Sorry for cross postings. Congrats to winners. J. K. Vijayakumar -----Original Message----- From: sigiii-l-bounces@asis.org [mailto:sigiii-l-bounces@asis.org] On Behalf Of domole@worldbank.org Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3:33 PM To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr; asis-l@asis.org; sigiii-l@asis.org; LibAll%WORLDBANK@worldbank.org; AFLIB-L@statelib.pwv.gov.za; majordomo@uku.fi Subject: [Sigiii-l] 2006 International Paper Contest Winners It is my great pleasure to announce the results of the sixth International Paper Contest organized by the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST) Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG III). The 2006 winners are: 1. Aditya Nugraha, Indonesia. "Desa Informasi - The Role of Digital Libraries in the Preservation and Dissemination of Indigenous Knowledge." 2. Chengyu Zhang & Li Li, China. "Digital Teaching Reference Book Service: A Case Study on Knowledge-Object-Based Microstructure of Digital Resources." 3. Bharati Sen & Nahid Khashmelmous, India & Sudan. "Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge Materials: Preliminary Efforts at Elhafeed Library, Ahfad University, Sudan." 4. Pradip Upadhyay & Madaswamy Moni, India. "e-Granthalaya: Moving Towards Rural Digital Library for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods." 5. Yashwant Kanade & K.S Chudamani, India. "A Discourse on Promotion of Reading Habits in India." 6. P Jain & Parveen Babbar, India. "Digital Library Initiatives in India." The theme of this year?s contest was "Information Realities: Shaping the digital future for all?" The six winning papers were selected from 31 submissions by 42 authors from 12 developing countries. The principal authors of each of the six winning papers will be awarded a two-year individual membership to ASIST. In addition, the first place winner, Aditya Nugraha will be awarded a minimum of $1,000 to attend the November 3-8, 2006 ASIST Annual Meeting, in Austin, Texas. These winning papers and other submitted papers for the competition will be considered for publication by Elsevier's International Information and Library Review, which is edited by Toni Carbo. Thanks to the generous donations from Eugene Garfield Foundation, Elsevier, the Chicago Chapter of ASIST, University of Western Ontario, Drexel University, Kent State University, LACASIS, and many other organizations and individuals. Your efforts have enabled us to continue with the International Contest. Further fundraising is underway and donations are still welcome to support the contest. Congratulations to the winners! The Contest Committee worked really hard in selecting the winning papers. The paper contest was organized by Duncan Omole (Chair) and Jonathan Levitt (co-Chair) from the Open University and University College London. The judges were: Duncan Omole, The World Bank Group, Washington DC. Miriam Vieira da Cunha, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil. Yunfei Du, Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan. Yin Zhang, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio, USA. Nadia Caidi, University of Toronto, Canada. Sue Johnson, Consultant, National Library of Medicine, Washington, DC. Liwen Vaughan, University of Western Ontario, Canada. Nathalie Leroy, United Nations, New York City, New York. Merlyna Lim, Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California, Los Angeles. J.K.Vijayakumar, American University of Antigua, Antigua & Barbuda, West Indies. We thank the jury members for their selfless effort and our donors for their compassion which makes it possible to develop and sustain this international network of digital scholars and experts on digital libraries and information technology in developing countries. More information about the paper competition is available from the SIG III website (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/) under Paper Contest. More information about the paper competition is available from the SIG III website http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/ under Paper Contest. Duncan Omole, Chair, 2006 ASIST International Paper Contest. --------------------------------- Be a chatter box. Enjoy free PC-to-PC calls with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice. Sorry for cross postings. Congrats to winners. J. K. Vijayakumar -----Original Message----- From: sigiii-l-bounces@asis.org [mailto:sigiii-l-bounces@asis.org] On Behalf Of domole@worldbank.org Sent: Tuesday, May 30, 2006 3:33 PM To: ifla-l@infoserv.inist.fr; asis-l@asis.org; sigiii-l@asis.org; LibAll%WORLDBANK@worldbank.org; AFLIB-L@statelib.pwv.gov.za; majordomo@uku.fi Subject: [Sigiii-l] 2006 International Paper Contest Winners It is my great pleasure to announce the results of the sixth International Paper Contest organized by the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIST) Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG III). The 2006 winners are: 1. Aditya Nugraha, Indonesia. "Desa Informasi - The Role of Digital Libraries in the Preservation and Dissemination of Indigenous Knowledge." 2. Chengyu Zhang & Li Li, China. "Digital Teaching Reference Book Service: A Case Study on Knowledge-Object-Based Microstructure of Digital Resources." 3. Bharati Sen & Nahid Khashmelmous, India & Sudan. "Incorporating Indigenous Knowledge Materials: Preliminary Efforts at Elhafeed Library, Ahfad University, Sudan." 4. Pradip Upadhyay & Madaswamy Moni, India. "e-Granthalaya: Moving Towards Rural Digital Library for Sustainable Rural Livelihoods." 5. Yashwant Kanade & K.S Chudamani, India. "A Discourse on Promotion of Reading Habits in India." 6. P Jain & Parveen Babbar, India. "Digital Library Initiatives in India." The theme of this year?s contest was "Information Realities: Shaping the digital future for all?" The six winning papers were selected from 31 submissions by 42 authors from 12 developing countries. The principal authors of each of the six winning papers will be awarded a two-year individual membership to ASIST. In addition, the first place winner, Aditya Nugraha will be awarded a minimum of $1,000 to attend the November 3-8, 2006 ASIST Annual Meeting, in Austin, Texas. These winning papers and other submitted papers for the competition will be considered for publication by Elsevier's International Information and Library Review, which is edited by Toni Carbo. Thanks to the generous donations from Eugene Garfield Foundation, Elsevier, the Chicago Chapter of ASIST, University of Western Ontario, Drexel University, Kent State University, LACASIS, and many other organizations and individuals. Your efforts have enabled us to continue with the International Contest. Further fundraising is underway and donations are still welcome to support the contest. Congratulations to the winners! The Contest Committee worked really hard in selecting the winning papers. The paper contest was organized by Duncan Omole (Chair) and Jonathan Levitt (co-Chair) from the Open University and University College London. The judges were: Duncan Omole, The World Bank Group, Washington DC . Miriam Vieira da Cunha, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil. Yunfei Du, Wayne State University , Detroit , Michigan . Yin Zhang, Kent State University , Kent , Ohio , USA . Nadia Caidi, University of Toronto , Canada . Sue Johnson, Consultant, National Library of Medicine , Washington , DC . Liwen Vaughan, University of Western Ontario , Canada . Nathalie Leroy, United Nations, New York City , New York . Merlyna Lim, Annenberg Center for Communication, University of Southern California , Los Angeles . J.K.Vijayakumar, American University of Antigua, Antigua & Barbuda, West Indies . We thank the jury members for their selfless effort and our donors for their compassion which makes it possible to develop and sustain this international network of digital scholars and experts on digital libraries and information technology in developing countries. More information about the paper competition is available from the SIG III website ( http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/ http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/ ) under Paper Contest . More information about the paper competition is available from the SIG III website http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/ http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/ under Paper Contest. Duncan Omole, Chair, 2006 ASIST International Paper Contest. Be a chatter box. Enjoy http://us.rd.yahoo.com/mail_us/taglines/postman12/*http://us.rd.yahoo.com/ev... free PC-to-PC calls with Yahoo! Messenger with Voice.