On Tuesday, August 2, 2016 5:20 PM, "Afuh, Awasom" wrote: The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG III) is pleased to announce the following winners of its 2016 and 2015 International Paper Contests: First Place winners 2016:  Yared Mammo and Patrick Ngulube (Ethiopia) - Insights into e-information resources (e-journals) Access Models in Higher Learning Institutions in Ethiopia. 2015:  Amjid Khan and Shamshad Ahmed (Pakistan) - Usage of E-Databases and E-journals by Research Community in Pakistani Universities: Issues and Perspectives Second Place winners 2016:  Muhammad Arif and Saima Kanwal (Pakistan) - Adoption of Social Media Technologies and their Impact on Students' Academic Performance: The only Way for Future Survival of Distance Education Students in Pakistan 2015: Hamza Musa and Zakari Muhammad (Nigeria) - Access to online Arabic information resources by the Academics in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and Bayero University Kano, Nigeria. Third Place winners 2016:  Syeda Batool and Sheila Webber (Pakistan) - Mapping information literacy situation in primary schools: A case of Pakistan. 2015:  Deep Jyoti Francis and Vineet Kumar (India) - Cricket and Copyright in Indian Courts: Commercial Interests or National/Public Interests. The first place winners will be awarded a minimum of $1,000 to attend the 2016 ASIS&T Annual meeting taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark from October 14-18https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016/. In addition, the principal authors of each of the selected winning papers will be awarded a two-year individual membership to ASIS&T. All the winning papers will be considered for publication by Taylor & Francis' International Information and Library Review (IILR). Congratulations to the above winners and looking forward to a wonderful 2016 annual meeting in Copenhagen. Sincerely, International Paper Contest Team Innocent Awasom Maqsood Ahmad Shaheen J. K. Vijayakumar ________________________________________ ASIS&T 2016 Annual Meeting Copenhagen, Denmark | Oct. 14-18, 2016 Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology ________________________________________ Asis-l mailing list Asis-l@asis.org http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l