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The Awards Jury of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG SI) is excited to announce the winners of our 2021 ASIS&T SIG SI Awards. First, we are pleased to announce the winner of our 2021 Social Informatics Best Paper Award. We had several excellent nominations this…
Read MoreThe SIG-SI annual business meeting will be held on Friday, October 30, at 15:30 – 17:00 (UTC). (Check for your local time zone here.) All current and potential SIG-SI members are encouraged to attend the meeting and offer input into future directions and activities of the SIG for the 2020-2021 year. The meeting will be hosted…
Read MoreIt is my pleasure, as the Awards Coordinator for the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG SI), to be able to announce the winners of our 2020 ASIS&T SIG SI Awards. The first award to announce is our Social Informatics Best Paper Award. Out of eight nominated papers, relevant…
Read MoreThe Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG SI) of the Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) is issuing a call for nominations for the 2020 Annual ASIS&T SIG SI Awards, with nominations due by July 10.
Read MoreSociotechnical Change Agents: ICTs, Sustainability, and Global Challenges Aligning with the theme of the 2020 ASIS&T Annual Meeting, Special Interest Group Social Informatics (SIG SI) will hold its 16th annual symposium in conjunction with SIG Social Media (SIG SM) and SIG Information Ethics and Policy (SIG IEP), allowing for ASIS&T members to better discuss how…
Read MoreDear SIG-SI members, Welcome to 2020, the year of the rat and the beginning of a new decade! Your leadership team is looking forward to planning engaging events and facilitating exciting opportunities for SIG-SI in this new year. As the current SIG-SI chair, I’d like to take this opportunity to introduce myself and the rest…
Read MoreCongratulations to all of the winners of our officer election for the upcoming 2019-2020 year. We thank our officers for their continued service, and welcome new officers to the SIG. We will also transition our Chair-elect, Rachel Simons, to chair for the upcoming year. Chair-elect:Colin RhinesmithKolina Koltai Secretary:Lingzi Hong: Communications officer:Ana RoeschleyNishad Thalhath Social Chair:Catherine…
Read MorePractical Social Informatics: Collaboration across Fields, Sectors, and Borders The 15th Annual Social Informatics Research Symposium Pre-conference Workshop at ASIS&T 82th Annual Meeting October 19th, 2019 Schedule at a Glance Time Event Moderators 09:00 – 10:00 Welcome Keynote Theresa Anderson Ian Opperman 10:00 – 10:30 Panel I Theresa Anderson and Passiona Cottee 10:30 – 11:00…
Read MoreIt is my pleasure, as the Awards Coordinator for the ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG SI), to be able to announce the winners of the 2019 ASIS&T SIG SI Social Informatics Best Paper Award. Out of eight nominated papers, each received two reviews from social informatics scholars, with those reviews then evaluated by our…
Read MoreThe ASIS&T Special Interest Group for Social Informatics (SIG SI) is issuing a call for nominations for the 2019 Annual Social Informatics Best Paper Awards, with nominations due by July 10. Self-nominations are welcome and the nomination process is quite short, as detailed below. Winners are also invited to present their work during SIG SI’s Research Symposium at ASIS&T 2019 in Melbourne. We seek nominations for the…
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