From ku26 at drexel.edu Mon Mar 6 12:56:18 2017 From: ku26 at drexel.edu (Unsworth,Kristene) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 17:56:18 +0000 Subject: [Sig-l] 80th anniversary memo Message-ID: <36DF838FDB1BE048866CF3ACE977294E0175464964@MB3.drexel.edu> Hi all, I was asked to forward the following from the 80th anniversary committee Kris Dear ASIS&T Colleague, As you know, 2017 marks the 80th Anniversary of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T). For this anniversary, we are looking forward to the next 80 years, as well as reflecting on the accomplishments and milestones of the past 80 years. We are organizing a special panel session (see link below) for the Annual Meeting in Crystal City, Virginia, October 27-November 1st, 2017, as well as other activities. As members of the 80th Anniversary Celebration Taskforce, we are working with the SIGs and Chapters to encourage their active participation in activities to celebrate these past accomplishments and plan for our future. Among the activities being considered (some of which have already been initiated): panels and programs for the 80th Annual Meeting, programs for Chapter meetings (including between local and student Chapters), webinars and other video presentations, and publications. We encourage collaboration among SIGS and Chapters. SIG HFIS and SIG III have offered their help in forming panels and other programs at the 80th Annual Meeting, as well as with the production of papers and posters, webinars, and other videos. We ask that you send along our message and refer your groups to these valuable resources. Historical Documents: https://www.asis.org/asist2012/ASIST2012_Chapters_SIGs_Histories.pdf https://www.asis.org/asist2012/historyofASIST.html Special panel submissions page: https://www.softconf.com/asist2/80th/cgi-bin/scmd.cgi?scmd=basicSubmit In addition, with the untimely passing of Dr. Bob Williams, we urge all members to donate in his memory to the ASIST Bob Williams History Fund, which was just renamed in his honor. The link for contributions: https://www.asist.org/asist-charitable-donation-form/ With thanks in advance for your participation, Toni Carbo, Ph.D. Professor Emerita and former Dean, School of Information Sciences, University of Pittsburgh; Member, Brown University Library Advisory Council; ASIS&T Representative to the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition and member, 80th Anniversary Celebration Taskforce. Ken Herold, Chair SIG HFIS --on behalf of the Advisory Group ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristene Unsworth, PhD. Assistant Professor ASIS&T SIG Director The College of Computing & Informatics Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215.895.6016 | Fax: 215.895.2494 Drexel.edu/cci https://unsworthk.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From ku26 at drexel.edu Mon Mar 6 13:00:19 2017 From: ku26 at drexel.edu (Unsworth,Kristene) Date: Mon, 6 Mar 2017 18:00:19 +0000 Subject: [Sig-l] Special Sections for the ASIST Bulletin Message-ID: <36DF838FDB1BE048866CF3ACE977294E0175464A28@MB3.drexel.edu> Hi all, Sharing this with you all from Irene Travis, editor of the Bulletin. Dear SIG Chairs: Want to win the ASIS&T Best SIG Publication Award? Try publishing a special section in the ASIST Bulletin. We have had numerous winners over the years including 2016 winner, SIG STI. Guest Editors Moriana Garcia and Tod Colegrove did a great job presenting 3D Printing and Digital Fabrication Technologies in Libraries and Museums. You can be next. SIGs are the driving force in fostering and disseminating innovation inside ASIS&T. No one is so well equipped as you to identify new areas of practice or new research results of interest to everyone. And if you present them through the Bulletin you have the advantage of a great editorial staff to help you with all aspects of the publication to produce a professional product you can be proud of. If you have ideas, please let me know at or contact ASIS&T Communications Officer, Yolande Nanayakkara at . Best regards, Irene Irene L. Travis, Ph.D. Editor, ASIST Bulletin itravis at austin.rr.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Kristene Unsworth, PhD. Assistant Professor ASIS&T SIG Director The College of Computing & Informatics Drexel University 3141 Chestnut Street Philadelphia, PA 19104 Tel: 215.895.6016 | Fax: 215.895.2494 Drexel.edu/cci https://unsworthk.com/ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: