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The European Student Chapter is seeking officer nominations for 2018-2019 by Wednesday, October 31, 2018

The European Student Chapter is seeking officer nominations for 2018-2019 by Wednesday, October 31, 2018 Are you a student from Europe? Are you a member of ASIS&T? Yes? Great! Are you thinking about: Supporting other students? Organizing events for students (workshops, etc.)? Cooperating with other ASIS&T Chapters? Being part of a great board? Having fun? Then don’t wait and take…

Call for student posters for “Digital Liaisons” panel and student poster competition at ASIS&T 2018

Call for student posters for “Digital Liaisons” panel and student poster competition at ASIS&T 2018 The Association for Information Science and Technology Special Interest Group in Digital Libraries (ASIS&T SIG DL) is inviting submissions for a student poster competition at this year’s ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia. Posters proposals should be 500 words…

UNT ASIS&T Wins 2018 ASIS&T Student Chapter of the Year Award!

UNT ASIS&T Wins 2018 ASIS&T Student Chapter of the Year Award! The following message was published in the Inside ASIS&T newsletter. ———————————————————————————— ASIS&T is pleased to announce that the winner of the 2018 ASIS&T Student Chapter of the Year Award is the University of North Texas (UNT) Student Chapter. In selecting UNT ASIS&T student chapter…

Software Carpentry Survey

NNLM NER Travel Stipends Available to attend Library Carpentry

NNLM NER Travel Stipends Available to attend Library Carpentry National Network of Libraries of Medicine, New England Region will award travel stipends to one person from each of the 6 New England states (6 total stipends) to attend Library Carpentry on October 22-23. This workshop is organized by the New England Chapter of the Association…

Call for Papers: 21st International Conference on Discovery Science (DS 2018)

Call for Papers: 21st International Conference on Discovery Science (DS 2018) 21st International Conference on Discovery Science (DS 2018) St. Raphael Resort, Limassol, Cyprus, 30-31 October, 2018 http://www.cyprusconferences.org/ds2018 (*** In conjunction with ISMIS 2018 ***) WELCOME The 21st International Conference on Discovery Science (DS 2018) provides an open forum for intensive discussions and exchange of…

4 PhD Positions at DIPF Germany

4 PhD Positions at DIPF Germany The German Institute for International Educational Research offers 4 PhD (full time, 3 years) positions in two funded research projects: Digital Infrastructures for Education – 3 PhD positions (different focus) The German Institute for International Educational Research offers 3 full-time PhD positions in a national funded research project to establish and support digital…

Looking back – Scientivity Contest

Looking back – Scientivity Contest Some time ago we launched our Scientivity contest for students. The task was to submit a piece of research in a creative way. We presented the great submissions in our last newsletter and announced the winners on our website. Tjaša Jug from Slovenia and Joanna Mazur from Poland finally made…

Questions I never dared to ask… (miniBarcamp Annual Meeting 2018)

Questions I never dared to ask… (miniBarcamp Annual Meeting 2018) Our miniBARcamp is meant to be an open space for interesting discussions and relaxed conversations before the ASIS&T Annual Meeting starts. It is also a place to meet and get in touch with other students, researchers and practitioners from all over the world, to have…

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Engaging with Open Science in Learning and Teaching

Call for Papers: Special Issue on Engaging with Open Science in Learning and Teaching A special Issue of “Education for Information : https://www.iospress.nl/journal/education-for-information/ Technology has impacted almost all aspects of our lives today, and education is no exception. Technology enhanced learning and teaching (TELT) has changed the way universities, in general, and learning and teaching specifically,…