2004 Annual Student Awards Competitions |
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To: All SIS Students 2004 WILLIAM Z. NASRI AWARD |
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am pleased to announce the annual competition of the William
Z. Nasri Award for excellence in Legal Issues in
Information Handling, the Catherine Ofiesh Orner Award,
and the Robert R. Korfhage Award Competitions.
The William Z. Nasri award is made in recognition of Dr. Nasri's dedicated service of thirty years to the School of Information Sciences and the University of Pittsburgh. Students in information science, library and information science, telecommunications as well as students in the School of Law are encouraged to submit papers relating to legal issues involved in information handling, in competition for an award of $500.00 and a certificate. The papers will be reviewed by a panel of judges from the faculty representing the three programs at SIS. The Catherine Ofiesh Orner Award is presented annually by the School of Information Sciences to the student who prepares the best scholarly paper in information science suitable for publication. The Award, named for a distinguished deceased alumna of this School, consists of a $500 cash prize and a certificate. All students enrolled in SIS between April 2003 and April 2004 are eligible to enter the 2004 Orner Award Competition. All students are encouraged to enter the competition whether in the IST or LIS Departments. Undergraduate, Masters and Ph.D. students are eligible to compete. A three-member panel consisting of one member from the Department of Information Science and Telecommunications, one member from the Department of Library and Information Science and one outside member will judge papers. The Robert R. Korfhage Award was established in honor of the late Robert R. Korfhage to encourage collaborative research between faculty and students. Students in the School of Information Sciences (SIS) at the University of Pittsburgh are encouraged to submit papers relating to Information Science, co-authored with a faculty member, in competition for an award of $500.00 to be shared among the student co-authors. The papers will be reviewed by a panel of judges from the faculty representing the three programs at SIS. In order to be considered for the 2004 Korfhage Award, Orner Award, or the Nasri Award for Legal Issues in Information Handling, a paper must be submitted to the Dean, 514 IS Building, not later than 5:00 p.m., February 20, 2004. Papers must include a cover page with the name of the author, title of the paper, date of submission and the statement: submitted for the 2004 Robert R. Korfhage Award Competition Your name should only appear on the title page to allow for unbiased judging. Papers received after the February 20 deadline will not be considered. Guidelines for the competitions are attached. Extra copies of the guidelines are available from Theresa
Benedek, Room 514, IS Building. The winners will be notified
by mail and the awards will be presented at an awards
ceremony. |
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The 2004 William Z. Nasri Award for Legal Issues in Information Handling | ||
The students in the School of Information Sciences (SIS)
and the School of Law at the University of Pittsburgh are
encouraged to submit papers relating to the legal issues
involved in information handling, in competition for an
award of $500.00. The award has been established through
donations from alumni, friends and colleagues of Dr. William
Nasri in honor of his contributions to the field and his
30 years of dedicated service to SIS and the University
of Pittsburgh. Papers must be submitted to Dean Ronald
Larsen no later than February 20, 2004 in Room
514, IS Building. The papers will be reviewed by a panel of three
judges from the faculty representing the three programs
at SIS. They must be typewritten in double space and include
a cover page with the name of the author, the title of
the paper and the date of submission in addition to the
following statement "Submitted to the 2004 William
Z. Nasri Award." Your name should only appear on the
title page to allow for unbiased judging.
The guidelines and the criteria for the evaluation and judging of the papers are as follows:
The decision of the panel of judges will be final. The winner will be notified and will receive a check for the amount of $500. The name of the winner will also be listed among the honorees in the Annual Honor Convocation at the University of Pittsburgh. |
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2004 Catherine Ofiesh Orner Award Guidelines | ||
The students in the School of Information Sciences are
encouraged to submit papers for the competitive process
related to the above named $500 cash award. Papers must
be submitted to Dean Ronald Larsen, no later than
5:00 P. M., February 20, 2004, Room 514, IS Building. The papers
will be reviewed by a panel of three judges, one from Information
Science, one from Library and Information Science, and
one authority from outside the University. Papers must
be typewritten and include a cover page with the name of
the author, title of the paper, date of submission and
the statement, "Submitted for the 2004 Orner Award
Competition." Your name should only appear on the
title page to allow for unbiased judging.
In order that those students who desire to submit papers have some guidelines and understand the evaluative criteria that will be used, the following information is presented for that purpose.
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The 2004 Robert R. Korfhage Award | ||
The students in the School of Information Sciences (SIS)
at the University of Pittsburgh are encouraged to submit
papers relating to Information Science, co-authored with
a faculty member, in competition for an award of $500.00
to be shared among the student co-authors. Papers must
be submitted to Dean Ronald Larsen no later than
February 20, 2004, in Room 514, IS Building. The papers will be
reviewed by a panel of three judges from the faculty representing
the three programs at SIS. Each paper must include a cover
page with the name of the authors, the title of the paper
and the date of submission in addition to the following
statement "Submitted to the 2004 Robert R. Korfhage
Award." Your name should only appear on the title
page to allow for unbiased judging.
The following evaluative criteria will be used:
The decision of the panel of judges will be final. The winner will be notified and will receive a check for the amount of $500. The name of the winner will also be listed among the honorees in the Annual Honor Convocation at the University of Pittsburgh. |
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