Library information provider OCLC, US, has announced that senior research scientist Dr. Lynn Silipigni Connaway has been elected to a three-year term on the Board of Directors of the American Society for Information Science and Technology.
The ASIS&T Board of Directors constitutes the policy-making body for the organisation, and generally oversees the affairs of the Society. Two of the six Directors-at-large are elected annually by ballot from among the voting members of the Society for terms of three years. The new board convenes following the organisation's annual business meeting, which will occur this year on October 30 at the close of the 75th Annual Meeting in Baltimore Maryland. The board meets at least twice a year.
Dr. Connaway leads the OCLC Research User Behavior Studies & Synthesis activities theme. Her responsibilities include research projects that directly involve OCLC libraries and users as well as collaborative investigations of digital information seekers, users in the virtual research environment, and digital 'visitors' and 'residents'; and IMLS-funded grant projects to study virtual reference and social question and answer services and the behaviour patterns of college and university information seekers.
The American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) supports a range of efforts to improve access to information and advance the information sciences and related applications of information technology. The Society seeks to stimulate participation and interaction among its members, encourages and supports personal and professional growth, works to increase the influence of information professionals among decision-makers, promotes informed policy on national and international information issues, and supports the advancement of research and development in basic and applied information science.
