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Academics / Annual
Awards / William Z. Nasri
Award |
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The students in the School of Information Sciences (SIS)
and the School of Law at the University of Pittsburgh are encouraged
to submit papers relating to the legal issues involved in information
handling, in competition for an award of $500.00. The
award has been established through donations from alumni, friends
and colleagues of Dr. William Nasri in honor of his contributions
to the field and his 30 years of dedicated service to SIS and
the University of Pittsburgh. Papers must be submitted
to Dean Ronald Larsen no later than February
18, 2008 in Room 500A IS Building. The papers will be reviewed by a panel
of three judges from the faculty representing the three programs
at SIS. They must be typewritten in double space and
include a cover page with the name of the author, the title
of the paper and the date of submission in addition to the
following statement "Submitted to the 2008 William Z.
Nasri Award." Your
name should only appear on the title page to allow for unbiased
judging. |
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The guidelines and the criteria for
the evaluation and judging of the papers are as follows: |
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The papers for this award must relate to the legal issues
and legal implications in dealing with information in manual
or automated systems at any stage of the information acquisition,
processing, storage, or retrieval process as well as to
the transfer, dissemination and use of it.
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Pertinent US
laws and/or legal concepts should be discussed. Especially
important is the relation and effect of such laws on the
information management and services and their impact on
the user.
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Papers must be scholarly in nature and their content
must demonstrate that the author has command and thorough
knowledge of the area in which he/she is writing.
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The papers
must be comprehensive and thorough. This
implies that adequate background information, definitions,
assumptions and concepts must be presented in a manner
that will render the papers both descriptive and evaluative.
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Papers
must communicate the author's interest in a concise and
logical manner. The organization of the ideas
and concepts should be such that the sequence or flow achieves
a continuity that brings the separate parts of the paper
to a logical conclusion.
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The perceived importance of the
topic of any paper in this competition in terms of contributing
new knowledge or advancing the field of library, information
and telecommunication sciences, will be a prime factor
in judging the said paper. The
paper must be judged also as suitable for publication.
The decision of the panel of judges will be final. The
winner will be notified and will receive a check for the
amount of $500. The name of the winner will also be
listed among the honorees in the Annual Honor Convocation
at the University of Pittsburgh.
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