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NISO Plus 2023 Early Bird Registration Ends January 9!

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NISO Plus 2023 is just a few short weeks away and, if you haven’t booked your place at this year’s virtual conference, now’s the time! Our generous early bird discounts are available through January 9, with group tickets for five or more attendees starting at just $99 each for NISO members/$149 each for non-members. Individual tickets are $139 for NISO members, $179 for non-members. And, if you’re a student, early career professional, unemployed, or retired, or if you’re from outside the top 30 countries by GDP, you’ll pay just $30 (irrespective of when you register). So don’t delay, book your …

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Announcing the (Almost!) Final NISO Plus 2023 Program

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With exactly two months till NISO Plus 2023 (February 14-16, 2023) — and less than a month to register at the early bird rate (available through January 9, 2023) — we’re delighted to share the close-to-final program with you. We have a wonderful lineup of speakers, including three great keynotes — Dr. David Weinberger (Berkman Klein Center at Harvard University, USA), Dr. Caleb Kibet (Pwani University, Kenya), and Dr. Yuko Harayama (Professor Emeritus at Tohoku University, Japan) — as well as this year’s Miles Conrad Awardee, Dr. Safiya Noble, (UCLA Center for Critical Internet Inquiry and MacArthur Foundation Fellow, aka …

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Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble Is Our 2023 Miles Conrad Awardee!

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We’re delighted to announce that Dr. Safiya Umoja Noble, Professor of Gender Studies and African American Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), will be the recipient of the 2023 Miles Conrad Award, NISO’s lifetime achievement award for those working in the information community. She will receive her award at our virtual award ceremony during next year’s NISO Plus conference (from 12.30pm ET on February 15, 2023), where she will also deliver the 2023 Miles Conrad Lecture. Dr. Noble is an internet studies scholar, whose work is both sociological and interdisciplinary, focusing on the ways that digital media intersects …