[Neasis-l] Congratulations to Regina Pagani (Simmons College, GSLIS)--Winner of the 2014 NEASIST Student Travel Award!

[Beata Panagopoulos]

The NEASIS&T Student Travel Award jury is pleased to announce this year's winner!

The 2014 NEASIS&T Student Travel Award goes to:

Regina Pagani
Simmons College
Graduate School of Library and Information Science

for her essay addressing the questions: 
    * Why she wishes to attend the 2014 ASIS&T Annual Meeting
    * How she believes she will be able to use the conference experience to further her career
    * How might NEASIS&T or ASIS&T benefit if she receives the award

Regina's essay was well-written and persuasive.  She is an Archives Management student who learned how important the role that collaboration and technology plays in the dissemination and preservation of information while creating a finding aid for Habeas Corpus files from the Southern District of New York Circuit Court from 1828 to 1918.  Her current project will take her to Cameroon, Africa  as an archival consultant for the Bamum Scripts and Archives Project at the Bamum Palace.  Therefore, she is particularly drawn to the theme of this year's ASIST Annual Meeting: " Connecting Collections, Cultures, and Communities."  As she states, her " task involves developing ways to deliver the digitized material in a manner that unites these documents and people for the benefit of contemporary society with cultural, communicative, and international information concerns at the forefront. " 

Regina will receive up to $750 to help defray the costs of attendance at the 2014 ASIS&T Annual Meeting which takes place October 31-November 4 in Seattle, Washington  http://www.asis.org/asist2014/

Congratulations to  Regina Pagani for her excellent essay!

Finally, many thanks to the wise and diligent jury members: Olimpia Estela Caceres-Brown and Maric Kramer.

Beata Panagopoulos
NEASIST Student Travel Award Competition Jury Chair

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Beata Panagopoulos
Assistant Director, Technical Services
Sawyer Library
Suffolk University
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