Call for nominations: SIG SI’s 2012 Social Informatics Best Student Paper Award

SIG SI and the Rob Kling Center for Social Informatics are seeking nominations for an award for the best paper written by a doctoral student on a topic informed by social informatics. Nominations may include a paper published in a peer reviewed journal during 2012 or a conference paperpresented in 2012. The winning author or authors will present their paper at the 9th Annual SIG-SI Symposium on November 2 and receive a $500 cash award at the 2013 Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology in Montreal.

Nominations letters should be sent to Howard Rosenbaum or Pnina Fichman by July 31, 2013and must include a full citation, a brief explanation for the nomination, and a copy of the article. Self nominations are acceptable.

Winners will be notified by August 30, 2013. Good luck!