American Society for Information Science and Technology

ASIS&T at the University of Tennessee 

     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. 

UPCOMING EVENT: "Drupal Basics," presented by Cindy Lancaster, SIS webmaster

November 18th, 12-1PM Eastern

202 Haslam Building and via Centra

Come learn about the context and applications of Drupal, an open source content management system.

Read about Drupal in Libraries.

     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 below for the Student Chapter Member Form

See below for Minutes of the Sept 25 Chapter Meeting

Officers:

• Chair – Susan Wood     swood12@utk.edu
• Vice Chair – Andrea Baer     abaer1@utk.edu
• Secretary/Treasurer – Jenny Morden     jmorden@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/.