[Asis-l] NJ-ASIS&T Distinguished Lectureship Award

[Judy Jeng]

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

New Brunswick, NJ (September 4, 2009):  The New Jersey Chapter of the 
American Society for Information Science & Technology (NJ/ASIS&T) is 
pleased to honor Dr. Nicholas J. Belkin with its Distinguished 
Lectureship Award.

Dr. Belkin, at Rutgers University’s School of Communication and 
Information, is scheduled to speak on Friday, September 25 at 2:00 PM. 
His lecture, entitled “Personalizing Support for Interaction with 
Information," will be held at the Lecture Hall, Scholarly Communication 
Center, located on the fourth floor of the Alexander Library at Rutgers 
University in New Brunswick, New Jersey.

The award ceremony and lecture will be preceded by a reception and 
light refreshments at 1:00 PM in the Scholarly Communication Center.

The event is free and all are welcome to join us in honoring Dr. Belkin 
for his outstanding commitment to teaching and invaluable contributions 
to Information Science. 

In addition to teaching at Rutgers University’s School of Communication 
and Information, Dr. Belkin is the author of numerous articles on 
topics such as information retrieval, human information behavior, and 
human-computer interaction. He has presented at nearly 200 conferences 
throughout the United States, Great Britain, and Europe.

Dr. Belkin is also past President of the American Society for 
Information Science & Technology, which bestowed him with its 
prestigious Award of Merit in 2003, its Award for Excellence in 
Research in Information Science in 1997, and its Outstanding 
Information Science Teacher Award in 1990. 

Dr. Belkin also serves on the Editorial Board for Information 
Processing and Management and Information Retrieval.

He has been a member of the American Society for Information Science 
since 1970.

The New Jersey Chapter of the American Society for Information Science 
& Technology established the Distinguished Lectureship Award in 1985 to 
honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the field 
of information science.

Contact: Judy Jeng, Ph.D., Program Chair / Chair-Elect
New Jersey Chapter, American Society for Information Science & 
Technology
E-mail: jjeng at clarion.edu


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Judy Jeng, Ph. D.
Dept. of Library Science
Clarion University of Pennsylvania
840 Wood Street
Clarion, PA 16214
(814) 393-2469
jjeng at clarion.edu