wagner will serve as Chair of the SIG for the 2024-2025 year. If you are interested in running to serve as Chair-Elect, please contact Lydia Middleton not later than November 30, 2024. SIG-CMR SIG Classification and Metadata…

ASIS&T Webinars, your source for online live and on-demand content created by the Association for Information Science & Technology, are free to ASIS&T members. Our webinars connect you with experts and global thought leaders in information science, management, and business on relevant professional issues. Webinar: Evidence Doesn’t Speak for Itself Presenter: Sue Lacey Bryant, NHS England…

IFLA Library History SIG- Call for Book Chapter Proposals Deadline for Proposals: December 15, 2024 Full chapters will be due in April of 2026. The book will be published in 2027 by De Gruyter academic publishing Read more about the Call for Proposals. International Journal on Digital Libraries International Journal on Digital Libraries is calling…