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EDITOR'S SUMMARY

ASIS&T president Lynn Silipigni Connaway attended the ASIS&T Regional Meeting at OCLC on March 3, 2017. Special Interest Group/Information and Learning Sciences (SIG/ILS) has launched and will have a presence at the 2017 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Washington, DC, from October 27 to November 1. In order to facilitate international attendees at the meeting, ASIS&T will be offering visa support documents by request. A conference put together by the Asia Pacific, Taiwan and Europe chapters titled “ASIS&T Presentation: Professional Organizations in Career Development” took place at the iConference in Wuhan, China, on March 24. The Board of Directors has approved a new marketing policy. The search for a new ASIS&T executive director continues. Finally, a respected pioneer in the information science field, Dr. Eugene Garfield, passed away in February. A memorial and account of his life can be found in Inside ASIS&T Reminders and on the ASIS&T website.