[Asis-l] 2014 ASIS&T SIG-III International Paper Contest for Developing Countries

[Shaheen Maqsood]

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The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues
(SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science & Technology
(ASIS&T) is pleased to announce its 14th competition for papers to be
submitted for the 2014 Annual Meeting, which will take place in
Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA, October 31- November 4, 2014.
(http://www.asis.org/asist2014/)

Building from the overall conference theme, the theme for this year's
paper contest is: "Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities".
 Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific
aspects of the theme from a global and/or international perspective.
The maximum length for a paper is 10 pages, single-spaced.  Papers
could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of
the theme from a global and/or international perspective.  The SIG-III
welcomes contributions from all areas of information science and
technology. Topics include, but are not limited to, the following core
areas:

Arts & Humanities; Bioinformatics; Blogs, Wikis, Podcasts;
Classification Research; Critical Issues; Digital Libraries; Education
for Information Science; Health Informatics; History & Foundations of
Information Science; Human Computer Interaction; Information
Architecture; Information Needs, Seeking and Use; Information Policy;
International Information Issues; Knowledge Management; Library
Technologies; Management; Metrics; Scientific & Technical Information;
Social Informatics; and Visualization, Images & Sound.

Selection Criteria:

There will be up to three winners who will be selected by a panel of
judges including: Maqsood Shaheen (IRC, US Embassy Islamabad), Alma
Rivera (Universidad Iberoamericana Ciudad de México), and, Fatih Oguz
(University of North Carolina at Greensboro).

The judging criteria will be based on:

Submissions will be judged on such criteria as quality of content,
significance for theory, method, design, education or engagement,
originality and level of innovation, and quality of presentation.

Eligibility & Information for authors:

Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in
a developing country are eligible. The winners in the 2009-2013
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 The papers should be original, unpublished,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.

Award:

The award for each winner is a two-year individual membership in
ASIS&T. In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be
awarded the ASIS&T membership. In addition, depending on SIG III
fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will be
rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration,
and accommodations while attending the ASIS&T Annual Conference which
will take place in Sheraton Seattle Hotel, Seattle, WA, October 31-
November 4, 2014. (http://www.asis.org/asist2014/).

Style:

The international paper contest committee requires that submissions
follow the International Information and Library Review instructions
to authors. Detailed information is available under the heading,
Instructions for Authors at:
http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=ulbr20&page=instructions#.UxLKc_k0WSo

Publishing opportunities:

Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue
of the Taylor and Francis's International Information and Library
Review (IILR), subject to the usual peer refereeing process, for that
journal.

ASIS&T Copyright Policy:

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

Deadline for submission of full papers: Authors are invited to submit
manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by May 31, 2014, to Maqsood
Shaheen at ShaheenMA at gmail.com, preferably as Microsoft Word or PDF
attachments.

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Maqsood Shaheen
Chair
International Paper Contest Committee, SIG III
Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T)
Website: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/
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