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DAI Announces Research Grant
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (PACS-L Moderator)
Tue Feb 4 22:13:26 1997
Date: Tue, 04 Feb 1997 18:09:15 -0600 (CST)
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From: Randall Marcinko <rmarcink@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: DAI Announces Research Grant
The Board of Directors of Documentation Abstracts, Inc. (DAI) announces it
will award the Information Science Abstracts (ISA) Research Grant of $1,500
in 1997. This grant is awarded annually by DAI to one or more information
professionals to conduct a research project oriented toward the study of the
primary or secondary literature of information science. All applicants for
the ISA Research Grant must be information professionals and hold a graduate
degree in library or information science. No individuals who are associated
with ISA are eligible. This includes members of the Board of Directors of
DAI, employees of Plenum Publishing Corporation, SilverPlatter, and KRI/Dialog.
Applicants must submit a completed application package by August 31,
1997 outlining the scope and nature of the proposed project, providing
evidence of an established methodology and a viable research design.
Examples of possible topics for research include: the use of information
resources, comparison of tools, quality of the literature, and bibliometric
analysis. Recipients of previous ISA grants have researched such topics as:
ISA and ARIST: Linkages to Enhance Literature Searching, A Model for
Quantitative and Qualitative Database Evaluation Using the ISA Database, and
Selecting Literature on Bibliometrics Through Bradford's Law. The goal of
the research must be to produce a publishable paper.
Half the amount of the $1,500 grant will be paid upon announcement of the
award and the balance will be paid upon successful completion of the
research project. In addition to the cash award, access to ISA CD-ROM will
be provided for the length of the grant. Announcement of the award will be
made December 1, 1997.
Documentation Abstracts, Inc. is owner/sponsor of the monthly
abstracting and indexing publication, Information Science Abstracts
(ISA), published for DAI by Plenum Publishing Corporation. International in
scope, ISA provides references to and abstracts of the useful literature in
the fields of information science and library science dating back to 1966.
Its coverage extends to journal articles from over 400 journals, to
conference proceedings, books, reports and patents. The entire file is
available for searching via Dialog File 202 and on SilverPlatter CD-ROM.
CONTACT: For further information and for application instructions,
Judith E. Watson, CAS
P.O. Box 3012, Columbus OH 43210
Phone 614/447-3662, E-mail: jwatson@cas.org
Fax 614/461-7158
Board of Directors, Documentation Abstracts, Inc.
Signe E. Larson (SLA), Chair Judith E. Watson (ACS/CINF), Vice-Chair
Ben-Ami Lipetz (ASI) Treasurer Katherine W. McCain (ALISE) Secretary
Norman Howden (ALA) Bonnie Maxwell (ASIS)
Randall W. Marcinko (ASIDIC) Paul Wrynn (MLA)
