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Abstract

EDITOR'S SUMMARY

Building connections between ASIS&T and other information-oriented organizations is progressing through collaborations with the Society for the Social Studies of Science (4S), the Council of Scientific Society Presidents (CSSP) and the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE). With data management a critical issue for scientific societies, the CSSP will focus its spring meeting in May 2016 on theoretical and practical issues around data, having ASIS&T and 4S jointly present the opening session. ASIS&T president Nadia Caidi serves on the CSSP executive board and co-chairs its scholarly publications and data committee. ASIS&T ties with ALISE are growing stronger through their joint hosting of a Presidential Session on Accreditation at the ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Copenhagen in October 2016. That meeting will also feature sessions on diversity and inclusion and opportunities to meet journal editors and to hear keynote speakers exploring bridges between industry and research. Other upcoming meetings include the ASIS&T Regional (East Coast) Meeting and ASIS&T Taipei Chapter workshop, both in April 2016.