[Asis-l] CISTA Award announcement

[SuHui Ho]

I am pleased to announce that Dr. Gary Marchionini has been selected as
the 2006 recipient of the Contribution to Information Science Award
(CISTA), an annual award given by the Los Angeles Chapter of the
American Society of Information Science & Technology (LACASIS) to honor
an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of
information science.

Dr. Marchionini is Cary C. Boshamer Professor at the School of
Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina, Chapel
Hill. He has a distinguished career as a teacher, researcher and active
member of professional organizations. His research interests include
information seeking, human computer interaction, digital libraries,
digital government and information policy.

He is Editor-in Chief of ACM Transactions in Information Systems.and
serves on the editorial boards of the Journal of the American Society
for Information Science, Information Processing and Management, Library
and Information Science Research, Information Retrieval, Journal of
Network and Computer Applications, Journal of Digital Information,
Educational Technology, Journal of Educational Resources in Computing,
and the Journal of Digital Libraries. He is active in professional
organizations such as ASIST and ACM.

Dr. Marchionini received his Ph.D. from Wayne State University in
mathematical education with an emphasis on educational computing. Prior
to joining the University of North Carolina School of Information and
Library Science, he was a professor at the University of Maryland and a
member in the pioneering Human Computer Interaction Laboratory.

Dr. Marchionini will receive his award and speak about his work at the
annual LACASIS Awards Dinner in January.

Linda Heichman Taylor, LACASIS Awards Chair