Main Calendar
Webinar: AI and ML Approaches for Improving Biomedicine and Healthcare (SIG-HLTH)
1:30 PM - 2:30 PM
Major advances in AI are linked inseparably to biomedicine and healthcare. The use cases in the earliest AI experimental research initiatives investigated automated diagnosis of infections. In the current times...
Debating Social Media Bans for Children and Youth: Agency, Information and Wellbeing (SIG-USE/Oceania)
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
We have invited a very famous scholar in scientometrics field, Prof. Cassidy Sugimoto, to give a virtual talk to our broad audiences.
Webinar: Passing it On: Up, Down, and Sideways: A Dean’s-eye View of Working with Leadership and Peers
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
As part of the Passing it On series, Dean Eric T. Meyer of the UC Berkeley School of Information will share insights based on his eight years as a dean at two large research-intensive universities on how to work with campus leadership such as provosts...
Webinar: Cognitive Architecture for Digital Engagement: Structuring Information for Retention in Mobile-First Environments
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Information systems are often evaluated using exposure-based metrics, such as page views, and interaction-based metrics, such as clicks, likes, and shares. However, these measures do not reliably reflect meaningful knowledge acquisition and retention...
Meet the Author: Making Ethical Choices in the Digital Age
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Join us for a conversation with Kip Currier, author of Ethics, Information, and Technology, as he examines the ethical challenges shaping today’s digital environment. Drawing on themes from the book...
Africa Chapter Book Discussion
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
The Africa Chapter is planning to commemorate Africa Day (25 May 2026 at 10-11am ET/4-5pm SA) with a book discussion in collaboration with: 1. Mortenson Center for International Library Programs https://www.library.illinois.edu/mortenson/ 2. IFLA SET ...
Welcome Wednesday - June 2026
6:00 PM - 7:00 PM
Learn more about ASIS&T and your membership benefits by attending a New Member Welcome Wednesday.
Webinar: Result Assessment Tool (RAT): An Open-Source Toolkit for Conducting Studies based on Search Results
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Conducting research with results from commercial search engines and other web-based information retrieval systems is challenging due to the “black-box” nature of these systems and limited data access. The Result Assessment Tool (RAT) addresses this by...
Webinar: Meet the Author: Behind the Startup: How Venture Capital Shapes Work, Innovation, and Inequality
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
In recent years, dreams about our technological future have soured as digital platforms have undermined privacy, eroded labor rights, and weakened democratic discourse. In light of the negative consequences of innovation, some blame harmful algorithms ...
Europe Chapter: Information Science Trends (IST) 2026: Celebrating Theory and Practice
4:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Annual conference hosted by the ASIS&T Europe Chapter
Webinar: Perceptual Learning and Rational Learning: Situating Knowledge Organization in the age of AI (SIG-CMR)
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Knowledge organization systems (KOS) traditionally are developed for representing knowledge in publications for information discovery and retrieval. Advances in semantic technologies since the beginning of 21st century and the emergent AI technologies...
Webinar: Navigating Early Career Uncertainty in Information Professions: The Research Conundrum
12:00 PM - 1:00 PM
Early career researchers and information professionals face increasing uncertainty as professional roles, required skills, and career pathways continue to evolve across academic and practice settings. This webinar explores how early career individuals can
Webinar: Smart Information Systems: Leveraging AI for Knowledge Discovery and Decision Support (SIG Edu-Learn)
10:00 AM - 11:00 AM
Knowledge organization systems (KOS) traditionally are developed for representing knowledge in publications for information discovery and retrieval. Advances in semantic technologies since the beginning of 21st century and the emergent AI technologies...
Webinar: Passing it On: What Does the Dean Do All Day?
11:00 AM - 12:00 PM
As part of the "Passing it On" series, Emily Knox will discuss her experiences moving through academia with a special focus on combining research, teaching, and service effectively.