From: Abebe Rorissa <arorissa@albany.edu> Subject: [Asis-l] Winners of the InfoShare awards for 2011 To: sigiii-l@asis.org, asis-l@asis.org, SIG-L@asis.org Date: Monday, January 10, 2011, 9:28 PM *** Please excuse cross posting *** Dear Colleagues, On behalf of all our fellow officers of the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T), we are pleased to announce the winners of the InfoShare awards for 2011. (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/) Information professionals from developing countries, where the cost of ASIS&T membership would be a burden, are eligible to receive one year of membership. SIG-III officers vote on a roster of candidates nominated by ASIS&T colleagues or others. These memberships are funded by monies raised at the International Reception during the ASIS&T Annual Meeting. 2010 was a very successful year for the reception in Pittsburgh and we are thrilled to be able to offer memberships to six(6) outstanding professional candidates and four(4) student candidates: Professional members Justin Chisenga Atanu Garai Muhammad Sajid Mirza E. Ramesh Maqsood Shaheen Nosheen Fatima Warraich Student members S. Ajeemsha Claudia Bucceroni Guerra Navkiran Kaur Saima Qutab You can learn more about the winners at the InfoShare page of the SIG-III Website: (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/) Please welcome these new members into the ASIS&T community! Abebe Rorissa Devendra Potnis InfoShare SIG-III ASIS&T -----Inline Attachment Follows----- ASIS&T 73rd Annual Meeting: Navigating Streams in an Information Ecosystem October 22-27, 2010, Pittsburgh, PA http://www.asis.org/asist2010/ -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.