International Paper Contest

The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is pleased to announce its ninth competition for papers to be submitted for the Annual Meeting, which will take place in Columbus, Ohio, October 24-29.

The theme of this year's paper contest is:

"People Transforming Information - Information Transforming People"

The theme may be addressed at either the country or regional level issues.

Papers could discuss issues, policies and case studies on specific aspects of the theme, such as, but not limited to the following (some adopted from the conference theme):

- Individual identities and how they are transformed by the impact of information technologies

- The societal archive - is it disappearing and/or being marginalized?

- Societal attentions and how emphasis on information technology either allows or hinders these

- Openness, access and privacy issues

- Generational, economic, and socio-cultural dimensions of impact of information on people's lives

- Cognitive and emotional aspects of interactions with information

- Reshaping the boundary between personal and public information space

- The effect of collective information creation on authority and trust

- Information by the people for the people

- The role of information in connecting people and community building

- How well is current technology meeting human needs, and what should future technology research and development involve to better meet our needs?

- How transformable and transferable is indigenous information from "peripheral countries"?

- The ratio of conduct size to contents richness in less connected countries.

Selection Criteria

Papers will be selected through a peer review process. The judging criteria will be based on:

· Originality of paper in the developing world environment (originality of the project described, etc.)

· Relevance to the Paper contest.

· Presentation and organization.

· Style.

The prize for each winner is a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T.

In the case of multiple authors, the principal author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership.

In addition, depending on SIG III fundraising for this competition, the first place winner will be rewarded a minimum of $1,000 toward travel, conference registration, and accommodations while attending the ASIS&T Annual Conference in Columbus, Ohio, October 24-29,

Only papers by a principal author who is a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible.

Deadline for submission of full papers

Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, by March 31, to jjeng[at]njcu.edu, preferably as Microsoft Word attachments.

More information: International Paper Contest

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