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Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper Award

October 5, 2017 | Comments Off on Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper Award

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Stephan Addo Natalie Ornat, of the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, is awarded the Pratt Severn Best Student Research Paper Award for her paper Reading for Your Life: The Impact of Reading and Writing During the Siege of Sarajevo. The purpose of this award is to encourage student research…

SIG Member of the Year

October 5, 2017 | Comments Off on SIG Member of the Year

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Stephan Addo Recognition for SIG Member of the Year goes to Arjun Sabharwal, SIG/VIS and SIG/AH member. The purpose of the award is to recognize the service of an individual to the program of a particular SIG. It is given for significant contributions to the membership of the SIG through…

SIG Publication of the Year

October 5, 2017 | Comments Off on SIG Publication of the Year

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Stephan Addo SIG/Arts & Humanities’s (SIG/AH) publication, The June/July Bulletin Special Section on  A New Open Humanities has been chosen as the winner of the ASIS&T 2017 SIG Publication of the Year Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize the best publication by a SIG during the previous year.…

SIG of the Year

October 5, 2017 | Comments Off on SIG of the Year

Posted on October 5, 2017 by Stephan Addo SIG/Visualization, Images & Sound (SIG/VIS) has been chosen as the winner of the ASIS&T 2017 SIG of the Year Award.  The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding professional accomplishments and activities of an ASIS&T Special Interest Group. SIGS are evaluated on a number of criteria, including…

OCTOBER 2017 JASIST Now Available Online!

October 3, 2017 | Comments Off on OCTOBER 2017 JASIST Now Available Online!

Posted on October 3, 2017 by Stephan Addo The newest edition of JASIST (October 2017) is now available online for reading by members and subscribers! With 17 research articles ranging from Temporal Dynamics of Eye-Tracking and EEG During Reading and Relevance Decisions to Mendeley Readership as a Filtering Tool to Identify Highly Cited Publications, there’s something for everyone!…

ASIS&T ProQuest 2017 Best Dissertation Award

September 29, 2017 | Comments Off on ASIS&T ProQuest 2017 Best Dissertation Award

Posted on September 29, 2017 by Stephan Addo Dr. Sarah A. Buchanan serves as assistant professor for the MU School of Information Science & Learning Technologies. The ASIS&T ProQuest Best Dissertation Award is being given to Sarah A. Buchanan. The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding recent doctoral candidates whose research contributes significantly to…

Student Chapter of the Year

September 25, 2017 | Comments Off on Student Chapter of the Year

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Stephan Addo The European Student Chapter has been chosen as the winner of the ASIS&T 2017 Student Chapter of the Year Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding student chapters for the participation in, and contributions to ASIST&T and the advancement of information science. Chapters are…

Chapter of the Year

September 25, 2017 | Comments Off on Chapter of the Year

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Stephan Addo The 2017 Chapter of the Year Award goes to the European Chapter (EUChap). The purpose of this award is to recognize outstanding chapters for their contributions to ASIS&T and the advancement of information science. ASIS&T Regional Chapters competed for this award under the criteria of Membership, Chapter…

Watson Davis Award

September 25, 2017 | Comments Off on Watson Davis Award

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Stephan Addo Emil Levine has been named the recipient of the 2017 Watson Davis Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize an individual member of the Association who has shown continuous dedicated service to the membership through active participation in and support of ASIS&T programs, chapters, SIGs, committees,…

ASIS&T Award of Merit

September 25, 2017 | Comments Off on ASIS&T Award of Merit

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Stephan Addo Thomas Daniel Wilson is the 2017 recipient of the ASIS&T Award of Merit, the highest honor presented by ASIS&T. The award’s purpose it to recognize an individual deemed to have made particularly noteworthy and sustained contributions to the information science field, and is typically awarded for the sum…