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The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Sanda Erdelez is the recipient of the 2026 Research in Information Science Award. The award recognizes an individual or team who has made an outstanding contribution to information science research. The award is for a systematic “program of research” in a single…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Dimaz Ardhi, Kayla Burt, Satyam Kumar, Jannatul Muna, and Dwi Sari are the recipients of the 2026 ASIS&T New Leaders Award. The award’s purpose is to engage and retain new members and to identify potential for new leadership in the Association. Dimaz…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that “Valuing Curation Infrastructures,” written by Morgan F. Wofford, Andrea K. Thomer, Libby Hemphill, Katherine Polasek, & Elizabeth Yakel, published in Volume 76, Issue 12 of the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology (JASIST), is the recipient of the Best…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Dr. Dania Bilal is the recipient of the 2026 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 MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Archiving Machines: From Punch Cards to Platforms, written by Amelia Acker and published by MIT Press, is one of two recipients of the ASIS&T Best Information Science Book Award for 2026. The award’s purpose is to recognize the outstanding book in information…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to announce Madelyn Rose Sanfilippo as the winner of the 2026 ASIS&T Outstanding Information Science Teacher Award. Since 1980, this annual award has honored the unique teaching contributions of exceptional teachers of information science. Sanfilippo is an Assistant Professor at the School of Information Sciences…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Travis Wagner is the recipient of the 2026 James M. Cretsos Award for Leadership. The award’s purpose is to recognize a new ASIS&T member who has demonstrated outstanding leadership qualities in professional ASIS&T activities. Wagner is an Assistant Professor at the University…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Katherine Knight has been selected as the 2026 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. Knight’s paper entitled, “Librarians, not lawyers:…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Lynn Silipigni Connaway is the recipient of the 2026 ASIS&T Award of Merit, the highest honor presented by the Association. The award’s purpose is to recognize an individual who has made particularly noteworthy and sustained contributions to the information science field. The…
Read MoreThe Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Saira Hanif Soroya is the 2026 recipient of the Lois Lunin Award. This award recognizes individuals who have made noteworthy contributions to the practice of information science and technology through leadership, mentoring, and innovation. Saira is an Associate Professor in the Department…
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This is part 4 of the blog series where we share reflections from our 2025 NEASIS&T Conference Support Award recipients, offering a glimpse into the value and impact of the 2025 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Through their experiences, we aim to highlight the learning, networking, and growth that make this event so impactful. Attending the Association for…
Read MoreThis is part 3 of the blog series where we share reflections from our 2025 NEASIS&T Conference Support Award recipients, offering a glimpse into the value and impact of the 2025 ASIS&T Annual Meeting. Through their experiences, we aim to highlight the learning, networking, and growth that make this event so impactful. In 2025, I marked…
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Hello good info-folk. I am writing to you for the first time in my term as ASIS&T president. As a member of the board of directors and as president-elect, I have worked with several presidents, and admired their collaborative leadership styles, incisive intelligence and good humor. I hope I can fill those big shoes! (Metaphorically…
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Greetings colleagues, As we move into a new year of activity and opportunity for ASIS&T, I am pleased to reflect on a period marked by momentum, resilience, and forward-looking collaboration across our community. First, I want to celebrate the tremendous success of the 2025 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Crystal City. Nearly 600 colleagues joined us…
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The Board of Directors met on November 15, 2025 in person in Crystal City, Virginia and via Zoom. In attendance were; Ian Ruthven (President) (zoom); Maria Bonn (President-Elect); Chris Cunningham, PhD, (Treasurer); Lu An (Zoom), Anne Barker (SLA Appointee) (zoom), Timothy Dickey, Bhakti Gala; Lisa Hussey; Aylin Imeri; Heather Kotula (SLA Appointee) (zoom), Luanne Sinnamon,…
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Vicki Gregory ASIS&T was saddened to learn of the passing of long-time member Vicki Gregory on January 4. Vicki joined ASIS&T in 1983 and, during her membership tenure, served in the leadership of several SIGs and Chapters, served as Treasurer of ASIS&T from 2008 to 2015, and was awarded the Watson Davis Award for Service…
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ASIS&T will be launching the search for a new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Association for Information Science & Technology (JASIST) in February of 2026. Steve Sawyer, the current Editor-in-Chief, will be retiring from his position in July of 2026. A search committee, chaired by Isto Huvila of Uppsala University, Sweden will be issuing…
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We are excited to announce the new dates for the ASIS&T 2026 Annual Meeting taking place in Bangkok, Thailand from November 6-10. Every effort was made to secure a venue and date that did not create challenges for members wishing to attend both the ASIS&T and ALISE Annual Meetings in 2026. We recognize the proximity…
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Register Today and Reserve Your Hotel! We’re excited to announce that registration is now open for the Information Science Summit & Special Libraries Conference (ISS/SLC26) taking place in June in Albuquerque, NM | USA! Carrying on the tradition of the very successful SLA Annual Conference, this conference will explore new frontiers of information science and librarianship…
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We are pleased to announce that the Exhibitor and Sponsor Prospectus for the ASIS&T Information Science Summit and Special Libraries Conference (ISSS/SLC26) is now available, and exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities are officially open. Carrying on the tradition of the very successful SLA Annual Conference, this meeting will bring together a highly engaged, international audience of…
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