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DESCRIPTION:TOWNHALL: We are pleased to have Prof. Naresh Agarwal\, Preside
 nt-Elect of ASIS&T & Professor at Simmons University\, LIS\, Prof. Sam Chu
 \, Director of Chapter Assembly\, and Terrence Curtiss\, Lead for Chapter 
 at ASIS&T headquarters join us in a virtual Townhall. \n	\n	This Townhall is
  aimed at bringing all ASIS&T members and alumni\, as well as prospective 
 members together to learn more about the ASIS&T McGill Chapter and ASIS&T 
 International. Our invited speakers will speak about ASIS&T success storie
 s\, particularly how getting involved in ASIS&T can help to strategically 
 position students to stand out in the LIS Job market\, either as academics
  or as professionals.  Come with any question you have regarding ASIS&T Mc
 Gill and ASIS&T International and be better informed about the opportuniti
 es that abound for you\n	as a member of the association\, both locally and 
 internationally.\n\nGIVEAWAY: Two ASIS&T membership fees worth $60 each! Y
 ou must attend the event to enter the drawing.\n\nJOIN ZOOM MEETING\n	\n	Mee
 ting ID: 894 9422 1433 Passcode: 910183\n\n\n	NO REGISTRTION FEE: Free and 
 open to all master’s\, doctoral students\, and faculty\, including ASIS&T 
 members\, Alumni\, and non-members.\n	Open to all students and faculty\n	Tue
 sday February 16\, 2021\n	9:30 AM (EST)\n	Online via Zoom\n\n\n	Naresh Agarwa
 l  Naresh Agarwal is an Associate Professor and Director of the Informatio
 n Science & Technology Concentration at the School of Library & Informatio
 n Science at Simmons University\, Boston\, Massachusetts\, USA. He is curr
 ently the President-elect of ASIS&T. Naresh’s research area is information
  behavior and knowledge management. Before being elected President-elect\,
  Naresh held various leadership positions in ASIS&T. Naresh joined ASIS&T 
 as a student member in 2008. He was a member of its Board of Directors and
  Director of the Chapter Assembly (2012-2014). He organized the ASIS&T Ann
 ual Meeting in 2017 as Conference Co-Chair\, and was the Poster Co-Chair o
 f the 2020 Annual Meeting. He has led various SIGs over the years as Chair
 -elect and Chair – SIG Social Informatics\, SIG Health\, SIG ED (won SIG o
 f the Year in 2012)\, and SIG KM. He was awarded the ASIS&T James M. Crets
 os Leadership Award in 2012. Naresh was a member of the Strategic Planning
  Group and Chair of the Membership Committee. Naresh envisioned and initia
 ted the South Asia Chapter of ASIS&T\, and is currently Advisor to the Cha
 pter. http://web.simmons.edu/~agarwal\n\n\n	Sam Chu Dr. Chu is an Associate
  Professor at the Faculty of Education\, The University of Hong Kong (HKU)
 . He was the Head of Division of Information and Technology Studies (2013-
 16). He has obtained 2 PhDs in Education – one focusing on e-Learning from
  University College London\, Institute of Education and another one focusi
 ng on Information and Library Science from HKU. His areas of expertise inc
 lude gamified learning\, 21st Century Skills\, and Social Media in Educati
 on. He has been involved in over 60 research projects with a total funding
  of US$ 9\,375\,918. He has published more than 390 articles and books\, a
 nd appeared in over 90 international academic journals. This includes key 
 journals in the area of e-Learning\, information and library science\, sch
 ool/ academic librarianship and knowledge management. Furthermore\, Dr. Ch
 u is the Co-Founder and Co-Editor for the journal Information and Learning
  Sciences. He is also a Member of the Humanities and Social Sciences Panel
  of the Research Grants Council of HK and a Member of Curriculum Developme
 nt Council Committee on Learning Resources & Support Services\, Education 
 Bureau. He has received many awards including the Faculty Outstanding Rese
 archer Award in 2013\, Faculty’s Knowledge Exchange Award in 2016 and Exce
 llent Health Promotion Project Award from Food and Health Bureau in 2017. 
 He is the world’s 66th highest contributor to publications in library and 
 information science between 2007-12 and has achieved an h-index of 35 over
  the years. He has been a Consultant for UNESCO Bangkok\, EDB\, Oxford Uni
 versity Press\, Pearson Education Asia\, and is currently serving as the A
 SIS&T Director of Chapter Assembly (2020-2021). He is also an Advisor for 
 EdTech startups at HK Science and Technology Parks and the Founding Chairm
 an of Academy 22 Education for All Foundation.\n
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LOCATION:Peel 3661\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1X1\, 3661 rue Peel
SUMMARY:ASIS&T McGill Student Chapter Townhall
URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/sis/channels/event/asist-mcgill-student-chapter-t
 ownhall-328362
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