[Sigiii-l] ASIST Travel Grant Winners Announced

[Yin Zhang]

ASIST Travel Grant Winners Announced

The American Society for Information Science & Technology 
(ASIST) and International Information Issues Special Interest 
Group (SIG III) are pleased to announce 12 winners of the 
ASIST Travel Grant: 

Maria Arce                      Nicaragua
Albert Arco-Cobbah         South Africa
Andzela Armoniene          Lithuania
Bernard Barizake             Uganda
Tran Ngoc Ca                  Vietnam
Kozanka Comfort             Nigeria
Miriam Vieira da Cunha    Brazil
Nesna Injac-Malbasa        Yugoslavia
P.K.Jain                           India
Wang Jun                        China
Merlyna Lim                    Indonesia
Baljin Narantsetseg          Mongolia

These winners were selected from approximately 100 applicants 
by a panel of judges that include Joseph Busch, Dudee Chiang, 
Norman Horrocks, Sue Johnson, Michel Menou and Irene Travis. 

The grants, sponsored by the Eugene Garfield Foundation, will 
support these information scientists from developing countries to 
attend the ASIST Annual Meeting, in Philadelphia, PA, USA, 
November 18-21, 2002.  The grants are to cover travel expenses 
to and from Philadelphia, hotel costs, and a per diem allowances.  

For more information about the ASIST Travel Grant, please visit 
SIG III website at http://www.slis.kent.edu/~yinzhang/sigiii/


Yin Zhang
ASIST SIG III Communication Officer 
School of Library and Information Science
Kent State University    Kent, OH 44242
Phone: (330) 672-0010;   Fax: (330) 672-7965
Email: yinzhang at slis.kent.edu