2001 INTERNATIONAL PAPER CONTEST
ON
IN DEVELOPING
COUNTRIES
The American Society for Information Science &
Technology (ASIST), International Information Issues Special Interest Group, is
pleased to announce its second competition for papers to be submitted for the
Annual Conference in Washington, DC, 3-8 November 2001.
The theme of the paper is:
“Information in a Networked World: the Developing World
Perspective.”
The paper topic could be at the
country or regional level. Papers could
present a leading edge, salient and/or current issue, problem, concern,
policy, idea or practice of information science and
technology in the developing world such as, but not limited to, the following:
the digital divide, privacy and copyright issues, electronic theses and
dissertations, globalization and cultural identity, indigenous peoples,
knowledge management, development of electronic resources across networks,
bringing access to information to distant and/or disadvantaged communities, or
the language issue.
There will be four
winners. Winners will be selected by a panel of judges, which will include Sue Johnson, The World Bank, Margarita
Studemeister, US Institute of Peace, Dr Hal
Borko, Professor Emeritus, UCLA, and Nathalie
Leroy, Dag Hammarskjöld Library, United Nations. The prize for each winner is a
two-year individual membership in ASIST.
In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the
ASIST membership.
Winning papers will be presented at a Conference Session,
moderated by Nathalie Leroy, Dag Hammarskjöld Library, United Nations.
Discussion leader will be Sylvia Piggott, Deputy Division Chief and Deputy Chief
Librarian, World Bank-IMF Joint Library. If winners cannot attend the
Conference, their paper will be read on their behalf by an ASIST
member.
Submitted papers will be considered for posting on the SIG
III web site as pre-publications.
In addition they will also be considered for inclusion in the ASIST Bulletin, based on the decision of
Editor-in-Chief, Irene Travis, Ph.D. Papers will also be reviewed for inclusion
in a special issue of the International
Information and Library Review, subject to the usual peer refereeing process.
Only
papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing
country are eligible. The papers should be
original, unpublished, and in English. We encourage submissions from
librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the
creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use of
digital information.
ASIST will have the non-exclusive
right to publish any of the papers submitted on its web site or in print, with
ownership and all other rights remaining with the author.
Deadline for submission of full papers
Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed
6000 words, by July 31, 2001.
Authors are encouraged to submit papers electronically. For
more information or to submit manuscripts, please contact Nathalie Leroy by
e-mail at the following address: leroyn@un.org
Acknowledgements for financial support
ASIST SIG III thanks Academic Press, Haworth Press, and Basch Subscriptions for their support of the Competition.