Congratulations to our own Andy Russell on this. One of the organizers of these awards has praised the quality of submissions from SIGCIS members, so don’t be shy to send your own proposals when the 2011 call comes around.

Tom

From: sighfis-l-bounces@asis.org [mailto:sighfis-l-bounces@asis.org] On Behalf Of WILLIAMS, ROBERT
Sent: Monday, August 02, 2010 3:04 PM
To: sighfis-l; asis-l
Subject: [Sighfis-l] ASIST History Fund Awards announced

I am pleased to announce the following winners of the ASIST History Fund grant award and best paper award for 2010:

Best paper award: Sarah Buchanan (UCLA), for her paper: “Names the Same?: The Los Angeles Chapter of ASIST upon its Semicentennial.” The award has a $500 prize.

History Fund grant award: Andrew Russell (Asst. Prof., Stevens Institute of Technology), for his proposal, “An open world: ideological origins of network standards.” The grant is for $1,000.

Congratulations to these two folks for their fine work.

The ASIST History Fund Advisory Board consists of the following people:

Michael Buckland

Trudi B. Hahn

Samantha Hastings

Julian Warner

Robert V. Williams, ASIST History Fund awards coordinator, 2010

School of Library and Information Science

University of South Carolina

Columbia, SC 29208

Ph: 803-777-2324

E-mail: bobwill@sc.edu

Home Web page: http://www.libsci.sc.edu/bob/frontpg.htm