American Society for Information Science and Technology
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The American Society for Information Science and Technology is a professional association dedicated to advancing the study, practice, and application of information science and technology across research, industry, and libraries.
All labels observed (3)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2958659 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Society for Information Science and Technology Context triple: [Eugene Garfield, memberOf, American Society for Information Science and Technology]
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A.
American Federation of Information Processing Societies
The American Federation of Information Processing Societies was a pioneering U.S. umbrella organization of professional computing societies that played a key role in the early development and promotion of computer science and information processing.
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B.
ACM International Conference on Digital Libraries
The ACM International Conference on Digital Libraries is a leading research conference focused on the theory, implementation, and evaluation of digital library technologies, systems, and services.
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Information Processing Society of Japan
The Information Processing Society of Japan is a leading Japanese professional organization dedicated to advancing research, education, and industry collaboration in computer science and information technology.
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Society for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing
The Society for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing is a scholarly section of anthropologists focused on the cultural, social, and political dimensions of science, technology, and digital systems.
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E.
Association of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries is a nonprofit membership organization of major research libraries in North America that collaborates to influence public policies, advance scholarly communication, and improve research library services.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: American Society for Information Science and Technology Target entity description: The American Society for Information Science and Technology is a professional association dedicated to advancing the study, practice, and application of information science and technology across research, industry, and libraries.
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A.
American Federation of Information Processing Societies
The American Federation of Information Processing Societies was a pioneering U.S. umbrella organization of professional computing societies that played a key role in the early development and promotion of computer science and information processing.
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B.
ACM International Conference on Digital Libraries
The ACM International Conference on Digital Libraries is a leading research conference focused on the theory, implementation, and evaluation of digital library technologies, systems, and services.
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C.
Information Processing Society of Japan
The Information Processing Society of Japan is a leading Japanese professional organization dedicated to advancing research, education, and industry collaboration in computer science and information technology.
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D.
Society for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing
The Society for the Anthropology of Science, Technology, and Computing is a scholarly section of anthropologists focused on the cultural, social, and political dimensions of science, technology, and digital systems.
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E.
Association of Research Libraries
The Association of Research Libraries is a nonprofit membership organization of major research libraries in North America that collaborates to influence public policies, advance scholarly communication, and improve research library services.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (45)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
learned society
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nonprofit organization ⓘ professional association ⓘ |
| aimsTo |
foster communication among information professionals
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promote best practices in information science ⓘ support innovation in information technologies ⓘ |
| country | United States of America ⓘ |
| field |
information science
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information technology ⓘ library and information science ⓘ |
| focusesOn |
digital libraries
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information behavior ⓘ information management ⓘ information policy ⓘ information retrieval ⓘ information systems design ⓘ knowledge organization ⓘ |
| formerName |
American Documentation Institute
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American Society for Information Science and Technology self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form:
American Society for Information Science
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| hasActivity |
advocacy for information professionals
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offering professional development ⓘ organizing conferences ⓘ publishing journals ⓘ publishing newsletters ⓘ supporting research ⓘ |
| hasMemberType |
information scientists
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information technology professionals ⓘ librarians ⓘ researchers ⓘ students ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| purpose |
advance the application of information science and technology
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advance the practice of information science and technology ⓘ advance the study of information science and technology ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
information ethics
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information science education ⓘ information standards ⓘ knowledge management ⓘ |
| sector |
library and information services
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professional education ⓘ research ⓘ |
| serves |
information industry
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libraries ⓘ research community ⓘ |
| shortName | ASIS&T ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
The pipeline generated the facts above by prompting gpt-5.1 with this entity's name + description and the instruction below.
Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10. # Requirements - If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list. - If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list. - Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf". - Do not get too wordy. - Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: American Society for Information Science and Technology Description of subject: The American Society for Information Science and Technology is a professional association dedicated to advancing the study, practice, and application of information science and technology across research, industry, and libraries.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
this entity surface form:
Association for Information Science and Technology
ASIS&T Award of Merit
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isHighestHonorOf
→
American Society for Information Science and Technology
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this entity surface form:
Association for Information Science and Technology
this entity surface form:
Association for Information Science and Technology
American Society for Information Science and Technology
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formerName
→
American Society for Information Science and Technology
self-linksurface differs
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this entity surface form:
American Society for Information Science