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The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Dr. Naresh Agarwal is the recipient of the 2024 Watson Davis Award for Service. The award recognizes an individual member of the Association who has shown continuous dedicated leadership in and service to ASIS&T and made substantial and lasting contributions to ASIS&T…
Read More3RD HUMANS OF THE LIBRARY WITH ASIS&T PAST PRESIDENTS Dear all, Would you like to meet and talk to “Human Books”? Are you interested in listening to the stories of your ASIS&T Past Presidents? Then join us the 3rd Humans of the Library Monday, 8th July at 10:00 AM EDT (Time zone Converter: dateful.com/time-zone-converter ) Register here.…
Read MorePost A Festival of Culture, Tradition, and Storytelling Uniting the ASIS&T community to embrace the many cultures and traditions that tell the stories of our members. 2nd July 2024 at 9:00 – 11:00am EDT (Time zone Converter: https://dateful.com/time-zone-converter) Please kindly register yourself through this link s.id/12thICM SIG-III has organized its informal meeting “International…
Read MoreThe Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST) is seeking new members to join its Editorial Board. ARIST publishes peer-reviewed, comprehensive, and systematic reviews on topics relevant to information science, computing science, technology studies, and related fields. Published under the banner of Wiley’s Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), ARIST‘s goal is to update readers on…
Read MoreCandidate for Director-At-Large Biography Expand Dr. Timothy J. Dickey is an Adult Services Librarian with the Columbus (OH) Metropolitan Library, and a library science educator with Kent State University, San José State University, and ALA’s eLearning division. His research and teaching span library reference, service to diverse communities, emerging technologies, data mining, history of the book,…
Read MoreCandidate for Director-at-Large Biography Expand Dr. Marlene Holmner holds a DPhil in Information Science from the University of Pretoria, South Africa, and is an Associate Professor and the current Head of the Department of the Department of Information Science at the University of Pretoria. Her research interests lie in the field of Information Ethics, Indigenous Knowledge,…
Read MoreCandidate for Director-At-Large Biography Expand Dr. Lu An is a Professor at the School of Information Management, Wuhan University. She obtained her PhD degree in Information Science at Wuhan University and was an exchanging doctoral student at University of Wisconsin – Milwaukee as well as a visiting scholar at Drexel University. She is the SIG…
Read MoreCandidate for President-Elect Biography Expand Dr. Maria Bonn is an Associate Professor in the School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, where she leads the MS in Library and Information Science program. Her research focuses on scholarly communication and publishing, especially on what means and methods of scholarly communication best serve scholars in achieving…
Read MoreIn accordance with the ASIS&T Bylaws, each Professional, Retired, Student, Lifetime, and Institutional Member shall be entitled to one vote on the Board of Directors Ballot. Should you prefer to vote by mail, please send an email to lmiddleton@asist.org to request a paper ballot. Paper ballots must be returned to the ASIS&T office not later…
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“On this June day, the buds in my garden are almost as enchanting as the open flowers. Things in bud bring, in the heat of a June noontide, the recollection of the loveliest days of the year, those days of May when all is suggested, nothing yet fulfilled.” Francis King, The Well-Considered Garden As…
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Summer has arrived! As the Isley Brothers sang, “Sweet days of summer, the jasmine’s in bloom. July is dressed up and playing a tune.” We have entered a more relaxed period in the calendar, although there is still much happening in your Association. We are excited to announce a new, annual lecture event: the ASIS&T…
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Dear Colleagues, It seems like we just left London and the 2023 Annual Meeting yet here we are in the throes of preparations for Annual Meeting 2024. This is the time of year when our attention turns from awards and selecting meeting content to the exciting process of registering attendees and making final preparations. October…
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ASIS&T is delighted to announce the launch of the Annual ASIS&T President’s Lecture. The Lecture will be open to the public and delivered via Zoom to ensure that all who wish to may attend. The innaugural ASIS&T President’s Lecture will take place September 19 at 10 am Eastern Time (find your time here) and be…
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The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce Media Ruins: Cambodian Postwar Media Reconstruction and the Geopolitics of Technology and published by MIT Press is the recipient of the ASIS&T Best Information Science Book Award for 2024. The award’s purpose is to recognize the outstanding book in information science published during…
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The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “”Don’t Say Gay” in Alabama: A taxonomic framework of LGBTQ+ information support services in public libraries-An exploratory website content analysis of critical resistance” written by Bharat Mehra and Baheya S. Jaber, published in Volume 74, Issue 8 of the Journal of the…
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The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Seiji Bessho has been selected as the 2024 recipient of the Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper Award. The purpose of the award is to encourage student research and writing in the field of information science. Bessho’s paper entitled, “Concentration, Evacuation, Internment,…
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Early Bird Deadline Approaching Secure the Early Bird rates for the 2024 ASIS&T Annual Meeting by making your reservations by August 5. Rates, including Workshop registration rates, go up on August 6 and again after October 10. Reserve your spot today! Program Notes We had unprecedented submission numbers this year so we anticipate record-setting attendance…
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The ASIS&T Annual Meeting serves as a connection point between individuals seeking employment opportunities and institutions seeking to fill positions. Whether it’s in person or virtually, we can help you connect with your future employer or employee, academic home or faculty member. ASIS&T will collect CVs of prospective candidates and job postings of prospective employers…
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Did you know ASIS&T offers Institutional Memberships? With three levels of memberships to meet your needs, the program provides members with opportunities and resources to enhance professional skills and elevate your institution’s influence in the field. This year, ASIS&T institutional members will benefit from additional valuable benefits offered exclusively at the 2024 Annual Meeting in…
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Join us for the interactive workshop, “Generative AI and the Future of Information Science Education” at ASIS&T 2024 in Calgary on October 26, 2024! Deadline for expression of interest is August 1, 2024. The workshop will be hosted by Bryce Newell, University of Oregon, and Nicholas Proferes, Arizona State University. Background The educational enterprise is entering a…
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