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Save the Date! What: NEASIS&T's Annual Conference, co-hosted with Simmons ASIS&T When: Friday, March 3, 2023 (9:30AM - 1:30PM EST, exact timing to be finalized closer to event) Where: virtual via Zoom Who: NEASIS&T<https://www.asist.org/chapters/neasist/> (Northeast chapter of the Association for Information Science and Technology) and Simmons ASIS&T<https://slis.simmons.edu/blogs/asist/> Registration opens: January 2023 Please save the date for NEASIS&T's annual conference, which will be held virtually through Zoom. The theme this year is: Information Science and Technology in Action This event looks at how information is used and applied in theory and practice across different sectors and industries. Practitioners, students, and researchers in all library and information science/technology fields are encouraged to submit a proposal. Call for Proposals For our call for proposals, examples of areas of practice include but are not limited to: * Information Behavior * Information Use * Information Technology * Data Science * Usability * Knowledge Management * Information Research * Information Retrieval * Electronic Resource Management * Data Privacy * Alternative Data * Informatics * Information Access * Artificial Intelligence * Augmented Reality/Virtual Reality * Blockchain * Digital Libraries We are accepting proposals for presentations, panels, workshops and posters related to our conference theme. We welcome proposals from students, faculty, practitioners, and any other role in the information sciences, libraries, archives, and other related sectors. Priority will be given to proposals from presenters in the Northeast region (ME, NH, VT, MA, RI, CT, NY, NJ) Proposed topics can be in any format: panel, presentation, 7-10 minute lightning talk/poster, hands-on workshop, etc. Please submit proposals through this online form: https://forms.gle/XvJCfnTAXfVYDqmo6 Deadline for submission: January 16, 2023 Notification by: January 27, 2023 The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) bridges the gap between information science practice and research. Members share a common interest in improving the ways society stores, retrieves, analyzes, manages, archives and disseminates information. The Northeast chapter (NEASIS&T) has a particular interest in providing low-cost professional development opportunities to practitioners who work in library digital services, IT systems, and data science. Questions? [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>