[LIS-Forum] Fw:ASIS&T SIG III International Paper Contest winner announcement

[J. K. Vijayakumar]

Congratulations to the winners.

Dr. J K Vijayakumar


> From: Judy Jeng <jjeng at njcu.edu>
> Subject: [Asis-l] 2008 ASIS&T SIG III International
> Paper Contest winner announcement
> Date: Tuesday, June 24, 2008, 8:04 PM
> 
> 
> WINNERS OF THE 2008 ASIS&T SIG III INTERNATIONAL PAPER
> CONTEST
>  
> The American Society for Information Science &
> Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group on
> International Information Issues (SIG III) is pleased to
> announce the following winners of its 9th International
> Paper Contest:
>  
> First Place Winner:
> Maqsood Ahmad Shaheen. Use of social networks and
> information seeking behavior of students during political
> crises in Pakistan . ( Pakistan )
>  
> Second Place Winner:
> Neela J. Deshpande & S K Pathak. Use of electronic
> journals in astronomy and astrophysics libraries and
> information centres in India : A users’ perspective. (
> India )
>  
> Third Place Winner:
> Manjunatha K. Technology and customer expectation in
> academic libraries: A special reference to
> technical/management libraries in Karnataka. ( India )
>  
> Fourth Place Winner:
> S. M. Pujar, R. K. Kamat, S. Y. Bansode, R. R. Kamat, &
> S. H. Katigennavar. Identifying and exploiting human needs
> for people centric evolving knowledge society: A case study
> of Indian ICT emergence. ( India )
>  
> Fifth Place Winner:
> Tariq Ashraf. Empowering people through information: A case
> study of India ’s right to information act. ( India )
>  
> Sixth Place Winner:
> Pramila Dangwal. Information: By the people, for the
> people, for development. ( India )
>  
>  
> The jurors for the 2008 competition included Judy Jeng
> (Chair), Jonathan Levitt (Co-Chair), Aaron Bowen, Yunfei
> Du, Julian Warner, and Yin Zhang.
>  
> The principal authors of each of the six winning papers
> will be awarded a two-year individual membership to
> ASIS&T. In addition, the first place winner will be
> awarded a minimum of $1,000 to attend the ASIS&T Annual
> Conference in Columbus , Ohio , October 24-29, 2008.
>  
> Those winning papers and other submitted papers for the
> competition will be considered for publication by
> Elsevier’s International Information and Library Review.
>  
> We thank the jury members for their hard work and our
> donors for their compassion which makes it possible to
> develop and sustain this international network of scholars
> in developing countries.
>  
> Judy Jeng
> Chair, 2008 ASIS&T International Paper Contest
> jjeng at njcu.edu





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