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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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EUChap Advisor Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan will be the new Editor-in-Chief of Education for Information. Current Editor-in-Chief Prof. Jamshid Beheshti says “I am delighted that Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan has agreed to be the new Editor-in-Chief of our journal, taking over at the beginning of 2018. Until then she and I will work together on the journal”. Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan is…
Read MoreDear folks, the Euorpean Student Chapter has published its sumer newsletter. Topics of the issue are: • Presentation of the new ESC Board Members • “I was at…“ – four students report on their conference attendance • Do you know? (new topic) • Lexicon (new topic) • News • Do not miss (conferences & webinars)…
Read MoreUPDATE: We had a bumper crop of submissions to the workshop, and are excited the make the final schedule available here as a PDF file: SIGSI_Schedule_FINAL . The 13th Annual Social Informatics (SIG-SI) Research Symposium “The Social Informatics of Knowledge” will be held from 8:30 – 12:30 on Saturday 28 October at the Hyatt Regency Crystal City, VA, USA, with papers from…
Read MorePosted on July 5, 2017 by Stephan Addo The newest edition of JASIST (July 2017) is now available online for reading by members and subscribers. With 11 research articles ranging from An Analysis of 14 Million Tweets on Hashtag-Oriented Spamming to “A Greatly Unexplored Area”: Digital Curation and Innovation in Digital Humanities, there’s something for everyone! Also in this issue, an…
Read MoreCall for Participation: The New Information State: How Information Ethics and Policy Affects Everyone, sponsored by SIG-IEP, ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Crystal City, Virginia Date: October 28, 2017 Abstract: In today’s milieu of fake news, misinformation, and generalized distrust of institutions, information ethics and policy affects everyone, across different information science research areas. In this workshop, we will analyze these…
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What is a Theological Library? This program and tour will highlight the mission, resources and patrons served by the A. T. Wehrle Memorial Library of the Pontifical College Josephinum. Special focus will include the collection in philosophy and the theological disciplines that supports the seminary’s two programs, the College of Liberal Arts and the School of Theology. The…
Read MoreOpen data is growing in attention on a global scale. There exist different definitions of the term open data. According to The Open Definition (n.d.), “Open data and content can be freely used, modified, and shared by anyone for any purpose.” This definition refers to different types of data like data of cultural works and artefacts, scientific…
Read MorePosted on June 16, 2017 by Yolande Nanayakkara ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2017 News Washington, D.C. (Crystal City, Virginia) October 27 – November 1, 2017 Diversity of engagement: Connecting people and information in the physical and virtual worlds ASIS&T has confirmed our keynote speakers for our 2017 Annual Meeting (AM17). Dr. Richard Marks, Senior Research Engineer…
Read MorePosted on June 15, 2017 by Yolande Nanayakkara The June/July issue of the Bulletin is now available for review. This issue has a special section on A New Open Humanities, with articles such as “Using Zombies to Teach Collaborative Scholarship and Born-Digital Publishing” by Jamie A. Thomas or Four Claims on Research Assessment and Metric Use in…
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After two successful tours of the Library Media Center at Thomas Elementary (Dublin City Schools) and SEA, Limited Forensics and Research Library, CO-ASIS&T is continuing our third annual Summer of Tours with the CML Operations Center on Tuesday, June 13. Join us for a behind-the-scenes tour of Columbus Metropolitan Library’s operations and technical services with Laura Simonds,Collection Services Manager. We’ll…
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