[Siguse-l] Dr. Pertti Vakkari Named 2012 ASIS&T SIG USE Outstanding Contribution Award Winner

[Lorri Mon]

Professor Pertti Vakkari has been chosen as the 2012 ASIS&T SIG USE Award
Winner for Outstanding Contribution to Information Behavior Research. Dr.
Vakkari's work on task-based information searching and information seeking
strategies has made significant contributions to the field of information
behavior research, bridging the interactive information retrieval and
information behavior fields. In recent research, he has explored the impact
of technology use in public libraries in Europe. Dr. Vakkari's
international impact on the information behavior, seeking and use field is
also seen in his work on launching and supporting two important conferences
in the field - CoLIS and ISIC: Information Behavior in Context. We are
pleased to honor Dr. Vakkari with the 2012 ASIS&T SIG USE Outstanding
Contribution to Information Behavior Research Award. As a recipient of this
Award, Dr. Vakkari will also be inducted into the ASIS&T SIG USE Academy of
Fellows.  For more information about this award, please see:
http://siguse.wordpress.com/outstanding-contribution-to-information-behavior-research-award/
<http://siguse.wordpress.com/outstanding-contribution-to-information-behavior-research-award/>

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Dr. Lorri Mon, Chair, ASIS&T SIG USE, Associate Professor
Florida State University,  College of Communication and Information
FSU SLIS, Florida's iSchool
268 Louis Shores Building, 142 Collegiate Loop
Tallahassee, FL 32306
email: lmon at fsu.edu
http://siguse.wordpress.com/
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