SIGHFIS

SIGHFIS the Special Interest Group on the History and Foundations of Information Science of ASIS&T, the American Society for Information Society & Technology. For more on the ASIS&T SIGS and their functions see http://www.asis.org/sigschapters.html.

Exciting news: Eugene Garfield has established four fellowships at the Chemical Heritage Foundation in Philadelphia for the study of the history of information science, law, documentation, and chemical engineering in the chemical enterprise. The Theodore and Mary Herdegen Fellowships in the History of Scientific Information and the Paul Otlet Fellowship in the History of Information Science are particularly relevant to SIGHFIS members. See the announcement on the CHF website for details.

Mission Statement

SIG/HFIS encourages and supports work on the history and theoretical development of information science. It serves as a forum for the interaction of all fields of study that have the potential for increasing understanding of the history, theories, fundamental concepts, and models of information science. (Adopted 1995 when the SIG took on its present name).

SIG Leaders

Officers (Current October 2012-October 2013)

Chair: Sarah Buchanan, Ph.D. Student, University of Texas
Chair Elect: Lai Ma, Indiana University, Bloomington
Secretary: Emma Zhang
Immediate Past Chair: Kathryn La Barre, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign

Other SIG positions:

Webmaster: Thomas Haigh (University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee).
Listserv and web manager: Elliot Hauser

Advisory Board

Toni Carbo, University of Pittsburgh (Emeritus)
Trudi Bellardo Hahn, University of Maryland
Michael Buckland, University of California, Berkeley (Emeritus)
Julian Warner, Queens University of Belfast
Robert V. Williams, University of South Carolina (Emeritus)

This antelope is the symbol of SIGHFIS.