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Call for Nominations: Best Student Paper Award for Research on Digital Collections

Call for Nominations: Best Student Paper Award for Research on Digital Collections
Sponsored by SIG-VIS & SIG-DL
$1000 Award plus ASIS&T certificate 

Nomination Deadline: July 15, 2022
Awards Notification: July 29, 2022

The SIG-VIS / SIG-DL Best Student Paper Award for Research on Digital Collections, offered by Special Interest Group-Visualization, Images, & Sound (SIG-VIS) and Digital Libraries (SIG-DL), has been established to assist promising students in becoming active contributors within SIG-VIS, SIG-DL, and the broader ASIS&T community. The award will be granted through a single submission cycle.

 

The Award

The SIG-VIS / SIG-DL Best Student Paper Award for Research on Digital Collections is intended to encourage and increase professional life-long learning and involvement in ASIS&T for students interested in digital collections and related areas of information studies research. The award is comprised of a modest monetary sum to assist with deferring travel costs to attend the ASIS&T Annual Meeting in person, consisting of a single award value of $1000 to cover the Annual Meeting registration and travel. The award will be issued to the winning student prior to the ASIS&T Annual Meeting.

 

Eligibility & Selection

Current PhD students enrolled in information science or library and information science programs are eligible to be nominated. Current and former SIG-VIS and SIG-DL Executive Committee members are not eligible for the awards. Applicants’ papers will be evaluated based on the quality of their submitted research article and relevance to SIG-VIS and/or SIG-DL study areas. Papers (long or short) must have been accepted to the program of the ASIS&T 2022 Annual Meeting.

 

Selection will be based on an evaluation of the student’s paper, financial needs, brief biography, and CV/resume. A panel consisting of two members from the SIG-VIS Executive Committee and two members from the SIG-DL Executive Committee, will review the application materials and select the award recipient. Depending on the quality and diversity of the nominations, the awards may not be granted every year.

 

Nomination Procedure

To submit a nomination, complete the nomination application and upload your accepted paper. Self-nominations are accepted. Nominations will not be considered until all materials have been received. Nominations will be comprised of the following elements:

 

  • The nominee’s name, title, institution, and email address
  • PDF copy of the student’s paper accepted to ASIS&T Annual Meeting
  • A statement addressing the following questions: How would the award support the nominee’s attendance to ASIS&T Annual Meeting (e.g., financial need, etc. ~250 words)?
  • A brief biography of the nominee (~250 words)
  • A current CV/resume of the nominee (PDF, 3 pages)

 

Nominations should be submitted through the following link:  https://forms.gle/oNsX9JJa7vbGAjR96