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Read MoreNEASIS&T enjoyed connecting with attendees and sharing information about our chapter at ISS/SLC26 in Albuquerque this past weekend. Thank you to everyone who stopped by our table during the breaks to learn more about us and to get candy. And thank you to our chair-elect, Michele Costello, for organizing our presence at the conference. We had…
Read MoreThe standards committee has voted APPROVE on ISO/DIS 233-1, Transliteration of Perso-Arabic characters into Latin characters — Part 1: Arabic language This document establishes a system for the transliteration of Arabic characters into Latin characters used to write the Arabic language. This modification of the stringent rules established by ISO 233:1984 is especially intended to facilitate…
Read MoreThe standards committee has voted to APPROVE TC 46 /SC 4 Ballot – ISO/NP 26730-1 as a working draft This document describes the components of a data paper, as well as the presentation requirements for its writing and arrangement. This document is applicable to data papers in all forms of dissemination, including print, microform, and…
Read MorePart 1 This document describes the components of a data paper, as well as the presentation requirements for its writing and arrangement. This document is applicable to data papers in all forms of dissemination, including print, microform, and electronic versions. Part 2 This document describes the metadata for data papers, focusing on format and elements.…
Read MoreThe ASIS&T European Chapter is delighted to share the conference programme for Information Science Trends 2026, to be held at the Facultat d’Informació i Mitjans Audiovisuals (Universitat de Barcelona) in Barcelona on June 25-26, 2026. The exciting on-site programme includes a keynote from Carlos Aguilar (UB), presentation sessions, a conference dinner, and various opportunities to…
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Read MoreVIce Chair/Chair Elect Emily Singley (Vice President, North American Library Relations, Elsevier) (only candidate on ballot Board of Directors Matthew Sheehy (University Librarian, Brandeis University, Representing Boston Library Consortium) Robert Wheeler (Director, Publishing Technologies, American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Wendy Queen (Chief Transformation Officer, Johns Hopkins University Press)
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You are a Library and/or Information Science (LIS) Student? You are working on an exciting research topic and want to share your work with others? Your thesis was not produced to gather dust on a shelf? If you can answer all these questions with YES then you should participate in our SCIENTIVITY contest for LIS Students in Europe! This is your chance to share your work with students, researchers…
Read MoreThe University of California, Davis invites applicants for a tenure-track assistant professor or recently tenured associate professor in the social studies of data and data science including the scientific, political, social, and scholarly use and creation of data. Experience and a genuine interest in working in a collaborative environment and especially in collaborating with data…
Read MoreJoin the leadership team of the 2015 SIG-of-the-Year! Want to be more involved within ASIS&T but aren’t sure where to start? Looking to gain valuable, applicable skills, network with colleagues, and have fun? The ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Arts and Humanities (SIG AH) is excited to announce our 2017-18 call for nominations for SIG…
Read More10-11 September 2018, Pisa, Italy The International Symposium on the Future of Education in Information Science (FEIS 2018) is organized in the frame of the activities of the Erasmus+ EINFOSE٭ project.
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2017 ASIS&T Midwest Regional Conference Columbus, Ohio Metropolitan Library September 8, 2017 – 8:30am– 4:30pm Join library professionals and faculty to learn about innovation and change in information science at the 2017 ASIST Midwest Regional Conference. Stay up to date with best practices and learn about: Innovations in 21st-Century services Big data management The library in the life of the…
Read MorePosted on September 8, 2017 by Stephan Addo The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) supports the decision by Cambridge University Press to resist censorship and reinstate the China Quarterly articles previously censored by the Chinese government. ASIS&T stands behind the many academics and scholars who petitioned Cambridge University Press to take this action.…
Read MorePosted on September 6, 2017 by Stephan Addo The newest edition of JASIST (September 2017) is now available online for reading by members and subscribers! With 15 research articles (6 being open articles) ranging from Measuring Text Difficulty Using Parse-Tree Frequency to Reader Characteristics, Behavior, and Success in Fiction Book Search, there’s something for everyone! Also in this issue, an opinion…
Read MorePosted on September 6, 2017 by Stephan Addo Congratulations to the winner of the ASIS&T Doctoral Dissertation Proposal Scholarship, Leslie Thomson from University of North Carolina Chapel Hill. Her dissertation, “Investigating Information Creating and Informal Information Providing: A Grounded Theory Study of the Information Practices and Role of Serious YouTuber,” was nominated by her advisor…
Read MorePosted on September 6, 2017 by Stephan Addo The 2016 John Wiley Best Paper in the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) is “Liberating Interdisciplinarity from Myth: An Exploration of the Discursive Construction of Identities in Information Studies” by Dr. Dorte Madsen of the Copenhagen Business School. The purpose of this award is…
Read MorePosted on September 6, 2017 by Stephan Addo Congratulations to Caroline Haythornthwaite, the 2017 recipient of the ASIS&T Research in Information Science Award. The purpose of the award is to recognize an individual or individuals for an outstanding research contribution in the field of information science and is intended to be for achievements that have…
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