SIG-Infolearn Events
Please join SIG AH members at the following ASIST Annual Meeting workshop, sessions, and posters — as well as our SIG business meeting and SIG social event, both on November 9! SIG AH Business Meeting (Monday, Nov. 9, 2:45 – 3:55pm – Sterling 6) Please join SIG AH for our 2015 annual business meeting in…
Read MorePosted on November 4, 2016 by ASIS&T Staff Column: Do we need librarians now that we have the internet? by Robert Graboyes, PBS Newshour Observe librarians, and you’ll learn quite a bit about 21st century physicians. Digital technologies are hurling both professions into disintermediated worlds where they are no longer…
Read MorePosted on November 3, 2015 by ASIS&T Staff George Ryerson George Douglas Ryerson, age 81, died on October 30, 2015 in Westerville, Ohio. George was ASIS&T Treasurer, 1999 – 2001, and served several terms as Treasurer of the Central Ohio Chapter, among other activities for the Chapter. As colleague Gerard Platau notes, “George was…
Read MoreWe invite authors to submit research papers (up to 5000 words), short research papers (up to 3000 words), panels, workshops, alternative events and posters to the 9th conference on Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS) held in Uppsala, Sweden June 27-29, 2016. Conceptions of Library and Information Science (CoLIS) is a series of international…
Read MoreFollowing the tradition of meeting European colleagues during the AM, our chair Isabella would like to invite you to an informal get-together at the Red Kitchen & Bar (in the conference hotel) on November 8, 2015 at 8:30pm (after the Welcome Reception and the SIGRush). Topics to discuss: *activities at AM16 in Copenhagen *chapter promotion…
Read More80th Annual Meeting of the Association for Information Science and Technology Washington D.C. (Crystal City, Virginia), USA | Oct. 27-Nov 1, 2017 Submission Deadline (paper): April 16, 2017 Diversity of engagement: Connecting people and information in the physical and virtual worlds 2017 is a special year for the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T)…
Read MorePosted on October 25, 2016 by Yolande Nanayakkara In a recent Inside Higher Ed article, Professor Wiegand provides an analysis based on his recent book, Part of Our Lives: A People’s History of the American Public Library, on how we fail to consider all the various assets public libraries provide. As a primer to the Meet the Author’s presentation…
Read MorePosted on October 24, 2016 by Yolande Nanayakkara Share your input to inform the search for new ASIS&T Executive Director! Due 10/31 The ASIS&T Board is interested in hearing your input on what you would like to see in our next Executive Director. If you haven’t already, please complete a brief survey or send your input to us…
Read MoreThe ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Internet Ethics and Policy (SIG IEP) is seeking nominations for officers for 2015-2016. Please consider nominating yourself or a colleague for one of the following positions: • Chair-elect • Treasurer • Communications / Social Media SIG Information Ethics and Policy (IEP) helps ensure that ASIS&T members are aware of…
Read MorePosted on October 21, 2015 by ASIS&T Staff By vote of the Board of Directors, ASIS&T will provide reduced membership fees for all membership categories for countries whose GNI per capita as calculated by the World Bank (or GNP per capita as calculated by IMF for those countries not included in the World Bank data)…
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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. Â I particularly would like to thank Crystal, Lydia and…
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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…
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The following is Lydia Middleton’s State of the Association address from the 2024 Annual Business Meeting. Back to Inside ASIS&T, November 2024
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The Board of Directors met on October 25, 2024 in Calgary, AB, Canada. In attendance were; Crystal Fulton, PhD (President); Ian Ruthven, PhD (President-Elect); Abebe Rorissa, PhD (Past-President); Chris Cunningham, PhD, (Treasurer); Joan Bartlett, PhD; Maria Bonn, PhD; Tina Du, PhD; Bhakti Gala, PhD; Lisa Hussey, PhD; Aylin Imeri, PhD; Luanne Sinnamon, PhD; and Lydia…
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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…
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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
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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…
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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
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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…
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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…
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