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ASIS&T SIG USE Symposium “Evolving and Emerging Research Methods in Information Behavior, Needs, Seeking, and Use” Saturday, October 27, 2012, 1:30 – 6:30pm – lightning talk abstracts & Flickr Photostream In 2012, information is being sought, shared and created more rapidly and in more ways than ever before. In exploring implications of new modes of communication, changing information…
Read Moreendorsed by the ASIS&T European Chapter, SIGIII and SIGMETRICS 12-13 April 2012, University of Wolverhampton, UK organised by Dr Jonathan Levitt and Prof Mike Thelwall From April 12th to April 13th 2012 Dr Jonathan Levitt and Prof Mike Thelwall invited doctoral students to their doctoral forum at the University of Wolverhampton,England. The topical focus was…
Read MoreJoin us on Thursday evening, June 7th, 2012, for this spring program co-sponsored by CO-ASIS&T and the Grange Insurance Audubon Center. SUMMARY: eBird (www.ebird.org) is an increasingly popular internet-based checklist program that provides bird watchers a free and easy way to organize their bird sightings, keep checklists, and share their observations with others. This seminar…
Read MoreFrom our friends and colleagues in the Special Libraries Association Central Ohio Chapter… The Special Libraries Association Central Ohio Chapter invites you to join them for a social gathering at Milestone 229 in Columbus! This is great opportunity to get to know members of the chapter, network, and relax. When: May 8, 2012 from 5:00-7:00 pm…
Read MoreAnnouncing the NEASIST 2012 Annual Awards Banquet Date: Wed., May 23 Time: 6 to 9 p.m. Place: MIT Faculty Club, Cambridge, Mass. Directions & Parking Schedule: 6:00-6:30 Cocktails & light hors d’oeuvres 6:30-7:45 Dinner 7:45-9:00 Award presentations followed by speaker, Dr. Andrew Dillon NEASIST welcomes ASIS&T President-Elect, Dr. Andrew Dillon. The title of the talk…
Read MoreThank you to everyone who made it to yesterday’s event, and a special thanks to our terrific speakers for your good humor and awesome presentations! Help us make better events. Fill out a quick survey Join our program committee Going Mobile Slides Bobbi Fox and Corinna Baksik, Library Technology Services, Harvard University IT Adventures in…
Read MoreWhen: Thursday, August 16, 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm Where: Uno’s Pizzeria (lower level) 22 JFK Street (Harv. Square) Cambridge, MA What: All Things Data Visualization Data Visualization is a method of presenting information in a graphical form. Good data visualization should appear as if it is a work of art. This intrigues the viewer…
Read MoreIn keeping with the 75th anniversary of ASIS&T in 2012 and the call for SIGs to preserve our history, we’ve launched a project to collect papers, photos, presentations, links, videos, and other memorabilia of SIG USE over the years. Dr. Sanghee Oh is leading this project to collect and share our history via a wiki…
Read MoreWhen: Monday, April 23rd, 1pm-5pm Where: MIT Bush Room Directions and Parking Smartphone sales eclipsed PC sales for the first time in late 2010. Some analysts predict mobile phones will overtake PCs as the most common web device worldwide by 2013. Designing for mobile web experience offers a new set of challenges and opportunities for…
Read MoreSTUDENT TRAVEL AWARD AVAILABLE (Deadline: Monday, April 9, 2012) The American Society for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIST) is pleased to announce the availability of one award of up to $1000 to reimburse expenses for attendance at the ASIS&T 75th Annual Meeting (October 26-31, 2012, Baltimore, MD). Applications must be received by…
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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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