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Article: The 1999 ASIS Annual Meeting.
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- January 1, 2000
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The conference focused on the creation, organization, and use of knowledge
The JW Marriott Hotel in Washington, DC, was the site of the recent 1999 ASIS (American Society for Information Science) Annual Meeting, held October 29-November 4, 1999. Now in its 62nd year, the conference featured over 250 workshops, sessions, and papers. Over 1,000 people from 31 countries were there, with 250 attending an ASIS meeting for the first time. Ten national awards were presented, including the Award of Merit to Jose Marie Griffiths (University of Michigan), the Watson Davis Award to Jessica Milstead (JELEM Co.), and the ISI Outstanding Teacher Award to Peter Jacso ...