2016 ASIS&T Award Winners

Lynn Silipigni Connaway, ASIS&T president installed at the Copenhagen Annual Meeting to serve for the 2017 administrative year, is off to a running start as the international face of ASIS&T in our 80^th anniversary celebration year. Here's a brief look at some of the presentations to which she is already committed on our behalf.

At the end of November, she attended the ASIS&T Regional Meeting at Nankai University in Tianjin, China, where she gave a brief overview of the Association, its activities and the benefits offered its members. It was then on to Edinburg and the ASIS&T Annual Lecture sponsored by the European Chapter.

In early December, Lynn heads to National Taiwan University and National Taiwan Normal University where faculty members at the two institutions will host a meet-and-greet for LIS faculty members and ASIS&T Taipei Chapter members to visit with the ASIS&T president. While in Taipei, Lynn will make presentations on both her work at OCLC Research and the benefits of ASIS&T membership and deliver a keynote address at the annual meeting of the Library Association of the Republic of China (Taiwan).

For the first time, the Association for Information Science and Technology is a part of the #GivingTuesday (www.givingtuesday.org) phenomenon. The global day of giving brings together diverse organizations and communities around the world to give back to people and projects in need of various resources. For ASIS&T's introduction, the Board selected TechSoup Global as the recipient of donations made in the ASIS&T name. TechSoup Global provides software products to nonprofits, charities and libraries around the world.

The international day of giving was Tuesday, November 29. Final participation numbers are not yet known, but ASIS&T's first foray into the movement was seen as a chance to make a magical impact on the lives of people without access to technology. Yolande Nanayakkara, ASIS&T communications officer, explains it this way: “#GivingTuesday is a wonderful way for the ASIS&T community to come together and work for a good cause within their field. The Board felt TechSoup Global was a good match because they provide assistance to libraries as well as other types of nonprofits that need help with software on a global basis. We hope to have more programs like this, that allow the membership to participate in activities that do good and bring us together as a community.”

If you missed the magical day, TechSoup Global would still love to have your donation! Visit the TechSoup Global donation page at https://donatenow.networkforgood.org/1426356 to make your donation. Please make sure to indicate that this is for #GivingTuesday in the Donation Program Designation field.