[Asis-l] SIG-III Events at 2012 ASIS&T Annual Meeting

[Alemneh, Daniel]

SIG-III Events at 2012 ASIS&T Annual Meeting:-



·         Saturday, October 27th:

o   8:00am-7:00pm -  ASIS&T 75th Anniversary - History of ASIS&T, Information Science, and Technology Worldwide<http://asis.org/asist2012/historyofASIST.html>. Toni Carbo, our SIG Cabinet Representative, is the Co-Chair of the 75th Anniversary Task Force and SIG-III sponsored the 75th Anniversary keynote speaker.



·         Sunday, October 28th:

 o   10:30am–12pm -SIG Cabinet meeting. Toni Carbo is the SIG-III Cabinet Representative.

o   12:00-1:00pm – New Members / 1st Time Attendees Brunch<http://asis.org/asist2012/social.html#brunch>. New ASIS&T members and first-time attendees will receive special invitations to the Newcomer’s Brunch. To make the conference experience more enjoyable, guests will get a preview of ASIS&T meetings and an opportunity to network at the start of the meeting.  Daniel will be in attendance representing SIG-III and will distribute flyers.



o   6:30-8:30pm – Welcome Reception<http://asis.org/asist2012/social.html#welcome>. Please come and enjoy delicious hors d’oeuvres and drinks with your colleagues as ASIS&T welcomes you to its 75th Annual Meeting. Please come to the SIG-III table at this event for fun and, of course, an opportunity to share ideas and get acquainted.



·         Monday, October 29th:

o   5:00-6:30pm – SIG-III Business Meeting. The meeting will be held in the Mecken Room  (Room A). We encourage everyone to join us at the meeting. For further information, please see the agenda of the 2012 SIG-III Business meeting.



o    8:00-10:00pm – International Reception<http://asis.org/asist2012/social.html#internationalreception>. At the special SIG-III 30th Anniversary International Reception, you will meet and congratulate one of this year’s International Paper Contest winners (Muhammad Sajid Mirza, from Pakistan) and mix with colleagues from all over the world. The event features a local African music band specializing in Ethiopian traditional music/dance.  Dr. Sam Hastings, Director and Professor of the School of Library and Information Science at the University of South Carolina, has generously offered to sponsor this musical group. SIG-III will hold its annual InfoShare Silent Auction at the event.  We will also have our annual Raffle Ticket Sale at the Reception.  The 1st prize is a gift basket put together by ASIS&T student chapter from the iSchool College of Information Science and Technology  (Drexel University) , with locally produced items and goodies. If you have items that you would like to donate to the Silent Auction, please bring them to Baltimore with you. We also hope to award prizes to winners of a trivia game based on questions related to our SIG-III history and members’ home countries.



·         Tuesday, October 30th  - (SIG-III is sponsoring two panels  this year):-

o   1:30-3:00 pm - The Origins of SIG-III and Its 30 Years’ Journey: Visions and Reflections<http://asis.org/asist2012/abstracts/167.html>

Panelists:             Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, Toni Carbo, Nadia Caidi, Anatoliy Gruzd, and Abebe Rorissa



o   3:30-5:00 pm – Content Divide: Africa and the Global Knowledge Footprint<http://asis.org/asist2012/abstracts/206.html>

Panelists:             Shimelis Assefa, Abebe Rorissa, Daniel Gelaw Alemneh, and Kendra Albright.



See you all in Baltimore!

Daniel G. Alemneh,
On behalf of  SIG-III Officers<http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/drupal/officers>


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