[Neasis-l] Congratulations to NEASIST - 2007 ASIS&T Chapter of the Year!

[Beata Panagopoulos]

To the NEASIS&T Board, Program Committee, and New England Chapter members:

I would like to congratulate you all for winning the 2007 ASIS&T Chapter 
of the Year Award!!

This year we have two winners - it was a dead heat between the two 
chapters.  Below is the citation for NEASIS&T which will be in The 
Bulletin, the ASIS&T Annual Meeting Program and on the ASIS&T website.
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2007 ASIS&T Chapter of the Year

The New England Chapter, was outstanding in all Chapter of the Year 
assessment criteria.  The Chapter sponsored four successful programs with 
an average attendance of 85.  The diversity of the program topics (“The 
Dawn of the Embedded Library”, “Geographic Information Made Accessible,” 
“Designing Usable Interfaces”, and “Visualizing Wikipedia”) reflects the 
understanding that not all of its 200 members work in libraries.  In 
support of the Society’s goal to increase membership, NEASIS&T has begun 
offering discounted ASIS&T memberships to nonmembers who join ASIST at the 
same time they register for a NEASIST program.  The chapter has also 
shifted the pricing structure of its programs to provide deeper discounts 
to ASIS&T members, thus encouraging membership.  By convincing speakers to 
waive fees and securing free meeting space, the major programs net profits 
that enable the Chapter to offer free programs as well.  At an annual 
awards banquet, the Chapter honors the Student Member of the Year, as well 
as the Chapter Member of the Year.  NEASIST sponsors a Student Travel 
Award competition: up to two winners receive $750 to cover travel expenses 
to attend the ASIS&T Annual Meeting.  The Chapter also supports the 
International Calendar of Information Science.  With these initiatives 
which nurture and support the information science and technology community 
in New England and internationally, the chapter exemplifies the old adage: 
“Think Globally, Act Locally.”

A hearty congratulations to both Los Angeles and New England for winning 
the Chapter of the Year Award – with your dedication to your local 
membership you promote ASIST's core values from coast to coast. 


Beata Panagopoulos
ASIS&T Chapter Assembly Director

Head of Technical Services
Kennedy School of Government Library
Harvard University
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel. 617-496-1775
fax 617-495-1972
email: beata_panagopoulos at harvard.edu