[Asis-l] Final Call : ASIST 2016 SIG III International Paper contest for LIS professionals in developing countries

[Afuh, Awasom]

Final Call!!    **** Apologies for cross postings***
The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) hereby announces the opening of its 16th International Paper Contest for LIS Professionals in Developing countries, for the 2016 Annual Meeting, which will take place in Copenhagen, Denmark from October 14-18, 2016. https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016. The theme of the Annual Meetings is: "Creating Knowledge, Enhancing Lives through Information & Technology".
This theme provides an opportunity for information science researchers - including academics practitioners, to discuss the impact of their research on industry, government, local/national/global community groups, individuals, information systems, libraries/museums/galleries, and on other practice contexts. It highlights the focus on Applied Research, which recognizes that basic research in information science is also inspired by, and/or connected to, information practice contexts. Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme from a local and/or international perspective.
Topics include, but are not limited to the following core areas:

*        Impact on Individuals: information behavior, information retrieval, human-computer interaction, social media use, information literacy, etc.

*        Impact on Society: digital citizenship, cultural engagement, archival preservation, policy development, copyright, intellectual property, infometrics, information access, etc.

*        Impact on Organizations: information architecture, knowledge management, competitive intelligence, linked data and big data, digital curation, records and archives management, etc.

*        Impact on Systems & Technology: cloud computing, digital libraries, automatic indexing, social tagging, classification, semantic web, database design, web usability, etc.

*        Impact on Information Contexts: health, education, law; environment, agriculture, business, etc.
A panel of judges will select three winners. The panel is composed of Innocent Awasom (Texas Tech University, USA), J.K. Vijayakumar (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia), and Maqsood Shaheen (IRC, US Embassy, Islamabad).
 Judging criteria: The papers will be judged on the following:-
               - Originality of paper in the developing world and global information ecosystem
               - Relevance to the paper contest theme and
               - Quality of argument, presentation and organization
Eligibility Information for authors: Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners of the 2010-2015 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 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 receive a minimum of $1,000 towards offsetting the costs of attending the ASIS&T Annual Conference in Copenhagen, Denmark from Oct. 14-18, 2016. (https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016/).
 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, Guide for Authors at:
http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=ulbr20&page=instructions#.VOw5ZUex4k0
Publishing opportunities: Submitted papers will be considered for inclusion in a special issue of the International Information and Library Review, subject to the peer refereeing process of 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 31st, 2016 via email to awasom.afuh at ttu.edu<mailto:awasom.afuh at ttu.edu>, [awasomdotafuhatttudotedu] preferably as Microsoft Word or PDF attachment.

Thanks and look forward to receiving your submissions.

Awasom Afuh (Innocent)
Associate Librarian (Science)
Texas Tech University Libraries
 Box 40002 Office M110
Lubbock, TX 79409
T 806 834 2385
F 806 742 1964
awasom.afuh at ttu.edu<mailto:awasom.afuh at ttu.edu>