Please see two announcements below. It was posted in Sigiii-l mailing list. Thank you for your kind attention. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Professional Membership Award: We are soliciting nominations of candidates for the InfoShare Membership Award. **** ** ** Please include a Curriculum Vitae and a brief description of why this person is deserving of membership, including their willingness to promote ASIS&T within their networks and build relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations. Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG-III officers at the end of 2011. All Curriculum Vitae will be kept private, viewable only by SIG-III officers. Each membership award will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year if the new member proves to be a strong advocate for ASIS&T in their home country during the course of the year. Awardees will be asked to submit a report on their activities by next year's Annual Meeting, which may include, but are not limited to: a. sharing ASIS&T publications that they receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues b. promoting the SIG-III paper contest among their colleagues c. serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to their area who may be able to speak about ASIS&T and information science d. having the ability to strengthen the relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations, and e. sponsoring lectures on information science topics in their area on behalf of ASIS&T We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, especially from countries that have never been ASIS&T members or have limited ASIS&T membership, with your help. Please start thinking about candidates among your networks and send your nominations of deserving candidates to Abebe Rorissa (arorissa@albany.edu) or Devendra Potnis ( dpotnis@utk.edu) or Fatih Oguz (F_oguz@uncg.edu).**** ** ** Deadline for all nominations is December 23, 2011. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Student Membership Award: ----------------------------------------------------------------------- The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III) is pleased to announce that for 2012 we will be able to sponsor a group of deserving information science PhD and Masters students who STUDY and RESIDE in developing countries for complimentary ASIS&T memberships. We are soliciting nominations of student candidates for the InfoShare Student Membership Award. Please include a Curriculum Vitae (or equivalent) and a brief description of why this person is deserving of membership, including their willingness to promote ASIS&T within their networks. Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG-III officers at the end of 2011. All Curriculum Vitae will be kept private, viewable only by SIG-III officers. Each membership award will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year if the new member proves to be a strong advocate for ASIS&T in their home country during the course of the year. Awardees will be asked to submit a report on their activities by next year’s Annual Meeting, which may include, but are not limited to: a. sharing ASIS&T publications that they receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues b. promoting the SIG-III paper contest among their colleagues c. serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to their area who may be able to speak about ASIS&T and information science d. having the ability to strengthen the relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations, and e. sponsoring lectures on information science topics in their area on behalf of ASIS&T We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, with your help. Please start thinking about student candidates among your networks and send recommendations of deserving students to Abebe Rorissa ( arorissa@albany.edu) or Devendra Potnis (dpotnis@utk.edu) or Fatih Oguz ( F_oguz@uncg.edu).**** Deadline for all nominations is December 23, 2011. Best wishes, Abebe Rorissa **** Devendra Potnis**** Fatih Oguz**** ** ** SIG-III Web site: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm **** InfoShare page: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm**** ** ** Devendra Dilip Potnis, PhD, MPA, MS**** Assistant Professor**** School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee**** Suite 442 Communications Bldg., 1345 Circle Park**** Knoxville, TN - 37996**** https://www.sis.utk.edu/users/devendra-potnis**** ** -- This message has been scanned for viruses and dangerous content by MailScanner, and is believed to be clean.