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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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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

New ISO votes

August 2, 2020

The Standards committee cast the following votes in ISO Voted CONFIRM on Systematic Review – ISO 10160, Open Systems Interconnection – Interlibrary Loan Application Service Definition Question: Do you recommend ISO 10160 be confirmed, revised or withdrawn? Description: This International Standard defines the services for Interlibrary Loan. These services are provided by the use of…

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ASIS&T Seeks JASIST Editor-in-Chief

July 29, 2020

The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Board is looking for a new Editor-in-Chief of The Journal of the Association of Information Science & Technology, the official journal of the ASIS&T, who has the expertise  to drive the journal forward. The Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) is a leading…

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2020 SIG AH Virtual Symposium: Data Curation and Visualization in the Arts & Humanities, August 5, 2020

July 23, 2020

Data technology continues to impact the scientific and cultural communities and this program provides insight to research applied to tracking the COVID-19 virus through data, searching for facts about inequality proven through primary sources of archival materials, and using digital images to reawaken an ancient pastime. Please join us for this free online symposium, scheduled…

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The Charisma Machine to Receive 2020 Best Information Science Book Award

July 20, 2020

The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that The Charisma Machine: The Life, Death, and Legacy of One Laptop per Childwritten by Morgan Ames of the University of California, Berkeley and published by MIT Press is the recipient of the ASIS&T Best Information Science Book Award for 2020. The award’s…

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Dr. Javed Mostafa Stepping Down as Editor-in-Chief of JASIST

July 17, 2020

The ASIS&T Board announces that Dr. Javed Mostafa, Professor at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will complete his 5-year term on January 2021 as Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST), and is stepping down to dedicate full-time to his commitments at the School of Information and…

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Seeking Candidates EC 2020-2021

July 14, 2020

Seeking Candidates EC 2020-2021 We are seeking candidates for the European Chapter Board of 2021.   Therefore, open positions of chair-elect, secretary, treasurer, and webmaster are required. The board is open for additional positions (newsletter editor, communications officer, …), you may as well suggest special responsibility positions. Your main responsibility is to work and cooperate with…

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ISO FDIS 3166 Votes

July 13, 2020

Voted APPROVE on ISO/FDIS 3166-1, Codes for representation of names of countries – Part 1: Country code Question: Do you approve of the technical content of ISO/FDIS 3166-1? Description: This document specifies basic guidelines for the implementation and maintenance of country codes. Voted APPROVE on ISO/FDIS 3166-2, Codes for the representation of names and countries…

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Conference Support Award Winners

July 10, 2020

We are pleased to announce this year’s 2020 NEASIST Conference Support Award recipients: Rong Tang, Associate Professor, School of Library Information Science, Simmons University. Rong is already embedded in ASIS&T activities and is the lead editor for the JASIS&T special issue,”Paradigm shift in the field of information”. Rong had also presented at multiple NEASIST events…

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METRICS 2020: ASIS&T VIRTUAL WORKSHOP ON INFORMETRICS AND SCIENTOMETRICS RESEARCH

July 8, 2020

Workshop sponsored by ASIS&T SIG/MET ASIS&T 2020 Virtual Annual Meeting Part I: Thursday, October 22, 2020, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT Part II: Friday, October 23, 2020, 8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. EDT CALL FOR ABSTRACTS The ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Metrics (SIG/MET) invites contributions to the METRICS 2020 workshop, which will be held prior to the…

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Free ASIS&T EC +ESC Hour where non-members and members can join next Wednesday (July 1 (4-5 pm))

June 29, 2020

On behalf of the European Chapter a European Student Chapter officers, we would like to share with you the news that we will have next Wednesday (July 1 (4-5 pm)) a free ASIS&T EC +ESC Hour where non-members and members can join. Joanna Mazur (Chair of the ESC) and Aylin Ilhan (Chair of the EC) will talk…

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