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1997 Information Science Abstracts (ISA) Reserach Grant
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Randall Marcinko)
Wed Dec 3 20:35:16 1997
Date: Wed, 03 Dec 1997 15:20:15 -0600
From: Randall Marcinko <rmarcink@ix.netcom.com>
To: PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L@LISTSERV.UH.EDU>
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DOCUMENTATION ABSTRACTS, INC.
BOARD OF DIRECTORS
NEWS RELEASE
DATE: December 1, 1997
NEW YORK, N.Y., December 1 - The Documentation Abstracts, Inc. (DAI) Board
of Directors is very pleased to announce the awarding of the 1997
Information Science Abstracts (ISA) Research Grant to the following
applicant:
Marilyn Domas White, Associate Professor, College of Library and
Information Services, University of Maryland, for her project
"The Literature of Information Ethics: An Assessment of Access"
The ISA Research Grant currently of $1,500 is awarded annually to one or
more information professionals to conduct a research project oriented
toward the study of the primary or secondary literature of information
science. Applicants for the ISA Research Grant must be information
professionals and hold a graduate degree in library science or information
science. No individuals who are associated with ISA are eligible.
Doctors Bryce Allen (University of Missouri), Bert Boyce (Louisiana State
University), Jessica Milstead (The JELEM Company), and David Raitt (Editor
of THE ELECTRONIC LIBRARY) served on the award jury. The DAI Board of
Directors very much appreciates the work of this jury.
DAI is owner/sponsor of the monthly abstracting and indexing publication
Information Science Abstracts. International in scope, ISA provides
references to and abstracts of the useful literature in the fields of
information and library science dating back to 1966. Its coverage extends
to
journal articles from over 400 journals, to conference proceedings, books,
reports and other types of publications. The URL for the ISA web page is:
http://www.cox.smu.edu/dai
CONTACT: For further information, please contact
Judith E. Watson, Vice-Chair of Documentation Abstracts, Inc.
Chemical Abstracts Service
P.O. Box 3012
Columbus, OH 43210
Phone: 614/447-3662
E-mail: jwatson@cas.org
