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A call for papers has been issued for a special issue of First Monday on technology non-use. Extended abstracts of 400-500 words should be submitted via e-mail to nonuse2014@gmail.comby September 30th. The editors …seek submissions from a broad array of disciplines representing a diverse collection of methodological approaches to the topic of technology non-use. Studying non-use may require novel empirical investigations, methodological approaches, conceptual tools,…
Read MoreA call for chapters has been issued for a book on Collaborative Information Seeking (CIS) to be published in 2015 by Springer. Chapter submissions are due by October 15th. CIS – also referred to as collaborative information retrieval and collaborative search – focuses on the notion that information seeking is not always a solitary activity, and that people working in collaboration to perform information-seeking…
Read MoreJoin members of the NEASIST Program Committee as we discuss bestselling author James Gleick’s book, The Information: A History, A Theory, A Flood. In the first of this two-part meetup, we’ll discuss chapters 1-7. In the second, we’ll discuss the remainder of the book. You’re welcome to join even if you haven’t finished the reading!…
Read MoreSIG-STI is calling for nominations/self-nominations for officers for the 2014-2015 term period. NEW DEADLINE: Tuesday, September 23, 2014. Please see previous post for the description of these positions: – Chair-elect – Secretary /Treasurer – Communications Officer – Webmaster We hope you will join us!
Read MoreCALL FOR PAPERS: “Stories of Information Science / Information Scientists” Do you have a story of information science and/or information scientists to share with the ASIS&T community? If so, please consider submitting a short story (~300-800 words) to be included in the HFIS newsletter. A gift card of $30 will be awarded if your story…
Read MoreThe SIG HLTH business meeting is scheduled on Tuesday, November 4th from 2:00pm – 3:00pm. Information regarding the location is forthcoming. During the meeting, we will brain storm potential new activities such as workshops, competitions, panels, and networking events. We will also appoint new officers at the meeting as necessary, depending on the workload sketched out. We look…
Read MoreWe are having a SIG HLTH member dinner on Monday, Nov 3. Please indicate what time you would be available to come. Here is the link to the Doodle poll:http://doodle.com/bbb3f9gnbm2242xm#table The dutch treat dinner will be at a local restaurant with diverse options. We are looking for a good restaurant, and if you have any recommendations, please let…
Read More2014-16 New Leaders assigned to the European chapter or under mentorship by members of the European Chapter: Agnes Mainka, doctoral student at Heinrich-Heine University, Düsseldorf. Mentor: Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan, Professor, Aix-Marseille University, France Placement: European Student Chapter Stephann Makri, Lecturer (Associate Professor), City University, London. Mentor: Isabella Peters, Professor, Christian Albrechts University, Kiel, German Placement: European…
Read MorePosted on August 12, 2014 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington ASIS&T’s staff members and the Web Presence Task Force remain very busy on the Web redesign front. As chair, I wanted to share some updates and get some feedback from our members and readers. I’ll start with our two visual options, and proceed to the content…
Read MoreASIS&T SIG SI and the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI) are pleased to announce the winning papers of the 2013 Social Informatics Best Paper Awards. The winner of the 2013 Best Social Informatics Paper and $1,000 is: Budhathoki, N.R, and Haythornthwaite, C. (2013). Motivation for open collaboration: Crowd and community models and the case of OpenStreetMap. American Behavioral Scientist, 57,…
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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. 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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