[Asis-l] Winners of the 2011 ASIS&T SIG III International Paper Contest

[Shaheen Maqsood]

Excuse me for cross-posting.


The American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Special
Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG III) is pleased to
announce the following winners of its 12th International Paper Contest:

*First Place Winner:*
Eustache Mêgnigbêto. Structure of the Reachability Social Network of
Beninese Library and Information Professionals. (Republic of Benin)

*Second Place Winner:*
Muzammil Tahira. What Next? New Databases, Metrics, Services or New
Epistemology for Research Evaluation. (Pakistan)

*Third Place Winner:*
Swati Bhattacharyya. Exploring the Notion of Contextual Use: A Case Study of
the Use of Electronic Resources in an Indian Research Organization. (India)


The jurors for the 2011 competition included Maqsood Shaheen (Chair), Alma
Rivera (Co-Chair), Faith Oguz (Co-Chair) and members of the SIG III Board.

The principal authors of each of the three winning papers will be awarded a
two-year individual membership to ASIS&T. In addition, the first place
winner will be awarded a minimum of $1,500 to attend the ASIS&T Annual
Conference in New Orleans, Louisiana, October 9-11, 2011.

Those winning papers and other submitted papers for the competition will be
considered for publication by Elsevier’s *International **Information and
Library Review*.

We thank the jury members for their hard work and our donors for their
compassion which makes it possible to develop and sustain this international
 network of scholars in developing countries.



Maqsood Ahmad Shaheen

Chair, 2011 ASIS&T International Paper Contest
ShaheenMA at gmail.com
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2011 Annual Meeting
Bridging the Gulf: Communication and Information in Society, Technology, and
Work

October 9-11, 2011, New Orleans, LA

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