[Neasis-l] Reminder: NEASIS&T Student Travel Award - Submission Deadline This Friday, May 9!

[Richard Hill]

[Apologies for any duplication.  Beata Panagopoulos has sent this a couple
of itmes and it does not appear to be distributed.  Dick ]

Please spread the word!

neasis&t

STUDENT TRAVEL AWARD AVAILABLE (Deadline: Friday, May 9, 2009)

The American Society for Information Science & Technology, New England
Chapter (NEASIS&T) is pleased to announce the availability of one award of
up to $1000 to reimburse expenses for attendance at the ASIS&T Annual
Meeting (November 6-11, 2009, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada).
Applications must be received by Friday, May 9.  The winner will be notified
by Tuesday, June 2.

One award for the best paper in information science will be offered to
student members of ASIS&T* in the New England, Upstate New York or Eastern
Canada regions.  Students must be enrolled in an information science**
master's or doctoral program.  The award is made based upon submission of a
paper written during the 2008/2009 academic year on any topic in the field
of information studies.  The paper may be one already submitted or one that
will be submitted for course credit during this academic year.  In order to
be reimbursed, the award winner will submit receipts substantiating travel
and conference related expenses, such as costs for registration, airfare,
food, and lodging.  The award winner will also be expected to meet with a
NEASIS&T representative at the conference.

Additional criteria:
*           Papers must be written in English.
*           Papers should be 10-15 pages long (250-300 words per page)
*           Student must be sole author.
*           More than one paper submission is allowed.
*           Paper may also have been submitted to a conference, award
competition, or to a journal for publication, as long as it was written
during the 2008/09 academic year.

The coversheet should include the following information:
*           Applicant's name
*           Address
*           Phone number
*           E-mail address
*           School affiliation / information science program
*           Student ID number
*           Proof of ASIS&T membership (e.g.  ASIS&T member number, copy of
email receipt of payment, or photocopy of check canceled by ASIS&T
Headquarters)

PLEASE NOTE:

The ASIS&T Annual meeting is one of the most highly regarded meetings in the
information science field.  It covers the breadth of activities and
endeavors of the information community with technical sessions addressing
specialties of the information professional.  The 2009 Annual Meeting,
"Thriving on Diversity - Information Opportunities in a Pluralistic World" (
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM09/am09cfp.html ) takes place November
6-11, 2009 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.


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Papers should be submitted as attachments and sent by email to:
beata_panagopoulos at harvard.edu


*You may join ASIS&T via the web at http://www.asist.org/membership.html

**Terms describing information science programs are varied:  they may be
called: Library and Information Studies, Information Science and Policy,
Information and Library Science, Information Studies, etc.

Questions?  Contact Beata at (617) 496-1775, e-mail:
beata_panagopoulos at harvard.edu