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ALISE/The Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Competition

(DEADLINE - June 30, 2013)

The Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE) is now accepting proposals for its 2014 Doctoral Dissertation Award Competition. Up to two outstanding dissertations completed between December 15, 2011 and June 30, 2013 will be selected. Each winner will receive $500, plus 2014 conference registration and personal membership in ALISE for 2014. Winners of the Dissertation Competition will present a summary of their work at the 2014 ALISE annual meeting.

Doctoral students who have recently graduated in any field of study, or who will have completed their dissertations by the above deadline, are invited to submit a complete copy of their dissertation. Dissertations must deal with substantive issues related to library and information science, but applicants may be from within or outside LIS programs.

Submission Requirements

A copy of the dissertation, and abstract of 200 words.
The dissertation must have been accepted by the university within the 18 months preceding the deadline for submissions and must not have been submitted for any other ALISE award during the year it is submitted for the ALISE/ Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Award. For the 2014 award, the acceptance time frame is December 15, 2011 through June 30, 2013.
The dissertation must be accompanied by proof of university acceptance, or by a letter from the dissertation adviser indicating the dissertation has been submitted to the university and will meet the university acceptance deadline requirement.

Judging

The ALISE Research Committee will judge the dissertations. In cases where the research or methodology warrants it, additional assistance will be obtained from ALISE members outside the committee. Dissertations will be judged according to the following criteria:

Significance of the research problem to the overall LIS field
Presentation of the relevant literature
Design of the study (i.e., appropriateness of methodology, selection of specific techniques and/or tests)
Conduct of study (i.e., application of methods of data collection).
Analysis and presentation of the data (i.e., quality of analysis, logic of findings)
Appropriateness of conclusions
Clarity and organization of the writing

The committee reserves the right to select no winning dissertation if in its judgment none of the submissions are considered satisfactory. Previous outstanding dissertations exhibited these characteristics:

Good writing
Strong synthesis of the literature
Well-developed discussion of potential problems with frameworks, theories, models, and definitions used in the research-along with discussion of how the dissertation would overcome limitations
Constraints on generalizing beyond the data provided or the study as designed
Clear explanation of validity/appropriateness issues
Discussion depth beyond a repeat of findings
Answers to the "so what?" question

ALISE/The Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Competition
Electronic submission of materials required
Send to:
Soo Young Rieh, chair
rieh@umich.edu
Confirmations of receipt will be sent via email

Previous Winners

2013

Kimberly Anderson (University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee) “Appraisal Learning Networks: How university Archivists Learn to Appraise through Social Interaction”

Michelle Caswell (University of Wisconsin–Madison) “Archiving the Unspeakable: Silence and Voice in Khmer Rouge Mug Shots”

2012

Eric Matthew Meyers (University of Washington) "The Nature and Impact of Information Problem Solving in the Middle School Classroom"

2011	Cassidy Sugimoto (Indiana University-Bloomington): for "Mentoring, Collaboration, and Interdisciplinary: An Evaluation of the Scholarly Development of Information and Library Science Doctoral Students" Shari Ann Lee (St. John's University) "Teen Space: Designed for Whom?"
2010	Charles Kamau Maina (University of Western Ontario): for "The Traditional Knowledge Protection Debate: Identifying and Listening to the Voices of Traditional Knowledge Holders." Honorable Mention: Tiffany Veinot (University of Western Ontario): "Social Capital and HIV/AIDS Information Help Exchange Networks in Rural Canada."
2009	Xiaojun Yuan (Rutgers University): "Supporting multiple information-seeking strategies in a single system framework"
2008	Kara Anne Reuter (University of Maryland): "Children Selecting Books in a Library: Extending Models of Information Behavior to a Recreational Setting"
2007	Kate Williams, “Social Networks, Social Capital, and the Use of Information and Communications Technology in Socially Excluded Communities: A Study of Community Groups in Manchester, England,” Dominican University (Dissertation completed at Michigan University)
2006	Diane Kelly, "Understanding implicit feedback and documents preference: A naturalistic user study," University of North Carolina Chapel Hill
2005	Paulette M. Rothbauer, "Finding and Creating Possibility: Reading in the Lives of Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Young Women," University of Western Ontario, 2004. Betsy Van der Veer Martens, "Theories at Work: Functional Characteristics of Theories That Facilitate Their Diffusion Over Time," Syracuse University, 2004.
2004	Samuel E. Trosow, "Information for Society: Towards a Critical Theory of Intellectual Property Policy," University of California, LA, 2002 Kalpana Shankar, "Scientists, Records, and the Practical Politics of Infrastructure," University of California, LA, 2002.
2003	Karen Frances Gracy (UCLA), "The Imperative to Preserve: Competing Definitions of Value in the World of Film Preservation", 2001.
2002	Soo Young Rieh, "Information Quality and Cognitive Authority in the World Wide Web," Rutgers University Bradley R. Taylor, " The Effect of Surrogation on Viewer Response to Expressional Qualities in Works of Art," School of Information & Library Science, The University of Michigan
2001	Patricia Coit Murphy, "What a Book Can Do: Silent Spring and Media-Borne Public Debate," School on Journalism and Mass Communication, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill ALISE Dissertation Award Certificates of Recognition: Daniel G. Dorner, "Determining Essential Services on the Canadian Information Highway: An Exploratory Study of the Public Policy Process," Faculty of Graduate Studies, The University of Western Ontario, 1999 J. Stephen Downie, "Evaluating a Simple Approach to Music Information Retrieval: Conceiving Melodic N-Grams as Text," Faculty of Gradate Studies, The University of Western Ontario, 1999 Richard William Kopak, "A Taxonomy of Link Types for Use in Hypertext," Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, 2000
2000	Cheryl Cowan Buchwald, "Canada's Coalition for Public Information: A Case Study of a Public Interest Group in the Information Highway Policy Making Process," Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto, 1999 Patterson Toby Graham, "Segregation and Civil Rights in Alabama's Public Libraries, 1918-1965," School of Library and Information Studies, The University of Alabama, 1998 ALISE Dissertation Award Certificates of Recognition: Keith Wilson Cogdill, "The Information Needs and Information Seeking of Nurse Practitioners," School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 1998 Mary Ann Fitzgerald, "The Cognitive Process of Information Evaluation: A Collective Case Study," College of Education, The University of Georgia, 1998
1999	Hong Xie (Rutgers), "Planned and Situated Aspects in Interactive IR: Patterns of User Interactive Intentions and Information Seeking Strategies."
1998	Elizabeth Yakel, Pittsburgh, "Record Keeping in Radiology: The Relationships Between Activities and Records in Radiological Processes" Mary K. Chelton, Rutgers, "Adult-Adolescent Service Encounters: The Library Context."
1997	Lynne McKechnie, University of Western Ontario. "Opening the 'Preschooler's Door to Learning': An Ethnographic Study of the Use of Public Libraries by Preschool Girls."
1996	Danuta A. Nitecki, University of Maryland, for "An Assessment of the Applicability of SERVQUAL Dimensions...for Evaluating Quality of Services in an Academic Library."

Last Updated 4/3/2013