From ASIS&T
Four Members Chosen for the 2024 ASIS&T Fellowship
The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted to announce that Michael Buckland, Lisa Given, Gary Marchionini and Diane Sonnenwald will be awarded the ASIS&T Fellowship in 2024. The Fellowship recognizes individuals who have made substantial and sustained contributions to ASIS&T and the broader field of Information Science. ASIS&T Fellows will have made a significant contribution to one or more of the following areas of information science: research, products, teaching, and service to the profession, the association, and other entities such as government, industry, etc. Fellows must uphold ethical and professional standards to be appointed and to maintain the honor.
Michael Buckland is Emeritus Professor, School of Information, University of California, Berkeley. In nominating Buckland for the award, John Budd wrote, “Buckland has accomplished almost everything that an individual can within a career in information science. He has received the ASIS&T Award of Merit and has served as President of the Association. He is also noted for having authored the paper that has been recognized by ASIS&T twice for have written the paper of the decade—once in the 1990s for the article “Information as Thing,” and once in the 2010s for the article “What Kind of Science Can Information Science Be?” “Information as Thing” has been cited as the Best Overall Paper by ASIS&T. He has been awarded the Outstanding Book of the Year in 2018 for Information and Society. No one can claim such accomplishments. This would seem to be sufficient for his receiving the Fellowship Award, but his work and influence exceeds the awards and official recognition.”
Lisa Given is Director, Social Change Enabling Impact Platform & Professor of Information Sciences at RMIT University. In nominating Dr. Given for the Fellowship, Sarah Polkinghorne wrote, “Dr. Given’s exceptional contributions to information science, including to ASIS&T, make her an ideal candidate for this award. She is highly deserving, having had a career filled with significant achievements and impacts. This nomination letter illustrates how well Dr. Given meets the three Fellowship criteria: contributions to ASIS&T, contributions to information science, and impact…Dr. Given has transformed approaches to human information behaviour studies through projects that incorporate social, human-centred research designs and methodological innovations.” In learning of her selection, Given said, “I’m very honoured to receive this award from ASIS&T, my scholarly home since I was a PhD student. This award means a great deal and I’m very grateful to my nominators and to those who have supported me over many years. I look forward to celebrating this achievement with colleagues and students at the annual meeting...”
Michael Buckland retired from teaching in 2004. He recently received the UC Berkeley Emeritus of the Year Award and hosts his Information Access Seminars every Friday.
