From rlitwin at gmail.com Wed Jul 5 23:10:30 2017 From: rlitwin at gmail.com (Rory Litwin) Date: Wed, 5 Jul 2017 20:10:30 -0700 Subject: [Sighfis-l] Timothy Gorichanaz wins the 2017 Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Dissertation Research Message-ID: Timothy Gorichanaz wins the 2017 Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Dissertation Research Press release 7/5/2017 Media contact: Rory Litwin, rory at litwinbooks.com We are pleased to announce the winner of the 2017 Litwin Books Award for Ongoing Dissertation Research in the Philosophy of Information. We are granting this year?s award to Timothy John Gorichanaz of Drexel University, based on his dissertation project, ?Understanding Self-Documentation.? In this work, Gorichanaz seeks to better understand our current obsession with self-documentation ? pictorial documentation in particular (e.g., the ?selfie?) ? through a study of the popular artistic practice of self-portraiture from the point of view of document theory and the philosophy of information. A member of the award committee says, ?Gorichanaz shows a wide-ranging knowledge of the relevant work in philosophy and information science, displaying an ability to make novel and insightful connections amongst a broad range of theorists. On this base he builds a set of well-crafted and fascinating research questions about the nature of the self-portrait as a document and as a form of experiential understanding." The committee is confident that this dissertation will be a valuable contribution to the areas that Gorichanaz identifies in his proposal: document theory, information behavior, the philosophy of information and critical discourse within information science. The award consists of a certificate suitable for framing and $1000 check. Since this award is for ongoing research, other applicants who are still working on their dissertations will be eligible to enter their work next year, and we strongly encourage them to do so. For more information about the award, please visit http://litwinbooks.com/award.php. ### -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: From fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr Thu Jul 13 06:24:29 2017 From: fidelia.ibekwe-sanjuan at univ-amu.fr (IBEKWE-SANJUAN Fidelia) Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2017 12:24:29 +0200 Subject: [Sighfis-l] Education for Information appoints new Editor-in-Chief Message-ID: <246a50f7-0df5-fcf9-3206-f6eeaa58e304@univ-amu.fr> New Editor-in-Chief IOS Press is proud to announce that*Prof. Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan* has agreed to be the new Editor-in-Chief of/Education for Information /. Current Editor-in-Chief Prof. Jamshid Beheshti says?I am delighted that Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan has agreed to be the new Editor-in-Chief of our journal, taking over at the beginning of 2018. Until then she and I will work together on the journal". Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan is Full Professor at the School of Journalism & Communication of Aix-Marseille University and member of the IRSIC research team in France. Call for submissions Since 1983,*Education for Information* has been a forum for debate and discussion on education and training issues in the sphere of information handling and is essential reading for those involved and interested in the field. The scope of the journal is interpreted broadly to encompass all knowledge acquired through teaching, professional practice and research that can be used to enhance pedagogy and education in Library and Information Science (LIS). As a member of our research community, we would like to invite you to consider submitting your original work for publication in the journal. *Education for Information *offers contributing authors many benefits, including: - Rigorous peer review and speedy manuscript processing - Rapid online publication. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Fidelia Ibekwe-SanJuan (Ph.D.) Full Professor (Professeur des Universit?s) School of Journalism & Communication (EJCAM) Aix-Marseille University - France. Homepage: http://fidelia1.free.fr/ Editor in chief Education for Information, IOS Press http://www.iospress.nl/journal/education-for-information/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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The outcome of this initiative will be a Wiley-hosted website that features access to select papers. ASIST members will be able to add comments and images. This website will launch during the upcoming annual meeting in Washington, DC. Please send your paper nominations (in the form of a citation) by August 15th to klabarre [at] illinois.edu -- Kathryn La Barre Director at Large, Association for Information Science and Technology Chair ASIST Anniversary Advisory Group Associate Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: