Association for Information Science and Technology

Name

Association for Information Science and Technology

Legal name

Association for Information Science and Technology

Website

https://asist.org

Company type

Private

Founded year

1937

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Silver Spring

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. Membership Dues: Annual membership dues across multiple categories (Community Only $80, Professional $160, Early Career $80, Student $47.50) with substantial discounts for residents of World Bank-designated developing countries (Tier 1 and Tier 2). Dues are non-refundable. Membership year runs July 1 – June 30 with proration for mid-year joiners.
2. Publications Revenue (JASIST, ARIST, Bulletins): Revenue from publishing the Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology (JASIST) and the Annual Review of Information Science & Technology (ARIST) through Wiley. The association also publishes the Inside ASIS&T Newsletter, Information Matters (informationmatters.org), and conference proceedings.
3. Annual Meetings and Events: Annual Meeting registration fees, regional meetings (Europe, Asia Pacific, South Asia, Africa, Middle East), IDEA Institute programs, webinars, and the Info Science Summit & Special Libraries Conference generate event-based revenue.
4. Non-Dues Revenue Programs: ASIS&T's strategic plan targets growth in non-dues revenue including advertising/sponsorship opportunities (IM Sponsorship Opportunities, marketing opportunities page), webinar sponsorship, exhibitor opportunities at events, and potentially certification or continuing education programs.
5. Awards and Scholarships: Awards programs including the SIG-IEP Student Engagement Award ($1,500 prize), New Leaders Award, James Cretsos Award, Lois Lunin Award, and conference scholarships, tuition scholarships, and continuing education scholarships funded through various sources.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels6 records

Marketing channels9 records

Core offering

ASIS&T is a nonprofit professional membership association that delivers services to information science and technology professionals and students, including tiered individual and institutional memberships, a peer-reviewed journal (JASIST) and Annual Review (ARIST), a Digital Library hosted through Wiley InterScience, an Annual Meeting and regional conferences, webinars, the Member Match mentoring program, regional chapters and Special Interest Groups, awards and scholarships, and a controlled vocabulary (ASIS&T Thesaurus). The organization bridges information science research and practice through publications, community platforms (iConnect via Higher Logic), standards participation (ISO/NISO), and global programming.

Product overview

ASIS&T offers a portfolio of professional association services centered around its community platform iConnect, digital publishing through the Digital Library (featuring JASIST, ARIST, Information Matters, and Proceedings), and professional development programs including the Member Match mentoring program, webinars, and annual meetings. The organization connects information science researchers and practitioners through networking, publication, and educational services.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• ASIS&T Professional Membership (with Student, Early Career, Community Only, and Institutional tiers) Tiered individual and institutional memberships for information science and library science practitioners, researchers, students, and early-career professionals, providing access to the Digital Library (JASIST, ARIST, Bulletin), webinars, online membership directory, career center, chapters and SIGs, discounts on meetings/publications, voting rights, and group insurance eligibility.
• JASIST (Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology) Peer-reviewed scholarly journal publishing research on information science and technology topics, distributed through the ASIS&T Digital Library on Wiley InterScience and accessible to Professional, Early Career, Student, and Institutional members.
• ARIST (Annual Review of Information Science & Technology) Annual review publication providing comprehensive scholarly overviews of developments and research in information science and technology, distributed through Wiley InterScience.
• ASIS&T Digital Library Online access portal on Wiley InterScience providing electronic versions of JASIST, ARIST, the Bulletin, the ASIS&T Thesaurus, and conference proceedings to ASIS&T members and institutional subscribers.
• Member Match Mentoring Program Online mentor matching program that connects experienced information science professionals with mentees (students and early-career members) using a searchable database filtered by demographics and mentoring areas.
• ASIS&T Annual Meeting Annual conference bringing together information science researchers and practitioners for paper presentations, posters, networking, awards, and professional development; complemented by regional meetings in Europe, Asia Pacific, South Asia, Africa, and the Middle East.
• ASIS&T Webinar Program Regular online educational sessions covering information science topics (e.g., AI regulation, scholarly publishing equity, library innovations, cultural heritage), delivered via Zoom and hosted by ASIS&T, regional chapters, and SIGs.
• Information Matters Member Magazine Public-facing member magazine (informationmatters.org) covering news, features, and updates from the ASIS&T community, with sponsorship opportunities for advertisers.

Quantifiable outcome

• South Asia Chapter grew substantially aided by complimentary membership and won best chapter award
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Named customers9 records

Segments5 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration6 records

Feature5 records

Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Global Management Partners (GMP)coreOthers · 9 September 2024ASIS&T Board selected Global Management Partners (GMP) as its association management company (AMC) after a four-month selection process. GMP is an accredited, full-service AMC that provides non-executive staffing for membership, meetings, publications, marketing, social media, and educational development. While Lydia Middleton remains full-time Executive Director, GMP provides all other staff support. The engagement was framed as a growth strategy to access skills and economies of scale not available among the existing small staff.
• Wiley (John Wiley & Sons)coreTechnology or IntegrationWiley hosts the ASIS&T Digital Library through Wiley InterScience, providing electronic access to JASIST, ARIST, the Bulletin, and proceedings. This is ASIS&T's primary publishing partnership for disseminating peer-reviewed research in information science and technology to members.
• Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASIS&T is connected to the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative, with joint webinar programming (e.g., ASIS&T South Asia Chapter collaboration with DCMI Education Committee on AI and smart data for cultural heritage). DCMI is listed under ASIS&T Programs & Services.
• Higher LogiccoreTechnology or IntegrationHigher Logic provides the community platform technology powering iConnect@ASIS&T, the member-only online community. The platform enables discussion forums, blogs, member directories, event listings, and the Member Match mentoring program.
• University of Michigan LibrariesminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerASIS&T Archives are housed at the University of Michigan Libraries (findingaids.lib.umich.edu/catalog/umich-scl-asis). This provides long-term preservation and access to the association's historical records.
• ISO (International Organization for Standardization) / NISO (National Information Standards Organization)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerASIS&T plays a formal role in standards setting through participation in ISO and NISO ballots and standards votes. Recent activities include votes on ISO/DIS 233-1 (transliteration of Perso-Arabic characters), TC 46/SC 4, TC 46/SC 9, and NISO ballots. ASIS&T's role in standards setting is a documented strategic function.
• Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)minorOthersIMLS sponsored free in-person Annual Meeting workshop registrations (October 2024, Calgary), with limited spots available and discount code IMLSwkshp24. ASIS&T offered this as a member benefit.

Scale indicators7 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Regional players

• Medical Library Association (MLA): A specialized U.S. library/information association that shares the professional membership and continuing-education model with ASIS&T, but serves a narrower health-sciences vertical. Comparable in operating model and revenue base size.

Direct peers

• Special Libraries Association (SLA): The most direct peer — a professional membership association serving information and library professionals, with overlapping member constituencies, awards programs, and continuing education offerings. ASIS&T even participates in recognizing SLA Fellows as part of its honors program.
• Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE): A sister professional association focused specifically on LIS education and faculty — overlapping heavily with ASIS&T's academic and student membership segments, and referenced in customer data through member cross-publication in ALISE's journal.
• iSchools Organization: A worldwide association of information schools whose faculty and students overlap heavily with ASIS&T's academic membership, sharing doctoral student pipelines and overlapping conference programming in the iConference ecosystem.

Broad incumbents

• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA): The global umbrella body for library associations, including overlapping interest in information science standards and international chapter structures. Operates at a much larger geographic and policy scope than ASIS&T.
• American Library Association (ALA): Larger and broader professional association serving the U.S. library ecosystem with significantly greater scale (~50k+ members vs. ASIS&T's small base). ALA competes for the same information professional mindshare and conference attendance, but with a much wider scope beyond information science research.
• Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): A much larger professional association covering computing and information disciplines. Shares the model of tiered membership, peer-reviewed journals, SIGs, and standards-setting, but with substantially greater scale and scope than ASIS&T's information science niche.

Others

• National Information Standards Organization (NISO): A standards-setting body in which ASIS&T holds formal voting participation; an enabling ecosystem partner with overlapping scope in information standards but a different structural mission (ANSI-accredited standards body vs. membership association).
• Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI): An ASIS&T partner organization focused on metadata standards — closely intertwined ecosystem participant with overlapping webinars, communities, and standards-setting activities, though not a direct membership competitor.
• International Association of Scientific, Technical and Medical Publishers (STM): A trade association representing scholarly publishers — adjacent rather than directly competing, but highly comparable in operating model (standards-setting, global chapter-like structure, conferences) and is the publishing counterpart to ASIS&T's research-side role.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat6 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Number of profiles

Profiles2 records

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