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SIG AM24 To Do’s

July 10, 2024

Please complete the following not later than the dates specified.   Submit a request for ribbons, if you want them, HERE (September 23, 2024)   Reserve a SIG Business Meeting Time HERE (October 1, 2024)   Submit your award and certificate requests HERE (October 11, 2024)    

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NEASIS&T Summer Webinar – August 8

July 10, 2024

What: Untold Stories, Untraveled Paths: Exploring Oral Histories & Micro-Mobility Innovations When: Thursday, August 8, 2024 11:00 AM –  12:00 PM EDT Where: Virtual via Zoom Who: NEASIS&T (Northeast Chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology)Cost: Free for ASIS&T members; $25 for non-members Registration Link Join us for an engaging webinar featuring two…

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Programme for Information Science Trends 2024

July 4, 2024

Information Science Trends 2024: Living online and offline, in darkness and light The ASIS&T European Chapter is delighted to share the programme for the IST 2024 conference, July 8-9 (via Zoom), featuring keynote presentations by Amber Cushing (UC Dublin) and Thomas Mandl (Uni Hildesheim) among further research presentations and posters. (Due to changes in the…

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Webinar: Local Government – Closest to Which People? Gender, Power, and Polarisation in 202

June 30, 2024

Presenter: Mayor Moira Were August 12, 2024 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT – Note time Website link: https://www.asist.org/meetings-events/webinars/local-government-closest-to-which-people-gender-power-and-polarisation-in-2024/

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Webinar: Local Government – Closest to Which People? Gender, Power, and Polarisation in 2024

June 30, 2024

Presenter: Mayor Moira Were August 12, 2024 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT – Note time Website link: https://www.asist.org/meetings-events/webinars/local-government-closest-to-which-people-gender-power-and-polarisation-in-2024/

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Webinar: Local Government – Closest to Which People? Gender, Power, and Polarisation in 2024

June 30, 2024

Presenter: Mayor Moira Were August 12, 2024 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT – Note time Website link: https://www.asist.org/meetings-events/webinars/local-government-closest-to-which-people-gender-power-and-polarisation-in-2024/

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June 30, 2024
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Webinar: Local Government – Closest to Which People? Gender, Power, and Polarisation in 2024

June 30, 2024

Presenter: Mayor Moira Were August 12, 2024 | 6:00 PM – 7:00 PM EDT – Note time Website link: https://www.asist.org/meetings-events/webinars/local-government-closest-to-which-people-gender-power-and-polarisation-in-2024/

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Four Members Chosen for the 2024 ASIS&T Fellowship

June 24, 2024

                        The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Michael Buckland, Lisa Given, Gary Marchionini and Diane Sonnenwald will be awarded the ASIS&T Fellowship in 2024. The Fellowship recognizes individuals who have made substantial and sustained contributions to ASIS&T…

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Greyson & McKay to Receive 2024 Lois Lunin Award

June 24, 2024

The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Devon Greyson of the University of British Columbia and Dana McKay of RMIT will both receive the 2024 Lois Lunin Award. The award recognizes individuals who have made noteworthy contributions to the practice of Information Science and Technology through leadership, mentoring, and…

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SIG-Infolearn Events

SIG-HLTH 2013 Annual Business Meeting

September 17, 2013

The SIGHLTH annual business meeting will be held during the ASIS&T Annual Meeting from 4-5PM on Monday, November 4, 2013 at Le Centre Sheraton, Montreal, Canada. Please join us there!

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Call For Proposals: “Digital Liaisons: Engaging with Digital Curation Theory and Practice”

September 16, 2013

The Special Interest Group for Digital Libraries of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is seeking proposals for an Undergraduate, Master’s, and Recently Graduated Students (having graduated May 2011 or later) research program at the ASIS&T 2013 Annual Meeting in Montreal on November 3 – 6, 2013. This session is intended to provide…

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Winners of the 2012 Social Informatics Best Paper Awards

September 12, 2013

SIG SI and the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics (RKCSI) are pleased to announce the winning papers of the 2012 Social Informatics Best Paper Awards: 2012 Best Social Informatics Paper ($1,000) “Toward an Integrated Model of Group Development: Disruption of Routines by Technology-Induced Change” by Monica Garfield, Bentley University, and Alan Dennis, Indiana University. Published in the Journal of Management Information Systems, 29(3),…

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Call for submissions: CSCW 2014 Doctoral Colloquium (due Oct 7)

September 9, 2013

A call for submissions has been posted for the CSCW 2014 Doctoral Colloquium, to be held February 15-16, 2014, in Baltimore, MD. Submissions are due October 7th. The CSCW Doctoral Colloquium is a forum in which Ph.D. students meet and discuss their work with each other and a panel of experienced researchers and practitioners. The colloquium itself…

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Fall Meetup: Too Much Stuff — Curating Digital Content for Archives?!

September 6, 2013

Join us for an informal and lively discussion on the issue of curating digital content for archives.  In a world of overabundant information, is there a way to define what is significant or worth preserving in a way that will allow for future meaning.  Or should archivists grab everything and hope for the best for the…

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Eugene Garfield Grants Program, 2013

September 1, 2013

Exciting News: Eugene Garfield has established four fellowships at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia for the study of the history of information science, law, documentation, and chemical engineering in the chemical enterprise. The Theodore and Mary Herdegen Fellowships in the History of Scientific Information and the Paul Otlet Fellowship in the History of Information…

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Call for Chapters: “Mapping the ‘Arab Spring’: Social and Political Influence of New Media in the Arab World”

August 28, 2013

Editors Aziz Douai and Mohamed Ben Moussa have issued a Call for Chapters for an edited book, Mapping the “Arab Spring”: Social and Political Influence of New Media in the Arab World. Abstracts of 600 words or less are due to the editors by October 15th, with manuscripts of accepted chapters due at the end of…

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1 Webinar – 3 Presentations: Meet your Library & Information Science colleagues

August 22, 2013

The ESC webinar comes with exciting topics and the chance to meet colleagues and collaborators from the library & information science field. Webinar info: Time: September 24th, 2013, 6 pm UTC+2 (6 pm e.g. in Sweden, Spain, Italy, Germany; 5 pm e.g. in UK, Ireland)  Presenters: 1st talk (10 min): “What ASIS&T can do for you: connections and engagement…

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Call for Applications: Workshop on Robust Socio-technical Architectures in Support of Displaced Persons

August 16, 2013

A Call for Applications has been posted for a Workshop on Robust Socio-technical Architectures in Support of Displaced Persons (DPEW ‘13), to be held in Cape Town, South Africa, Dec 4-5. Population displacement is a growing problem, with 41.3 million persons displaced globally in 2011. Whether driven from their homes by armed conflict, natural disasters, or climate change, the displaced…

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Congratulations to Christopher Eaker, the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Deborah Barreau Memorial Award!

August 16, 2013

The Digital Libraries Special Interest Group (SIGDL) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to honor Christopher Eaker as the inaugural recipient of the Dr. Deborah Barreau Memorial Award. With exceptional service, research and professional development activities, Christopher has made significant contributions to SIGDL. Specifically, Christopher has served in an editorial…

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