SIG-Infolearn Events
Would you like to know more about how Twitter, Facebook or LinkedIn can benefit you and your customers? Our speakers will provide a brief overview of each medium and discuss how they can benefit us as information professionals, our customers and our organizations. Learn more, and join colleagues for a CO-ASIS&T panel discussion at the Dublin Branch…
Read MoreTuesday, May 11th, 5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Are you a lover of TED Talks? Or maybe you’re wondering just who this Ted person is that everyone keeps talking about? Either way, join us for an evening of TED Talks, pizza, and sparkling conversation. Vote on your top choices for viewing at the festival.…
Read MoreOn Saturday, April 10th, the UNC student chapter of ASIS&T and the Carolina Chapter of ASIS&T hosted an event on innovation and the entrepreneurial spirit titled “I never thought of that…! Techies with chutzpah and how they did it”. The speakers for the day, who also participated in a moderated Q&A following their talks, were…
Read MoreDeadline: Friday, April 30th The American Society for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIST) is pleased to announce the availability of two awards of up to $750 each to reimburse expenses for attendance at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting (October 22-27, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA). Applications must be received by Friday, April 30. The winner(s)…
Read MoreStay Ahead of the Shift Tuesday, February 23rd, 5:30-7:30pm Johnny D’s 17 Holland Street Somerville, MA 02144 http://www.johnnyds.com/ We’re trying something new this Spring! Since we are all incredibly busy this time of year, especially for those of us who work in academic settings, we will be trying out a new format for the NEASIST…
Read MoreWhat is OAIster? It’s actually a catalog of millions of digital resources from thousands of contributors around the world. OAIster was built by harvesting from open archive collections using the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH). The result provides access to digitized books, articles, and text, audio & video files, photographic images, theses…
Read MoreSave-the-date for an extraordinary visit to the Thompson Memorial Library at The Ohio State University. Associate Professor Wes Boomgaarden will be our guide for a tour through the magnificent Main Library at Ohio State. As the Thompson Library Renovation Officer since 2000, his inside knowledge and perspective make this a one-of-a-kind opportunity. Designed in the Second…
Read MoreWednesday, November 5, 2008, 8:30am – 4:00pm Kotzen Center, Simmons College, Boston, MA This event is co-sponsored by NEASIST and the Simmons College Student Chapter of ASIS&T Campus Map / Public Transit / Driving Directions + Parking While devices like PDAs, portable phones, and digital music players have been on the scene for almost a…
Read MoreNEASIST meet-up Wed., 12/16, 5:30-7:30pm The Asgard 350 Massachusetts Ave. (between Central Sq. & MIT) Help us celebrate a great year for the New England chapter of ASIS&T! Have you heard that we’ve won several chapter awards? Drop by to hear about the ASIS&T national conference. Or if you’d like to be more active in…
Read MorePresenter Mace W. Mentch, Ph.D. is Assessment Specialist in Instructional Technology and Academic Computing for Case Western Reserve University. He is responsible for the design and implementation of an array of assessment, research, and evaluation projects with emphasis on documenting learning effects and evaluating the effectiveness of emerging, innovative, and existing technologies. Mace has presented…
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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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