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2024 International Paper Contest (IPC) call for papers

The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) invites research papers from the library and information science (LIS) professionals of developing countries for the 24th International Paper Contest (IPC). The winners of the IPC-2024 will be awarded in the 87th Annual Meeting of the ASIS&T, which will take place in Calgary Alberta, Canada from 25-29 October 2024. The theme of the Annual Meeting is: "Putting People First: Responsibility, Reciprocity and Care in Information Research and Practice". For more information, visit: https://www.asist.org/am24/ 

The purpose of this contest is to encourage researchers from developing countries and to share their work globally. It also focuses to push advancements in information, people, and technology in contemporary societies in the context of developing countries.

Papers submitted to this contest can discuss research problems, policies, new methodologies, and case studies highlighting practical issues in or outside of LIS work settings, and case studies on any aspect of the 2024 ASIS&T Annual Meeting theme from a local, regional, and/or international perspective.

Topics include, but are not limited to the following core areas:

  • Archives, data curation, and preservation
  • Artificial Intelligence 
  • Cultural Institutions 
  • Data Science, analytics, and visualization
  • Domain-Specific Informatics
  • Human-Computer Interaction 
  • Indigenous/marginalised community 
  • Industry revolution 
  • Information and knowledge management
  • Information behavior
  • Information literacy
  • Information retrieval
  • Information science education, information, and learning
  • Information theory
  • Informetrics and scholarly publishing
  • Knowledge organization
  • Privacy, ethics, and regulation
  • Research into practice
  • Social media and social computing
  • Social responsibility 
  • Technology, culture, and society (for the list of subtopics visit https://www.asist.org/am24/submission-instructions-policies/)  

 

Judging Criteria: The IPC papers will be judged using the following criteria.

  1. The originality of the research question and objectives
  2. Ability to situate problem statements against existing literature
  3. Rigor in research methods
  4. Novelty and significance of research findings
  5. Theoretical and/or practical implications and/or contributions
  6. Quality of presentation and the overall organization of information
  7. Consistency in citations, references, and grammar

Eligibility & Information for Authors: All authors should be citizens of and reside in a developing nation. Winners of the 2016-2023 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and submitted in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information.

 

Style format: Submissions should follow the Initial Submission Instructions at:

https://www.asist.org/am24/submission-instructions-policies/

submissions must be formatted according to the AM24 Proposal Template Instructions

 

ASIS&T Copyright Policy: ASIS&T will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its website or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author.

 

Deadline: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by April 15, 2024, via submission form https://vuw.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_aVK01mdQ2e4RdnU as a Microsoft Word attachment.

 

Notification: Winners will be notified by May 28, 2024, via email.

 

Winners and Award: The IPC Committee will select three winners. We encourage all three winners to attend the 2024 ASIS&T Annual Meeting for sharing their research. The first-place winner will receive a maximum of US $1,500 for offsetting the cost of attending and presenting their research poster at the 2024 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Calgary Alberta, Canada. In addition, all three winners will receive a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In the case of multiple authors, the first author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership.

 

Publishing opportunities: All three winners are welcome to submit their papers to International Journal of Library and Information Services (IJLIS), which is indexed in ProQuest LISA, or Journal of Librarianship and Information Science, which is indexed in Scopus (Impact Factor 1.7), for publication subject to the peer-reviewing process. All submissions will go through a peer-review process in those two journals. Article Processing Charge (APC) of IJLIS will be waived for 2 winning papers if they get accepted after the peer-review process.

Poster Presentation: The first-place winner will be expected to present a poster (48" by 36" inches) based on their research paper at the SIG-III Reception at the 2024 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Calgary Alberta, Canada.

We look forward to receiving your submissions. Please feel free to distribute this call for papers widely to your colleagues in developing countries. Thanks!

 

 International Paper Contest Committee

Priya Vaidya Naailah Parbhoo
Manika Lamba Namali Suraweera (Chair) 

 

2023 International Paper Contest (IPC) Results

The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T), Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III), is pleased to announce the distinguished winners of the highly anticipated International Paper Contest (IPC). This year's contest showcased exceptional research contributions from developing countries, underscoring their vital role in the advancement of library and information science (LIS).

Claiming the coveted first-place honor is the groundbreaking research paper titled "Inclusion We Stand, Divide We Fall": Digital Inclusion from Different Disciplines for Scientific Collaborations, authored by Wei Feng, Qinggong Shi, and Lihong Zhou, representing China. Their work delves into the critical topic of digital inclusion, emphasizing the significance of interdisciplinary collaboration in fostering inclusive scientific environments.

Securing the second-place distinction is the thought-provoking research paper titled Unlocking the Privacy Paradox on Social Media Platforms from a Configurational Perspective: Perceived Values, Privacy Concerns, Cognitive Style, and Platform Trust. This insightful paper is the result of a collaborative effort by Ruoxi Yang and Xiaoyu Chen, also from China. Their study offers valuable insights into the complex dynamics of privacy concerns, cognitive styles, perceived values, and platform trust within the realm of social media platforms.

The third-place recognition goes to Irfan Ali and Nosheen Fatima Warraich from Pakistan for their remarkable paper titled Information Systems Success in Libraries: A Meta-Analysis of ISSM and Future Direction. This comprehensive meta-analysis sheds light on information systems success within library settings and provides a roadmap for future directions in the field.

The IPC received an impressive total of 18 submissions from various countries, including China, Pakistan, Iran, Turkey, and India. This diverse range of participation showcases the global enthusiasm and dedication of LIS professionals in advancing information, people, and technology in contemporary societies, particularly in developing countries.

The first-place winner of the IPC-2023 will have the exceptional opportunity to attend the 86th Annual Meeting of ASIS&T in London, where they will present their groundbreaking research. This esteemed gathering of professionals from around the world offers a unique platform for knowledge exchange, networking, and collaboration.

ASIS&T and SIG-III extend their warmest congratulations to the winners and express their sincere appreciation to all participants for their valuable contributions. The research papers submitted for the IPC-2023 have significantly enriched the field of LIS, pushing the boundaries of knowledge and promoting practical solutions for the benefit of societies worldwide.

For more information about the ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest 2023 and the winners, please contact:

Zehra Taşkın (Chair)
Lu An
Naailah Parbhoo-Ebrahim
Chris Cunningham
Tayyba Rasool
Safirotu Khoir

2023 International Paper Contest (IPC) call for papers

The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) invites research papers from the library and information science (LIS) professionals of developing countries for the 23rd International Paper Contest (IPC). The winners of the IPC-2023 will be awarded in the 86th Annual Meeting of the ASIS&T, which will take place in Novotel London West, London, UK from 27-31 October 2023. The theme of the Annual Meeting is: "Making a Difference: Translating Information Research into Practice, Policy, and Action". For more information, visit: https://www.asist.org/am23/

The purpose of this contest is to encourage researchers from developing countries and to share their work globally. It also focuses to push advancements in information, people, and technology in contemporary societies in the context of developing countries.

Papers submitted to this contest can discuss research problems, policies, new methodologies, and case studies highlighting practical issues in or outside of LIS work settings, and case studies on any aspect of the 2023 ASIS&T Annual Meeting theme from a local, regional, and/or international perspective.

Topics include, but are not limited to the following core areas:

  • Archives, data curation, and preservation
  • Artificial intelligence
  • Data Science, analytics, and visualization
  • Domain-Specific Informatics
  • Information and knowledge management
  • Information behavior
  • Information literacy
  • Information retrieval
  • Information science education, information, and learning
  • Information theory
  • Informetrics and scholarly publishing
  • Knowledge organization
  • Libraries
  • Privacy, ethics, and regulation
  • Research into practice
  • Social media and social computing
  • Technology, culture, and society (for the list of subtopics, visit https://www.asist.org/am23/submission-instructions-policies/)

 

Judging Criteria: The IPC papers will be judged using the following criteria.

  1. The originality of the research question and objectives
  2. Ability to situate problem statements against existing literature
  3. Rigor in research methods
  4. Novelty and significance of research findings
  5. Theoretical and/or practical implications and/or contributions
  6. Quality of presentation and the overall organization of information
  7. Consistency in citations, references, and grammar

Eligibility & Information for Authors: All authors should be citizens of and reside in a developing nation. Winners of the 2016-2022 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and submitted in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information.

 

Style format: Submissions should follow the Initial Submission Instructions at:

https://www.asist.org/am23/submission-instructions-policies/

To format the paper, please this link: https://slnk.pro/Mzcx

 

ASIS&T Copyright Policy: ASIS&T will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its website or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author.

 

Deadline: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by April 18, 2023, via submission form https://forms.gle/5pyKdbWFmPsgtceAA as a Microsoft Word attachment.

 

Notification: Winners will be notified by May 30, 2023, via email.

 

Winners and Award: The IPC Committee will select three winners. We encourage all three winners to attend the 2023 ASIS&T Annual Meeting for sharing their research. The first-place winner will receive a maximum of US $1,500 for offsetting the cost of attending and presenting their research poster at the 2023 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in London, UK. In addition, all three winners will receive a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In the case of multiple authors, the first author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership.

 

Publishing opportunities: All three winners are welcome to submit their papers to Data and Information Management or Turkish Librarianship Journal (Türk Kütüphaneciliği Dergisi), which are indexed in Emerging Sources Citation Index of Web of Science, or Information World (Bilgi Dünyası), which is indexed in Scopus, for publication subject to the peer-reviewing process. All submissions will go through a peer-review process in those three journals.

Poster Presentation: The first-place winner will be expected to present a poster (48" by 36" inches) based on their research paper at the SIG-III Reception at the 2023 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in London, UK.

We look forward to receiving your submissions. Please feel free to distribute this call for papers widely to your colleagues in developing countries. Thanks!

Sincerely,

 

International Paper Contest Committee

Lu An Naailah Parbhoo-Ebrahim
Chris Cunningham Tayyba Rasool
Safirotu Khoir Zehra Taşkın (Chair)

 

2021 International Paper Contest (IPC) Results

SIG-III is pleased to announce the results of SIG-III International Paper Contest (IPC) 2021. This year, we received a good number of papers from Iran, Malaysia, Pakistan, and Turkey. The competition was tough with two papers qualifying for third position!

SIG-III is, therefore, delighted to announce the winners as follows: -

First Place

  • Sia Wan Qi, & Nurul Afiqah, M.E.S. Usage of SNS among Underprivileged Entrepreneurs: Effect of Social Capital and Attachment. Department of Library & Information Sciences, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.

Second Place

  • Amara Malik, Talat Islam and Khalid Mahmood. Information Sharing Behavior of Facebook Users in Pakistan: A Case of COVID-19. University of the Punjab, Lahore-Pakistan

Third Place

  • Ghulam Murtaza Rafiq. Impact of Knowledge Sharing on Nurses' Job Satisfaction: The Mediating Effect of Innovation Behavior. Department of Information Management, University of Sargodha, Sargodha, Khalid Mahmood, University of the Punjab, Lahore-Pakistan

 

  • Nurul Afiqah Mohammed Ebnu Saifudin. Information Needs and Seeking Behaviour of Women Entrepreneurs: The use of Social Media. Department of Library & Information Sciences, Faculty of Computer Science & Information Technology Universiti Malaya, Malaysia.

Special thanks to the learned jury members who completed this evaluation task in a wonderful and timely manner. The diverse jury comprised of the following members in alphabetical order: -

  • Iman Tahamtan (Iran)
  • Jaya Raju (South Africa)
  • Muzammil Tahira (Pakistan)
  • Noorhidawati Abdullah (Malaysia)
  • Shivanthi Weerasinghe (Sri Lanka)
  • Zehra Taskin (Turkey)
  • Nosheen Warraich (Pakistan, Chair IPC Jury 2021)

Congratulations to the winners!


 

 

2021 International Paper Contest (IPC) call for papers

The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) invites research papers for the 21st International Paper Contest (IPC) for library and information science (LIS) professionals in developing countries, for the 84th Annual Meeting, which will take place in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA, from October 30-November 2, 2021. The theme of the Annual Meeting is: "Information: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, Justice, and Relevance" For more information, visit: https://www.asist.org/am21/

The purpose of this contest is to encourage researchers from developing countries to share their work globally. It also focuses to push advancements in information, people, and technology in contemporary societies in the context of developing countries.

Papers submitted to this contest can discuss research problems, policies, practical issues in or outside of LIS work settings, and case studies on any aspect of the 2021 ASIS&T Annual Meeting theme from a local and/or international perspective.

Topics include, but are not limited to the following core areas:

  • Role of information changes in economic, social, scientific, political, and personal behaviors
  • Role of information/information stake holders in Post COVID-19 era
  • Production, storage, sharing, preservation, management, and consumption of data and information for benefitting individuals, communities, organizations, or society
  • Role of the place, time, and how data/information/knowledge is communicated in empowering individuals, communities, organizations, or society
  • Information and individuals: Information behavior, information retrieval, human-computer interaction, social media use, information literacy, digital literacy, etc.
  • Information use in, for, or by organizations: Information architecture, knowledge management, competitive intelligence, linked data and big data, digital curation, records and archives management, etc.
  • Information society: Digital citizenship, cultural engagement, archival preservation, policy development, copyright, intellectual property, info-metrics, information access, etc.
  • Information and emerging technologies: Cloud computing, digital libraries, automatic indexing, social tagging, classification, semantic web, database design, web usability, etc.

Judging Criteria: The IPC papers will be judged using the following criteria.

  • Originality of the research question
  • Ability to situate problem statement against existing literature
  • Rigor in research methods
  • Novelty and significance of research findings
  • Theoretical and/or practical implications and/or contributions
  • Quality of presentation and overall organization of information
  • Consistency in citations, references, and grammar

Eligibility & Information for Authors: All authors should be citizens of and reside in a developing nation. Winners of the 2014-2020 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, unpublished, and submitted in English. We encourage submissions from librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of digital information.

Style: Submissions should follow the Initial Submission Instructions at: https://www.asist.org/am20/submission-types-instructions/#papers.

ASIS&T Copyright Policy: ASIS&T will have the non-exclusive right to publish any of the papers submitted on its website or in print, with ownership and all other rights remaining with the author.

Deadline: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by April 30, 2021, via email to Nosheen.im@pu.edu.pk as Microsoft Word attachment.

Notification: Winners will be notified by May 28, 2021.

Winners and Award: The IPC Committee will select three winners. We encourage all three winners to attend the 2021 ASIS&T Annual Meeting for sharing their research. The first-place winner will receive maximum of US $1,500 for offsetting the cost of attending and presenting their research poster at the 2021 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA. In addition, all three winners will receive a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In case of multiple authors, the first author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership.

Publishing opportunities: All three winners are welcome to submit their papers to “LIBRI: International Journal of Libraries and Information Studies” and “PJIM&L: Pakistan Journal of Information Management and Libraries” for publication subject to the peer-reviewing process.

Poster Presentation: The first-place winner will be expected to present a poster (48" by 36" inches) based on their research paper at the SIG-III Reception at the 2021 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.

We look forward to receiving your submissions. Please feel free to distribute this call for papers widely to your colleagues in developing countries. Thanks!

Sincerely,

International Paper Contest Committee

Nosheen Warraich (Chair)
Iman Tahamtan Shivanthi Weerasinghe
Jaya Raju Muzammil Tahira
Noorhidawati Abdullah Zehra Taskin

 

2020 International Paper Contest (IPC) Results

The 2020 International Paper Contest Committee is excited to announce the results of the 20th International Paper Contest held by the Association for Information Science & Technology’s Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III).

The winners are as follows.

First Place: “Visibility of Library and Information Science and Scientific Communication in Iran” by Golnessa Galyani-Moghaddam and Zahra Ojagh, Iran.

Second Place: “Children as Individual Subjects through Digital Competency” by Seran Demiral, Turkey.

Third Place: “A Comparative Study of Public Libraries of Nagaland, Patna (Bihar) and Vadodara (Gujarat) of India” by Pichano Kikon and Sourabh Suman, India.

Thanks!

2020 International Paper Contest Committee:

Bhakti Gala Thomas Matingwina
Devendra Potnis (Chair) Tung-Mou Yang
Nosheen Warraich Yuelin Li
Shivanthi Weerasinghe Zehra Taskin

Past IPC Winners