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President’s Message

November 15, 2024

Hello everyone I would like to start by saying how grateful I am to be able to work with you all. ASIS&T is a very special organisation, and I look forward to helping you develop it in fruitful and interesting new directions over the next year.  I particularly would like to thank Crystal, Lydia and…

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Immediate Past President’s Message

November 15, 2024
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Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness,   Close bosom-friend of the maturing sun; Conspiring with him how to load and bless   With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run; To bend with apples the moss’d cottage-trees,   And fill all fruit with ripeness to the core.                                                    (John Keats, To Autumn)     It is hard to…

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From Your Executive Director, November 2024

November 15, 2024

The following is Lydia Middleton’s State of the Association address from the 2024 Annual Business Meeting. Back to Inside ASIS&T, November 2024

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Governance Update, November 2024

November 15, 2024

The Board of Directors met on October 25, 2024 in Calgary, AB, Canada. In attendance were; Crystal Fulton, PhD (President); Ian Ruthven, PhD (President-Elect); Abebe Rorissa, PhD (Past-President); Chris Cunningham, PhD, (Treasurer); Joan Bartlett, PhD; Maria Bonn, PhD; Tina Du, PhD; Bhakti Gala, PhD; Lisa Hussey, PhD; Aylin Imeri, PhD; Luanne Sinnamon, PhD; and Lydia…

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Annual Meeting News, November 2024

November 15, 2024

ASIS&T 2024 Annual Meeting Recap We had another well attended Annual Meeting in Calgary, Canada with 421 individuals attending. There would have been more, but unfortunately many colleagues from around the globe were unable to obtain a visa into Canada. Of these, 395 were ASIS&T members. Registrants from 20 countries came together to engage in…

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AM24 Photo Album

November 15, 2024

Here are just a few of the thousands of AM24 photographs. To view the entirety of the photos, please visit our Dropbox Folder. Back to Inside ASIS&T, November 2024

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AM25 – Save the Date & CFP

November 15, 2024

Difficult Conversations: The Role of Information Science  in the Age of Human-Centered Artificial Intelligence 88th Annual Meeting CALL FOR PROPOSALS Information science scholars and practitioners have anticipated the evolution (and expansion) of artificial intelligence (AI) for decades. AI has been called the “technology of a generation,” (UK Government, 2024) and as such, information science scholars will…

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ASIS&T Change of Address

November 15, 2024

Effective January 1, 2025, the new address for the ASIS&T office will be: 1935 County Road B2W Suite 165 Roseville, MN 55113 United States Please inform your business office (if applicable) of this change. Thank you! Back to Inside ASIS&T, November 2024

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New ASIS&T Members, November 2024

November 15, 2024

ASIS&T welcomes the following Institutions and Individuals who have joined ASIS&T since September of 2024. Institutions: University of South Carolina | United States | Institutional Affiliate Wuhan University | China | Institutional Affiliate Individuals: Anandhukrishna A S | Amrita Vishwa Vidyapeetham University | India | Professional Maria Alamgir | Manchester Metropolitan University | United Kingdom…

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New from JASIST, November 2024

November 15, 2024

Members of ASIS&T have full access to the Journal of Information Science and Technology (JASIST). If you are not sure how to access your member benefit, contact Pamela Yonker at pyonker@asist.org. To view issues of JASIST, log in to the Info Hub at www.asist.org and click Resources from the left-side navigation. Then click “Journal Access.” JASIST Volume 75, Issue…

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Member Spotlight, November 2022

November 9, 2022

In each issue of Inside ASIS&T, we ask a different member questions about their perspectives, advice, and experiences in the field of information science and technology. If you would like to be a featured member, email Pamela Yonker at pyonker@asist.org. Dr. Timothy J. Dickey Columbus Metropolitan Library; Kent State University; San José State University How long…

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New From JASIST, November 2022

November 9, 2022

Members of ASIS&T have full access to the Journal of Information Science and Technology (JASIST). If you are not sure how to access your member benefit, contact Pamela Yonker at pyonker@asist.org. JASIST Volume 73, Issue 11, November 2022 Full Issue RESEARCH ARTICLES Classifying papers into subfields using Abstracts, Titles, Keywords and KeyWords Plus through pattern detection and…

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New From Information Matters, November 2022

November 9, 2022

Check out the newest articles from Information Matters (IM), ASIS&T’s digital-only communication translational forum for information science, bringing relevant and current research evidence and industry developments, news, and opinion to a global public audience free of charge. Sign up for our weekly newsletters from IM. Pulling the Curtain from AI Illusions by Chirag Shah Have you…

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Chapter News, November 2022

November 9, 2022

Chapter Awards ASIS&T is pleased to announce the following Chapter Awards: Chapter of the Year: Europe Chapter Student Chapter of the Year: Simmons University Chapter Member of the Year: Bhakti Gala from the South Asia Chapter Chapter Event of the Year: Europe Chapter for Information Science Trends 2022 Conference: Untold Stories in Information Science Chapter…

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SIG News, November 2022

November 9, 2022

SIG Awards ASIS&T is pleased to announce the following SIG awards: SIG of the Year: SIG-KM SIG-Member of the Year: Lu An (SIG-KM) SIG Publication of the Year: Tie- SIG DL Annual Newsletter Report Issue 4 2022 Volume 4 and SIG-USE JASIST Special Issue on Information Behavior and Information Practices SIG-AH (Arts and Humanities) The…

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Upcoming Webinars and Events, November 2022

November 9, 2022

2022 NEASIS&T Annual Meeting Experience Report Webinar November 18, 2022 11:00 AM – 12:00 PM EST   ASIS&T Africa Chapter: AI Safeguards: Preserving Your Right to Privacy Online November 30, 2022 8:00 AM – 9:30 AM EST   Linking Challenges for Pseudonyms (DCMI) Sponsored by DCMI and ASIS&T December 1, 2022 11:00 AM – 12:00…

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Affiliated Organization News, November 2022

November 9, 2022

ALISE Save the date for the 2023 ALISE conference, October 2-5, 2023 | Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Check the ALISE conference website for updates. iSchools iConference 2023 will have a virtual and a physical component. The virtual program will take place 13 – 17 March, 2023, and the physical program in Barcelona from 27 – 29 March, 2023. For more…

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Structure of ISO 639

November 7, 2022

Voted YES on Merging the various parts of ISO 639 (the Standard for Language Codes) into one document and replacing the hardcoded language code tables with links to web sites that can be maintained externally Description: SO/DIS 639-4:2022, which was approved entirely and unanimously, was developed anticipating the consolidation of the former ISO 639-series (Parts…

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ISO 28500, Information and documentation – WARC file format

October 30, 2022

Voted CONFIRM on ISO 28500, Information and documentation – WARC file format Description: This document specifies the WARC file format

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ISO/DIS 11620, Information and documentation – Library performance indicators

October 30, 2022

Voted APPROVE on ISO/DIS 11620, Information and documentation – Library performance indicators Description: This International Standard is applicable to all types of libraires in all countries. However, not all performance indicators apply to all libraries. Limitations on the applicability of individual performance indicators are listed in the scope clause of the description for each indicator.

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