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DAI research grant $1500 available
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Tue May 6 20:22:44 1997
Date: Tue, 06 May 1997 17:57:07 -0500
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From: Randall Marcinko <rmarcink@ix.netcom.com>
Subject: DAI research grant $1500 available
THE INFORMATION SCIENCE ABSTRACTS (ISA) RESEARCH GRANT
TO BE AWARDED BY DOCUMENTATION ABSTRACTS, INC.
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.
The URL for the ISA web page is: http://www.cox.smu.edu/dai
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)
