[Asis-l] Announcement: Winners of 2016 SIG (III) International Paper Contest

[Afuh, Awasom]

The Association for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG III) is pleased to announce the following winners of its 2016 and 2015 International Paper Contests:

First Place winners
2016:  Yared Mammo and Patrick Ngulube (Ethiopia) - Insights into e-information resources (e-journals) Access Models in Higher Learning Institutions in Ethiopia.
2015:  Amjid Khan and Shamshad Ahmed (Pakistan) - Usage of E-Databases and E-journals by Research Community in Pakistani Universities: Issues and Perspectives

Second Place winners
2016:  Muhammad Arif and Saima Kanwal (Pakistan) - Adoption of Social Media Technologies and their Impact on Students' Academic Performance: The only Way for Future Survival of Distance Education Students in Pakistan
2015: Hamza Musa and Zakari Muhammad (Nigeria) - Access to online Arabic information resources by the Academics in Ahmadu Bello University Zaria and Bayero University Kano, Nigeria.

Third Place winners
2016:  Syeda Batool and Sheila Webber (Pakistan) - Mapping information literacy situation in primary schools: A case of Pakistan.
2015:  Deep Jyoti Francis and Vineet Kumar (India) - Cricket and Copyright in Indian Courts: Commercial Interests or National/Public Interests.

The first place winners will be awarded a minimum of $1,000 to attend the 2016 ASIS&T Annual meeting taking place in Copenhagen, Denmark from October 14-18<https://www.asist.org/events/annual-meeting/annual-meeting-2016/>. In addition, the principal authors of each of the selected winning papers will be awarded a two-year individual membership to ASIS&T. All the winning papers will be considered for publication by Taylor & Francis' International Information and Library Review (IILR).

Congratulations to the above winners and looking forward to a wonderful 2016 annual meeting in Copenhagen.

Sincerely,
International Paper Contest Team
Innocent Awasom
Maqsood Ahmad Shaheen
J. K. Vijaykumar