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Student membership awards

Student membership awards Thanks to an anonymous donation, seven student membership have been awarded to students nominated by country representatives and officers of the European Chapter. The awards are made based on publications in major information science journals and active participation in Chapter events. The awardees are: Farhan Ahmad MSc., doctoral candidate at Åbo Akademi…

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Interview with current Chair Isabella Peters and past Chair Lai Ma

Interview with current Chair Isabella Peters and past Chair Lai Ma Adam: Could you tell me a little about the history of the European Chapter, especially recently? Isabella: The European Chapter is characterized by a diverse group of members spanning across a large geographical region which not only include European countries but also e.g. Israel.…

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altmetrics15: 5 years in, what do we know?

altmetrics15: 5 years in, what do we know? Call for contributions: altmetrics15 workshop   Altmetrics intend to measure impact of scholars and scholarly documents not captured by traditional bibliometrics, which are usually restricted to counting peer-reviewed journal articles and citations within them. Five years after the publication of the altmetrics manifesto, it seems time to take stock…

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BOBCATSSS – LYON 2016

BOBCATSSS – LYON 2016  Call for Papers BOBCATSSS: January 27-29, 2016 Deadline for abstract submission: September 15 2015 BOBCATSSS 2016 explores the main theme of Information, Libraries, and Democracy through several key topics: The Role of Libraries in Democratic Cultures, Intellectual Freedom and Censorship, Libraries, Open Access and Open Data, and Protecting Privacy. We welcome your contribution! The…

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May 26 Workshop on Timeline JS

May 26 Workshop on Timeline JS Learn how to create a visually-rich, interactive timeline at NEASIST’s May meetup!  We’re going to walk you through using TimelineJS, an open-source, web-based timeline creation tool developed by the Northwestern University Knight Lab.  It is customizable and flexible with options for various skill levels. When Tuesday, May 26, 2015, from…

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ASIS&T 2015 Travel Awards – Apply by May 29

ASIS&T 2015 Travel Awards – Apply by May 29 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,…

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Where to study? Information Science and Library Science across Europe

Where to study? Information Science and Library Science across Europe 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…

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The Doctoral Consortium of the Digital Libraries 2015

The Doctoral Consortium of the Digital Libraries 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…

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Call for I-Stories

Call for I-Stories 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…

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