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President’s Column, July 2024

July 24, 2024
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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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From Your Executive Director, July 2024

July 24, 2024

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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Lankes to Present 1st Annual ASIS&T President’s Lecture

July 24, 2024

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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Media Ruins Wins ASIS&T Best Information Science Book Award

July 24, 2024

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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“Don’t Say Gay in Alabama” Chosen for 2024 Best JASIST Paper Award

July 24, 2024

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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Bessho to Receive 2024 Pratt Severn Student Paper Award

July 24, 2024

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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ASIS&T Annual Meeting News, July 2024

July 24, 2024

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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Find Your Next Faculty Hire or Job at AM24

July 24, 2024

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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Special Annual Meeting Benefits for ASIS&T Institutional Members

July 24, 2024

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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Call for Participation: ASIS&T Workshop on Generative AI and the Future of Information Science Education

July 23, 2024

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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SIG-Infolearn Events

ASIS&T 2015 Travel Awards – Apply by May 29

April 23, 2015

Apply by May 29 for a chance to go to the ASIS&T annual conference on us this year!  The topic for 2015 is Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community. About the Awards: Professional and Student The Association for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIS&T) is pleased to announce the…

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The Secrets to Successful Research Data Services

April 23, 2015

The Research Data Access and Preservation (RDAP) Summit 2015 started Wednesday, April 22nd with a room packed full of data and research services librarians, specialists, and managers, data curators, archivists, and professors, just to name a few. RDAP is unique conference in that it’s smaller (about 100 attendees) with a single track of sessions for…

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NEASIS&T Annual Meeting Travel Award

April 22, 2015

Posted on April 22, 2015 by ASIS&T Staff 2015 Information Science with Impact: Research in and for the Community (Deadline: Friday, May 29, 2015) ABOUT THE AWARDS: PROFESSIONAL AND STUDENT The Association for Information Science & Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIS&T) is pleased to announce the availability of two awards of up to $1,000 each…

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WATCH – ESC Webinar now online

April 17, 2015

The ESC webinar series “Information Science and Library Science across Europe” continues. The webinar from Apr 16th, 2015 is online! Webinar “Information Science and Library Science across Europe” – City University London and University of Düsseldorf

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Where to study? Information Science and Library Science across Europe

April 16, 2015

Date: Thursday, April 16, 4:00pm-5:00pm (GMT+1) Start in London: 4 pm Start in Berlin, Düsseldorf etc: 5 pm There are lot of places across Europe for students to study Information Science and /or Library Science. This webinar is part of the series “Information Science and Library Science across Europe”, where representatives from schools and universities…

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The Doctoral Consortium of the Digital Libraries 2015

April 14, 2015

https://sites.google.com/site/jcdl2015/doctoral-consortium *** Submission deadline has been extended to “April 24” *** [Call for Participation] June 21, 2015 The Doctoral Consortium forms part of the program of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries, and takes place immediately preceding the technical program. [What is the Doctoral Consortium?] The Doctoral Consortium is a workshop for Ph.D. students…

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The new asist.org has launched!

April 14, 2015

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Sandy Hirsh Immediate Past President Harry Bruce led the initiative to overhaul ASIS&T’s website during his presidency. As a result, ASIS&T’s Web Presence Task Force, ASIS&T staff members, and consulting firm Seven Heads Design have been hard at work over the past year to create an improved user experience…

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Call for I-Stories

April 13, 2015

SIG History & Foundations of Information Science Information and communication phenomena are at the heart of our daily lives. They are how we know things and yet our understanding of these concepts and underlying phenomena are at best slippery. Just when we think we’ve pinned or penned them down nicely with a few well chosen…

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ESRC Collaborative Studentship in climate change and technology adaptation to support service continuity and flood response and resilience

April 13, 2015

ESRC Collaborative Studentship in climate change and technology adaptation to support service continuity and flood response and resilience   ICT and telecommunications networks form a key part of today’s critical national infrastructure, essential to proper functioning of society as well as facilitating rapid response to emergencies such as natural disasters. Climate change is causing, as…

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Reach out and HUG-a-SIG in April (#hugasig)

April 10, 2015

It is official: spring is in the air! While Valentine’s Day is already far behind us, we here at ASIS&T are spreading the information science and technology love. To promote the value of involvement with SIGs and to support overall membership efforts across the organization, we encourage new and existing Members to get involved with…

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