About SIG-III

The Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG/III) is an interest group focusing on international information issues. Founded in 1982, the SIG applies the Mission and Vision of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T, our parent organization) to an international context. SIG/III membership includes a true cross-section of global ASIS&T members. The purposes of SIG/III are: a) to promote better awareness among ASIS&T members and information professionals of the importance of international cooperation; b) to facilitate and enhance better communication and interaction among ASIS&T members and their global colleagues on information issues; and c) to provide a forum for exploring and discussing international information issues and problems. 

In furthering these goals, the SIG has fostered a diverse community of scholars around the world examining different aspects of global information issues. Our website and social medias offer a flavor of the different activities in which we engage. In this regrd, we hold the International Paper Contest to encourage scholarship in the field of information science from the developing world. We also maintain the InfoShare program to offer ASIS&T memberships to scholars from the developing world who would not otherwise be able to afford membership. In addition to publishing the SIG/III Newsletter as the formal record of the interest group, we also maintain the SIG/III social media pages as meanses of disseminating news and ideas about international information related issues and of communicating with each other. 
 
We encourage you to join us!  We would love to have your thoughts on international information and related issues. 

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Posted: Wednesday, November 14, 2012 - 2:06pm

Below are minutes from the 2012 SIG-III business meeting in Baltimore last month. This was such a great meeting! They are pretty thorough and I think Shimelis did a remarkable job in capturing the...

Posted: Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 10:58pm

Dear all,

If you are attending ASIS&T 2012 in Baltimore, please join us for the following SIG-III Events:

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Posted: Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 10:23pm

The paper from the SIG III Social Media squad discusses about the growing reliance on social media among scholars, and how SIG-III's active online and social media presence further contribute to...

Posted: Thursday, October 25, 2012 - 10:01pm

InfoShare, a program sponsored by SIG III, awards one-year ASIST memberships to information professionals in developing countries for whom the cost of membership would be a financial burden. This...