Call for Papers
2019 International Paper Contest
ASIS&T SIG-III
Dear All,

The Special Interest Group on International Information Issues (SIG-III) of the 
Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) invites research 
papers for the 19th International Paper Contest (IPC) for library and 
information science (LIS) professionals in developing countries, for the 82nd 
Annual Meeting, which will take place in Melbourne, Australia, from 19-23 
October, 2019. The theme of the Annual Meeting is: “Information…Anyone, 
Anywhere, Any Time, Any Way.” For more information visit: 
https://www.asist.org/am19/.

Papers submitted to the International Paper Contest can discuss research 
problems, policies, practical issues in or outside of LIS work settings, and 
case studies on any aspect of the 2019 ASIS&T Annual Meeting theme from a local 
and/or international perspective.

Topics include, but are not limited to the following core areas:

●        Role of information in changes in economic, social, scientific, 
political, and personal behaviors

●        Production, storage, sharing, preservation, management, and 
consumption of data and information for benefitting individuals, communities, 
organizations, or society

●        Role of the place, time, and the way in which 
data/information/knowledge is communicated in empowering individuals, 
communities, organizations, or society

●        Information and individuals: Information behavior, information 
retrieval, human-computer interaction, social media use, information literacy, 
etc.

●        Information use in, for, or by organizations: Information 
architecture, knowledge management, competitive intelligence, linked data and 
big data, digital curation, records and archives management, etc.

●        Information society: Digital citizenship, cultural engagement, 
archival preservation, policy development, copyright, intellectual property, 
info-metrics, information access, etc.

●        Information and emerging technologies: Cloud computing, digital 
libraries, automatic indexing, social tagging, classification, semantic web, 
database design, web usability, etc.

Judging Criteria: The IPC papers will be judged using the following criteria.

  1.  Originality of the research question
  2.  Ability to situate problem statement against existing literature
  3.  Rigor in research methods
  4.  Novelty and significance of research findings
  5.  Theoretical and/or practical implications and/or contributions
  6.  Quality of presentation and overall organization of information
  7.  Consistency in citations, references, and grammar

Eligibility & Information for Authors: Only papers by a principal author who is 
a citizen of, and resides in a developing country are eligible. Winners of the 
2012-2018 contests are not eligible. The papers should be original, 
unpublished, and submitted in English. We encourage submissions from 
librarians, information and network specialists, and educators involved in the 
creation, representation, maintenance, exchange, discovery, delivery, and use 
of digital information.

Style: The IPC Committee requires that submissions follow the International 
Information and Library Review instructions to authors. Detailed information is 
available under the heading, Guide for Authors at:
http://www.tandfonline.com/action/authorSubmission?journalCode=ulbr20&page=instructions#.VOw5ZUex4k0

ASIS&T Copyright Policy: ASIS&T will have the non-exclusive right to publish 
any of the papers submitted on its website or in print, with ownership and all 
other rights remaining with the author.

Deadline: Authors are invited to submit manuscripts, not to exceed 5,000 words, 
by April 15, 2019 via email to [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]> as 
Microsoft Word attachment.

Notification: Winners will be notified by May 31, 2019.

Winners and Award: The IPC Committee will select three winners. We encourage 
all three winners to attend the 2019 ASIS&T Annual Meeting for sharing their 
research. The first-place winner will receive maximum of US $1,500 for 
offsetting the cost of attending and presenting their research poster at the 
2019 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Melbourne, Australia. In addition, all three 
winners will receive a two-year individual membership in ASIS&T. In case of 
multiple authors, the first author will be awarded the ASIS&T membership.

Poster Presentation: The first-place winner will be expected to present a 
poster (48” by 36” inches) based on their research paper at the SIG-III 
Reception at the 2019 ASIS&T Annual Meeting in Melbourne, Australia.

We look forward to receiving your submissions. Please feel free to distribute 
this call for papers widely to your colleagues in developing countries. Thanks!

Sincerely,

International Paper Contest Committee
Ina Fourie
Bhakti Gala
Yuelin Li
Thomas Matingwina
Devendra Potnis (Chair)

Zehra Taskin
Nosheen Warraich
Shivanthi Weerasinghe
Tung-Mou Yang




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Associate Professor
School of Information Sciences
University of Tennessee at Knoxville
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