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Date: Fri, 22 May 2015 07:35:17 +0000

Announcement

De Gruyter Saur / IFLA Research Paper Award 2015 Winner

Berlin, 22 May 2015

De Gruyter Saur and IFLA are delighted to announce that the winner of
the De Gruyter Saur IFLA Research Paper Award 2015 is Ana Pervan with
her paper, The role of data curator in the CERN Particle Physics
Data-Sharing Community.  The author receives prize money of EUR 1.000,
donated by De Gruyter Saur.  Her article will be published in the
September issue of LIBRI, a leading international scholarly journal
published by De Gruyter.

This year's topic for the De Gruyter Saur IFLA Research Paper Award
was Digital Libraries: knowledge creation and sharing, with the aim of
advancing research into the role of digital libraries in facilitating
knowledge creation and sharing.  Submissions were evaluated by a panel
of committee members of the IFLA Library Theory and Research Section:
Anna Maria Tammaro (Chair), Krystyna Matusiak and Xiwen Liu.

Ana Pervan’s paper presents original research on the role of data
curators in sharing scientific data and other forms of scholarly
communication.  The panel judged that she employed an innovative
research methodology, with findings that were relevant to both data
curators and the research community.

The award is aimed at encouraging original research and publication by
those relatively new to the profession.  Ana Pervan started her career
at the CERN Library and is now a Junior Library and Information
Officer at the International Labour Organisation Library in Geneva.

The award will be formally announced at the IFLA World Library and
Information Congress in Cape Town, South Africa in August 2015.

Contact

Claudia Heyer, Library and Information Science, DE GRUYTER SAUR
Rosenheimer Straße 143
81671 München, Germany
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