{"id":1972,"date":"2018-03-14T02:20:21","date_gmt":"2018-03-14T06:20:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/?p=1972"},"modified":"2018-04-22T15:29:44","modified_gmt":"2018-04-22T19:29:44","slug":"asist-annual-meeting-award","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/?p=1972","title":{"rendered":"ASIST Annual Meeting Award"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\"><b>Application Deadline:\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Sunday, April 1<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\"><b>Notification of Award Winners:\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Monday, April 16<\/span><\/span><\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\"><b><br class=\"m_5772969694889677695gmail-Apple-interchange-newline\" \/>Here is the application link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/h5bPn9nJjO6RlfO93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/h5bPn9nJjO6RlfO93<\/a><br \/>\n<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\"><i>About the Awards: Professional\/Practitioner and Student<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\">The Association for Information Science &amp; Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIS&amp;T) is pleased to announce two awards to support participation in the ASIS&amp;T Annual Meeting.\u00a0 Our goals are to support scholarship and connect research and practice, bringing new voices to the chapter. There is one student award and one practitioner award of $750 each.\u00a0 Each award will support your year-long membership in ASIS&amp;T as well as your conference registration and part of your travel costs. What does that mean for you?<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<ul>\n<li>As an ASIS&amp;T member, you\u2019ll receive up to $750 for ASIS&amp;T Annual.<\/li>\n<li>As a student non-member, you\u2019ll receive up to $710 for ASIS&amp;T Annual; NEASIS&amp;T will pay the $40 dues for your student ASIS&amp;T membership.<\/li>\n<li>As a non-member new information professional, you\u2019ll receive up to $685 for ASIS&amp;T Annual; NEASIS&amp;T will pay the $65 dues for your transitional professional ASIS&amp;T membership.<\/li>\n<li>As a non-member professional, you\u2019ll receive up to $610 for ASIS&amp;T Annual; NEASIS&amp;T will pay the $140 dues for your professional ASIST membership.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\">The ASIS&amp;T Annual Meeting will take place in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada from\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">Saturday, November 10 \u2013 Wednesday, November 14, 2018<\/span><\/span>\u00a0and will be focused \u201cbuilding an ethical and sustainable information future with emerging technology.\u201d\u00a0 For more information, you can visit the annual meeting webpage.\u00a0 It is still 9 months out from the annual meeting, so the schedule has not been fixed yet.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\">Benefits of ASIS&amp;T membership include:<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<ul>\n<li>Membership in New England regional chapter (NEASIS&amp;T)<\/li>\n<li>Mentorship and networking with experienced NEASIS&amp;T members<\/li>\n<li>Opportunities to build professional skills (including project management, budgeting, marketing, etc.)<\/li>\n<li>Discounted conference registration for ASIS&amp;T and NEASIS&amp;T events<\/li>\n<li>Webinars and discounts on other publications<\/li>\n<li>A year\u2019s subscription to the Journal of ASIS&amp;T and the Bulletin<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\"><b>Eligibility &amp; Applications<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\"><b>\u00a0<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\">Applicants must be either current graduate students or practitioners in the field of information science at the time of their application and living and working in New England (ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, or CT). We define information science broadly: librarians, archivists, data\/knowledge managers, information architects, web developers, etc., are all encouraged to apply. Applicants do not need to be current NEASIS&amp;T members. However, award winners are expected to participate (in person or remotely) in NEASIS&amp;T programming committee meetings in 2018-19.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\">Here is the application link:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/h5bPn9nJjO6RlfO93\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/h5bPn9nJjO6RlfO93<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\"><b>Terms of Awards<\/b><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\"><i>\u00a0<\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\">Each award winner will be welcomed into our New England regional chapter by participating in events in person or remotely. As a travel award winner, you will:<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\">\n<ul>\n<li>Meet with a NEASIS&amp;T representative at the conference<\/li>\n<li>Share your conference experience with the NEASIS&amp;T chapter via a blog post due\u00a0<span class=\"aBn\"><span class=\"aQJ\">December 1st, 2018<\/span><\/span>.<\/li>\n<li>Participate in a NEASIS&amp;T meet-up based on the winners\u2019 professional interests<\/li>\n<li>Review award applications for the 2019 Travel Awards<\/li>\n<li>Submit receipts documenting travel- and conference-related expenses, such as registration, airfare, food, and lodging, up to the value of the award<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\">*If a winner is unable to meet all of the terms due to a relocation, NEASIS&amp;T should be notified immediately.<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"gmail_default\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, sans-serif\">Questions? Contact Catherine Dixon at\u00a0<a href=\"mailto:neasist@gmail.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">neasist@gmail.com<\/a><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Application Deadline:\u00a0Sunday, April 1 Notification of Award Winners:\u00a0Monday, April 16 Here is the application link:\u00a0https:\/\/goo.gl\/forms\/h5bPn9nJjO6RlfO93 \u00a0 About the Awards: Professional\/Practitioner and Student \u00a0 The Association for Information Science &amp; Technology, New England Chapter (NEASIS&amp;T) is pleased to announce two awards to support participation in the ASIS&amp;T Annual Meeting.\u00a0 Our goals are to support scholarship and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":432,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mi_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1972"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1973,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1972\/revisions\/1973"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/slis.simmons.edu\/blogs\/asist\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}