Dear Colleagues, On behalf of Vika Kravchyna, co-coordinator of the InfoShare program, and all our fellow officers of the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), I am pleased to announce the winners of the InfoShare awards for 2007. (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm) Information professionals from developing countries, where the cost of ASIST membership would be a burden, are eligible to receive one year of membership. SIG-III officers vote on a roster of candidates nominated by ASIST colleagues or others. These memberships are funded by monies raised at the International Reception during the ASIST Annual Meeting. 2006 was a very successful year for the reception in Austin, Texas and we are thrilled to be able to offer memberships to ten outstanding professional candidates and two student candidates: Professional Members 1. P.R. Goswami (India) 2. J.K. Vijayakumar (Antigua/India) 3. Ify Njoku (Nigeria) 4. Ala'a Al-Din Jawad Kadhem Al-Radhi (Iraq) 5. Elsa Esperanza Barber (Argentina) 6. Premila Gamage (Sri Lanka) 7. Besim Kokallari (Kosovo) 8. John Achakeng Nkemka (Cameroon) 9. Muhammad Shafiq (Pakistan) 10. Oleh Volokhin (Ukraine) Student Members 11. Henry Mulidnwa (Uganda) 12. Debal Chandra Kar (India) You can learn more about the winners at the InfoShare page of the SIG-III web site: (http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm) (Forwarded by: Caryn Anderson, Vika Kravchyna ,InfoShare, SIG-III, ASIST) With best regards ************************************************* Suresh K Chauhan Email: sureshbabal@yahoo.com Dear Colleagues, On behalf of Vika Kravchyna, co-coordinator of the InfoShare program, and all our fellow officers of the Special Interest Group for International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIST), I am pleased to announce the winners of the InfoShare awards for 2007. ( http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm ) Information professionals from developing countries, where the cost of ASIST membership would be a burden, are eligible to receive one year of membership. SIG-III officers vote on a roster of candidates nominated by ASIST colleagues or others. These memberships are funded by monies raised at the International Reception during the ASIST Annual Meeting. 2006 was a very successful year for the reception in Austin, Texas and we are thrilled to be able to offer memberships to ten outstanding professional candidates and two student candidates: Professional Members 1. P.R. Goswami (India) 2. J.K. Vijayakumar (Antigua/India) 3. Ify Njoku (Nigeria) 4. Ala'a Al-Din Jawad Kadhem Al-Radhi (Iraq) 5. Elsa Esperanza Barber (Argentina) 6. Premila Gamage (Sri Lanka) 7. Besim Kokallari (Kosovo) 8. John Achakeng Nkemka (Cameroon) 9. Muhammad Shafiq (Pakistan) 10. Oleh Volokhin (Ukraine) Student Members 11. Henry Mulidnwa (Uganda) 12. Debal Chandra Kar (India) You can learn more about the winners at the InfoShare page of the SIG-III web site: ( http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm ) (Forwarded by: Caryn Anderson, Vika Kravchyna ,InfoShare, SIG-III, ASIST) With best regards ************************************************* Suresh K Chauhan Email: mailto:sureshbabal@yahoo.com sureshbabal@yahoo.com