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The new asist.org has launched!

April 14, 2015 | Comments Off on The new asist.org has launched!

Posted on April 14, 2015 by Sandy Hirsh Immediate Past President Harry Bruce led the initiative to overhaul ASIS&T’s website during his presidency. As a result, ASIS&T’s Web Presence Task Force, ASIS&T staff members, and consulting firm Seven Heads Design have been hard at work over the past year to create an improved user experience…

Reach out and HUG-a-SIG in April (#hugasig)

April 10, 2015 | Comments Off on Reach out and HUG-a-SIG in April (#hugasig)

It is official: spring is in the air! While Valentine’s Day is already far behind us, we here at ASIS&T are spreading the information science and technology love. To promote the value of involvement with SIGs and to support overall membership efforts across the organization, we encourage new and existing Members to get involved with…

Get to Know SIG HFIS: History and Foundations of Information Science

March 26, 2015 | Comments Off on Get to Know SIG HFIS: History and Foundations of Information Science

We’re starting a new monthly series on the ASIS&T Blog this week: “Get to Know a SIG / Get to Know a Chapter.” This new series will help existing and prospective ASIS&T members learn more about the groups that are an integral and essential part of the broader association. These include Special Interest Groups (or SIGs), which cover particular topics…

Get to Know SIG AH: Arts and Humanities

March 26, 2015 | Comments Off on Get to Know SIG AH: Arts and Humanities

Posted on March 26, 2015 by Adam Worrall SIG AH logo (courtesy SIG AH) Our next interview in the “Get to Know A SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” series—after an unplanned delay—is with SIG AH (Arts and Humanities), which “explores the applications of information science to the full range of activities in the arts…

Get to Know SIG AH: Arts and Humanities

March 25, 2015 | Comments Off on Get to Know SIG AH: Arts and Humanities

Our next interview in the “Get to Know A SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” series—after an unplanned delay—is with SIG AH (Arts and Humanities), which “explores the applications of information science to the full range of activities in the arts and humanities.” SIG AH is on the smaller side of our ASIS&T Special Interest…

ALISE 2015: Breaking down silos, pouring coffee

February 4, 2015 | Comments Off on ALISE 2015: Breaking down silos, pouring coffee

Posted on February 4, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Last week, I had the opportunity to attend the ALISE 2015 conference in Chicago. ALISE is the Association for Library and Information Science Education. Its members are LIS faculty members, and the research presented mostly focuses on issues related to LIS education. It’s also perhaps the most important…

On webinars on webinars

January 26, 2015 | Comments Off on On webinars on webinars

Posted on January 26, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington How many of you know about ASIS&T’s webinar program? The association provides a wide range of webinars. Most webinars are free for ASIS&T’s members, and they are archived so you can view them at any time. With our webinars, you can learn about new things at any…

ASIS&T Web Site and Branding Project Status Update

January 20, 2015 | Comments Off on ASIS&T Web Site and Branding Project Status Update

Posted on January 20, 2015 by Diane Rasmussen Pennington Please see the message below from Kevin Hoffman from Seven Heads Design about the status of our web redesign project. You can view our progress at any time by visiting https://www.asist.org. If you have any comments or questions about the developing site, please fill out the form…

Get to Know the Simmons Student Chapter

January 13, 2015 | Comments Off on Get to Know the Simmons Student Chapter

Posted on January 13, 2015 by Adam Worrall Our “Get to Know a SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” series returns today with our first featured student chapter! We talked to the ASIS&T Student Chapter at Simmons College, which runs programs of interest to students of the Simmons School of Library and Information Science. The Simmons…

Get to Know SIG DL: Digital Libraries

December 4, 2014 | Comments Off on Get to Know SIG DL: Digital Libraries

Our next interview in the “Get to Know A SIG / Get to Know a Chapter” series is with SIG DL (Digital Libraries), which “provides a forum for discussion about research, development, and use of digital libraries in corporate, academic, and public contexts.” SIG DL is one of the largest of the ASIS&T Special Interest…