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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. Â I particularly would like to thank Crystal, Lydia and…
Read MoreSeason 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…
Read MoreThe following is Lydia Middleton’s State of the Association address from the 2024 Annual Business Meeting. Back to Inside ASIS&T, November 2024
Read MoreThe 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…
Read MoreASIS&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…
Read MoreHere 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
Read MoreDifficult 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…
Read MoreEffective 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
Read MoreASIS&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…
Read MoreMembers 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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JASIST Volume 73, Issue 5, May 2022 Full Issue OPINION PAPER Whose relevance? Web search engines as multisided relevance machines Olof Sundin, Dirk Lewandowski, Jutta Haider RESEARCH ARTICLES Relating information seeking and use to intellectual humility Tim Gorichanaz Classification and analysis of PubPeer comments: How a web journal club is used José Luis…
Read MoreCheck 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 from here. A Stakeholder Perspective: How Do Hot Papers Spread on Twitter? by…
Read MoreIn 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’d like to be a featured member, send an email to Pamela Yonker at pyonker@asist.org.
Read MoreEuropean Chapter Call for proposals: Information Science Trends 2022 Untold Stories in Information Science The European Chapter (EC) and European Student Chapter (ESC) of ASIS&T seek your contributions to an online conference: Untold Stories in Information Science. Click here for more information. The basics: – Conference date: June 17-19, 2022, 14.00-17.00pm (BST/ Dublin time: which is, e.g.,…
Read MoreSIG-AI We are pleased to announce that Kevin Crowston will be our Inaugural Chair for the Publication of the Year award. He will soon be forming the awards committee and if you are interested in joining that committee, please email him directly (by the end of next week, if possible). If you had any publications in the last couple…
Read MoreInternational Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications (DC-2022) October 3-5 | University of Washington, Seattle, USA Discounted Rates for ASIS&T Members Additional Information ALISE 2022 Annual Conference October 24-26, 2022 | Pittsburgh, PA, USA Additional Information iConference 2023 Virtual Research Program March 13-17, 2023 In-Person Meetings and Presentations in Barcelona, Spain on…
Read MoreCentering Relationality in Indigenous Knowledge Organization (DCMI) Sponsored by DCMI and ASIS&T Presenter: Sandy Littletree Thursday, May 26, 2022 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM EDT Additional Information and Registration Meet the Author Series: Hyperdocumentation Sponsored by ASIS&T Presenter: Oliver Le Deuff Thursday, June 2, 2022 11:00 AM – 12:00 AM EDT Additional Information and Registration Team Power…
Read MoreIT’S SUMMER, LET’S CONNECT!! COME BY AND SHARE YOUR CURRENT PROJECTS, CONFERENCES, ALL INFORMAL CONVERSATIONS ARE WELCOME Via Zoom TUESDAY, MAY 31, 2022 at 7:00 PM IST / 9:30 AM EST Zoom Meeting link available via iConnect
Read MoreCall for Nominations: Best Student Paper Award for Research on Digital Collections Sponsored by SIG-VIS & SIG-DL $1000 Award plus ASIS&T certificate Nomination Deadline: July 15, 2022 Awards Notification: July 29, 2022 The SIG-VIS / SIG-DL Best Student Paper Award for Research on Digital Collections, offered by Special Interest Group-Visualization, Images, & Sound (SIG-VIS) and…
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