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{"title":"In Praise of Email","authors":"Laura Creekmore","doi":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720430106","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720430106","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>EDITOR'S SUMMARY</p>\u0000 <p>While some aspire to minimize traditional email and prefer other communication platforms, email systems have presented strong advantages over alternative messaging channels. The systems offer simple organization and search features and let users personalize categorization based on folders. But a move to Google Apps prompted the author to appreciate the value of tags for managing email content by facets such as date, project and name, singly or in combination. The accuracy of search in email extends to related Google applications. Information architects would do well to rethink features in existing systems and redesign them to meet users' evolving and increasing needs.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100205,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology","volume":"43 1","pages":"26-27"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720430106","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"99501552","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"President's Page","authors":"Nadia Caidi 2016 ASIS&T President, Associate Professor","doi":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720430102","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720430102","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>EDITOR'S SUMMARY</p>\u0000 <p>In her final message as ASIS&amp;T president, Nadia Caidi extends thanks to the conference co-chairs and many others who have contributed to a successful 2016 Annual Meeting in Copenhagen, the first beyond North America. Caidi notes the strong financial health of the Association and the hiring of the Association's first communications officer. Numerous efforts have been made toward priority goals for the year: outreach and engagement with members and the wider information science community and internal knowledge management. An Executive Director Task Force has been formed to find a successor to Dick Hill, considering organizational and financial status, strategic planning and oversight by either an executive director or an association management firm. Members are invited to share ideas and voice their opinions on issues of common interest as the Association moves forward.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100205,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology","volume":"43 1","pages":"4-6"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-12-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720430102","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137632758","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Editor's Desktop","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420601","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420601","url":null,"abstract":"<p>History is our focus in this issue. We are fortunate to have two articles on a pioneering bibliographic service in zoology, the Concilium Bibliographicum, which had admirable goals, but ones that could not, realistically, be supported by early 20^th century technology. Michael Buckland and Colin Burke have co-authored two articles on the topic, one about the Concilium's creator, Herbert Haviland Field, and the other about the Concilium itself. As a somewhat obsessed, wealthy American man-of-the-time in Europe, engaging in diplomacy and intelligence as well as in scientific and bibliographic endeavors, Field is quite an entertaining subject. Together, the articles provide a window on the challenges faced by early attempts to provide timely, detailed alerts and retrospective search of scientific information.</p><p>Next, in this issue's RDAP Review, Cindy Khristof, head of copyright and document services at Kent State University Libraries, leads us through the legal thicket of database copyright, one of the most confusing and contentious areas of copyright law.</p><p>Finally, on matters ASIS&amp;T, we have a report in Inside ASIS&amp;T on a joint meeting of the Asian Pacific and European Chapters at the 2016 Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) Conference in Croatia and the President's Page, which brings us up to date on the recent election of ASIS&amp;T officers, on personnel changes at headquarters and on the 2016 Annual Meeting activities in Copenhagen, scheduled for late October.</p>","PeriodicalId":100205,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology","volume":"42 6","pages":"2"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420601","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137963203","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Herbert Haviland Field (1868–1921): Bibliographer of Zoology","authors":"Colin B. Burke,&nbsp;Michael K. Buckland","doi":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420605","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420605","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>EDITOR'S SUMMARY</p>\u0000 <p>Before the field of bioinformatics was imagined, zoologist Herbert Haviland Field advanced the Concilium Bibliographicum, a comprehensive bibliographic resource for zoology. Born in New York to a wealthy family, Field pursued his early interest in science and earned multiple degrees but was frustrated by the difficulty of searching publications. Field developed a vision and plan for the Concilium, garnering financial support from donors and his family's resources and implementing the young Universal Decimal Classification for the project. Despite contacts with scientists throughout Europe, reliable funding for the Concilium eluded him. At the start of World War I, Field shifted his attention to relief missions, eventually using his international social position and language skills in commerce, the intelligence field and ultimately peace efforts. Attempts to rebuild the Concilium after the war failed, and Field died of influenza in 1921 at age 53, falling short of his goal to use the best technology of the day to improve information access.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100205,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology","volume":"42 6","pages":"10-14"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420605","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"106961712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"East Meets West – Joint Meeting of European and Asian Pacific Chapters at LIDA Conference","authors":"Emil Levine,&nbsp;Maja Krtalić","doi":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420604","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420604","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>EDITOR'S SUMMARY</p>\u0000 <p>The 2016 Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) Conference in Croatia provided an opportunity for ASIS&amp;T's European and Asian Pacific Chapters to come together for events and discussion of professional issues, with 43 members attending. ASIS&amp;T dignitaries, including past presidents Tefko Saracevic and Diane Sonnenwald, led discussions about how professional associations can aid graduate students starting their careers through networking, academic opportunities and other resources. A Ph.D. forum drew about 60 participants, including LIDA attendees. Special announcements included the winners of top study projects and the LIDA poster contest, earning free ASIS&amp;T membership or a cash award, and a new anonymous donor program for student memberships. The meeting was a valuable channel to promote ASIS&amp;T membership and discuss the Association's broad and local strategic goals.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100205,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology","volume":"42 6","pages":"8-9"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420604","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"97767836","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Data and Copyright","authors":"Cindy Kristof","doi":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420607","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420607","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>EDITOR'S SUMMARY</p>\u0000 <p>Raw data is not open to copyright, but databases, as compilations of data, have been treated differently. Early legal interpretations respected the compiler's work under the “sweat of the brow” doctrine, until the Supreme Court ruled in 1991 that a modicum of creativity was required to earn copyright protection. The Court also ruled the International News Service infringed on the rights of the Associated Press (AP) by telegraphing news gathered by its competitor, and that the AP's work was protected under state law through the “misappropriation doctrine.” The case was the basis of a 1997 case in which the National Basketball Association sued Motorola for transmitting real time game data by pager, making the defendant a competitor in providing the service. Databases must select, coordinate and arrange data with some creativity to earn copyright protection, and database producers use carefully worded contracts to protect their works. Librarians must be aware of copyright and contract details for databases and the scholarly use of data therein.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100205,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology","volume":"42 6","pages":"20-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420607","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"97776472","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Precise Zoological Information: The Concilium Bibliographicum, 1895–1940","authors":"Michael K. Buckland,&nbsp;Colin B. Burke","doi":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420606","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420606","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>EDITOR'S SUMMARY</p>\u0000 <p>Cognizant of the benefits and challenges of deep bibliographical searching for zoological resources, Herbert Haviland Field, an American zoologist, established the Concilium Bibliographicum in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1895. The Concilium provided bibliographic data on articles from over 2,000 journals in 20 languages and developed the zoology section of the Universal Decimal Classification (UDC) system, a new system in 1895 that improved search through flexible ordering of topical facets. The institute published annual indexes of zoological literature that could be tailored for specific interests; it later introduced card files for new zoological species and other services. But the Concilium faced insurmountable challenges. Poor funding, international hostilities leading to World War I and Field's death in 1921 handicapped daily operations, affecting the Concilium's language use policy, currency and comprehensiveness of references and staffing to maintain the index. An admirable effort that would have been well suited to modern digital solutions, the Concilium was suspended during the war and ceased operations in 1940.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100205,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology","volume":"42 6","pages":"15-19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420606","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"100109585","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ASIS&T Election of Officers and Directors: And the Winners Are….","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420603","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Summer balloting is complete for the annual process of selecting new leaders for the ASIS&amp;T Board of Directors. And the winners, who will take their seats at the conclusion of the upcoming Annual Meeting in Copenhagen, Denmark, are <b>Lisa Given</b>, president-elect; <b>June Abbas</b>, treasurer; and as directors-at-large, <b>Heather O'Brien</b> and <b>Dania Bilal</b>.</p><p><b>Lisa Given</b>, professor of information studies and a research fellow of the Research Institute for Professional Practice, Learning and Education at Charles Sturt University in Australia, based her presidential campaign on her interest in deepening and strengthen engagement with members across borders, broadening the membership base across disciplines and in practice, fostering research capacity building and research leadership and developing a structured knowledge management plan for sharing materials within and across ASIS&amp;T units.</p><p>As president-elect, Given will spend the upcoming administrative year working with <b>Lynn Silipigni Connaway</b> of OCLC Research who will ascend to the presidency at the upcoming Annual Meeting.</p><p><b>June Abbas</b>, professor in the School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) at the University of Oklahoma, Norman campus, looks forward to her term as treasurer during which she will work to sustain the sound financial health of ASIS&amp;T. The step into the treasurer's seat comes immediately upon completion of a term as director-at-large.</p><p>As a member of the Board of Directors, <b>Heather O'Brien</b>, assistant professor at the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies at the University of British Columbia, says she will support the ASIS&amp;T strategic plan and its mission to provide focus, opportunity and support to information professionals and organizations around the world. And <b>Dania Bilal</b>, professor and interim director at the School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, wants to enhance the association's global perspective through establishing partnerships with professional associations in the Middle East, especially in countries without an ASIS&amp;T presence.</p><p>As the new directors join the ASIS&amp;T Board of Directors, the following people will transition off as their terms are complete: past president <b>Sandra Hirsh</b>, San Jose State University; treasurer <b>Vicki L. Gregory</b>, University of South Florida; director <b>Lauren D. Harrison</b>, Roche TCRC, Inc. As noted above, <b>June Abbas</b> is completing her term as director and taking her seat as newly elected treasurer.</p><p>The long-awaited 2016 ASIS&amp;T Annual Meeting, the first to be held outside of North America, gets underway in just a few short weeks (depending, of course, on when you are reading this article). From October 14–18, Copenhagen, Denmark, becomes home base for the premier, peer-reviewed international conference of information scientists, practitioners and academics.</p><p><b>Cr","PeriodicalId":100205,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology","volume":"42 6","pages":"5-8"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420603","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137963201","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"President's Page","authors":"Nadia Caidi 2016 ASIS&T President, Associate Professor","doi":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420602","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420602","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>EDITOR'S SUMMARY</p>\u0000 <p>ASIS&amp;T president Nadia Caidi announces incoming board members for the positions of president-elect, treasurer and directors-at-large and recognizes the volunteer service of dedicated members in a variety of activities. The search for a director to succeed Dick Hill and interviews with applicants for the position of communications officer continue, while the steadfast team at ASIS&amp;T headquarters maintains operations and member services. The Association's first Meet the Authors webinar, exploring search engine manipulation, was stimulating, and doctoral students' videos on their research will soon be viewable online. Google Scholar metrics for June 2016 reaffirm the leading position of ASIS&amp;T publications for the information science community. The upcoming ASIS&amp;T Annual Meeting in Copenhagen and other fall 2016 meetings in Europe offer valuable opportunities for learning, networking and career growth.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100205,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology","volume":"42 6","pages":"3-4"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-08-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420602","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"137963202","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Social Math: A Method to Make Complex Data Meaningful","authors":"Victor Yocco,&nbsp;Ashley Pulli","doi":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420507","DOIUrl":"10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420507","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 <p>EDITOR'S SUMMARY</p>\u0000 <p>Social math presents numerical data as a compelling story about a social issue to inspire an active audience response. The approach simplifies complex statistics by reframing them within more familiar contexts. Visual images reinforce the comparison and message, surpassing simple data presentation to offer a meaningful and informative story. Organizations seeking to stimulate response to social problems by citing powerful statistics often turn to social math. The impact of social math is strengthened by reference to numbers that are familiar, understandable and small and by alluding to dramatic events. Examples illustrate social math being used effectively and ways to improve the presentations. Key guidelines for social math include clearly defining the issue and specific focus, using reliable data, customizing the comparison to the audience, having a clear visualization and a strong call to action.</p>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":100205,"journal":{"name":"Bulletin of the Association for Information Science and Technology","volume":"42 5","pages":"23-26"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-06-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://asistdl.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/bul2.2016.1720420507","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"110848881","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}