[Asis-l] Simmons SLIS at ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2016

[Alisa Libby]

Associate Professor Naresh Agarwal
<http://www.simmons.edu/Faculty/Naresh-Agarwal> and Associate Professor Rong
Tang <http://www.simmons.edu/Faculty/Rong-Tang> will represent Simmons SLIS
at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting 2016 in Copenhagen, Denmark, October 14-18. They
will present their research papers during the Information and Scholarly
Association Papers
<https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016/program/information-and-scholarly-association-papers/>
session
on Sunday, October 16.



Tang will present a paper titled "Needs Assessment of ASIS&T Publications:
Bridging Information Research and Practice," which reports the results of a
2016 online survey on perceptions and uses of ASIS&T publications. Tang is
a co-Chair of ASIS&T Publications Committee 2016-2017, and the Committee
will conduct follow-up interviews with a number of survey respondents
during the Annual Meeting.


Agarwal will co-present a paper, "How Can Professional Associations
Continue to Stay Relevant? Knowledge Management to the Rescue," about what
professional associations can do to stay relevant.

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Alisa M. Libby
Communications Assistant
Simmons College, SLIS
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