American Society for Information Science and Technology

As stated on the national organization’s website, ASIS&T increases the influence of information professionals among decision-makers by focusing attention on the importance of information as a vital resource in a high-technology age and promotes informed policy on national and international information issues by contributing to the formation of those policies.  It supports the advancement of the state-of-the art and practice by taking a leadership position in the advocacy of research and development in basic and applied information science. 

ASIS&T is a multidisciplinary organization with over 4,000 members from such fields as librarianship, computer science, linguistics, management, engineering, law, medicine, chemistry, and education.  ASIS&T helps these professionals keep up with the rapid advancements and changes in library and information science, communications, networking, and computer science.

Benefits of membership in the student chapter and the national organization include:  

•  Networking opportunities with information professionals
    and other Information Sciences students
•  Professional development
•  Discounted registration fees for ASIS&T Summits and
    Annual Meetings
•  Leadership opprtunities
•  Access to ASIS&T's JobLine and Digital Library

Annual dues: $5 for the student chapter,$40 for the national organization (national membership required)

Click here to join the national organization

See the attachment at the bottom of the page (StudentChapterMemebershipForm.pdf) to print a copy of the Student Chapter Member Form.

Student Chapter Officers:

•  Chair (Iterim): Laura Creekmore lcreekm1 [at] utk.edu
•  Secretary-Treasurer: Reid Boehm mboehm [at] utk.edu

Please email an officer if you have any questions about our student chapter.

For further information about the activities, projects, and publications of the national organization, visit the ASIS&T website at http://www.asis.org/.

Previous Meetings and Recordings:

•  UT Libraries Mobile presentation playback:
      http://tinyurl.com/ydbsdn2 

•   DataONE presentation playback:  
      http://tinyurl.com/y7999k8 (enter event
      ID NRN259084)

•  Spring Chapter Meeting recording: 
      http://tinyurl.com/ygxnxxy