2020 Beta Phi Mu Scholarship and Fellowship Winners
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Beta Phi Mu Honor Society Announces 2020 Scholarship and Award Winners
June 30, 2020
At its Annual Membership Meeting, held online June 27, 2020, the Beta Phi Mu International Library and Information Studies Honor Society (BPM) announced the award winners for its 2020 scholarship season. Each year, Beta Phi Mu provides multiple scholarships and awards for study and research related to Library and Information Science, in addition to administering the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships.
The winner of the Sarah Rebecca Reed Scholarship, which supports a beginning student at an ALA-accredited Library and Information Science (LIS) program, is Tobias Paul of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They will receive an award of $2,250.
The Blanche E. Woolls Scholarship for School Library Media Service supports a beginning LIS student intending to pursue a career in school library media service and attending an ALA-accredited or an American Association of School Librarians (AASL) recognized program. The winner of this year’s $2,250 award is Nicole Pereversoff of the University of Western Ontario.
The Harold Lancour Scholarship for Foreign Study was awarded to Erin Eldermire, Head of the Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library, Cornell University Library. This $1,750 award will be used for a project to research and create guidance for best practices in searching the grey literature for evidence syntheses (ES) in agriculture and searching scholarly literature originating in Latin America, as well as learning about support that currently exists for information specialists and researchers in Latin America conducting ES, and/or the support that they need for further ES capacity development.
Five Frank B. Sessa Scholarships for Continuing Professional Education of Beta Phi Mu Members were previously awarded to Heather Arrington (Wayne State, At-Large), Laurie Fuentes (Texas Woman's University, Beta Lambda Chapter), Sarah Cruz Mendoza (University of South Florida, Beta Phi Chapter), Sara Quashnie (University of Illinois, Alpha Chapter), Katy Sternberger (Simmons University, Beta Beta Chapter). They each receive $150 toward the expenses associated with a professional continuing education opportunity of their choice. Five more Sessa Scholarships will be awarded in September, 2020.
Six recipients of the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for 2020 were also announced. These $3,000 awards provide support for doctoral students who are working on their dissertations in Library and Information Science, Information Studies, Informatics, or a related field. The names, institutional affiliations, and dissertations working titles for the 2020 winners are listed below:
Houda El mimouni, Drexel University
“Robotic Telepresence in the Classroom and Values”
Jiangen He, Drexel University
“Predictive and Visual Analytics of Scientific Development”
Wenqing Lu, Simmons University
“Using Social Media Tools for Collaborative Learning: An Mixed-Method Study on Academic Group Work by Worldwide iSchool Students”
Lassana Magassa, University of Washington
“'I am Not Computer Savy': A Look into the Everyday Digital Literacy Level of Formerly Incarcerated People Using a Novel Holistic Digital Literacy Framework”
Martin Nord, University of Western Ontario
“Documents and the Positioning of the Moral Self: The United Church of Canada's Reconciliation Documents”
Bonnie Tulloch, University of British Columbia
“Do the Ends Justify the Memes? Exploring the Relationship between Youth, Internet Memes, and Digital Citizenship”
Congratulations to all of the 2020 Beta Phi Mu Scholarship and Award winners! Much thanks to Camille McCutcheon, Chair of the BPM Scholarship Committee, and all committee members for their work in reviewing the many applications for these awards. The 2021 Beta Phi Mu scholarship application season will open on November 15, 2020.
For more information:
Beta Phi Mu International Library and Information Studies Honor Society:
http://www.betaphimu.org/
Beta Phi Mu Scholarships:
http://www.betaphimu.org/scholarships.html
2020 Beta Phi Mu Scholarship & Fellowship Recipients:
http://www.betaphimu.org/current-scholarship-winners.html
Contact:
Alison Lewis, Executive Director, Beta Phi Mu - 267-361-5018
executivedirector@betaphimu.org
Beta Phi Mu Honor Society Announces 2020 Scholarship and Award Winners
June 30, 2020
At its Annual Membership Meeting, held online June 27, 2020, the Beta Phi Mu International Library and Information Studies Honor Society (BPM) announced the award winners for its 2020 scholarship season. Each year, Beta Phi Mu provides multiple scholarships and awards for study and research related to Library and Information Science, in addition to administering the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowships.
The winner of the Sarah Rebecca Reed Scholarship, which supports a beginning student at an ALA-accredited Library and Information Science (LIS) program, is Tobias Paul of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. They will receive an award of $2,250.
The Blanche E. Woolls Scholarship for School Library Media Service supports a beginning LIS student intending to pursue a career in school library media service and attending an ALA-accredited or an American Association of School Librarians (AASL) recognized program. The winner of this year’s $2,250 award is Nicole Pereversoff of the University of Western Ontario.
The Harold Lancour Scholarship for Foreign Study was awarded to Erin Eldermire, Head of the Flower-Sprecher Veterinary Library, Cornell University Library. This $1,750 award will be used for a project to research and create guidance for best practices in searching the grey literature for evidence syntheses (ES) in agriculture and searching scholarly literature originating in Latin America, as well as learning about support that currently exists for information specialists and researchers in Latin America conducting ES, and/or the support that they need for further ES capacity development.
Five Frank B. Sessa Scholarships for Continuing Professional Education of Beta Phi Mu Members were previously awarded to Heather Arrington (Wayne State, At-Large), Laurie Fuentes (Texas Woman's University, Beta Lambda Chapter), Sarah Cruz Mendoza (University of South Florida, Beta Phi Chapter), Sara Quashnie (University of Illinois, Alpha Chapter), Katy Sternberger (Simmons University, Beta Beta Chapter). They each receive $150 toward the expenses associated with a professional continuing education opportunity of their choice. Five more Sessa Scholarships will be awarded in September, 2020.
Six recipients of the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship for 2020 were also announced. These $3,000 awards provide support for doctoral students who are working on their dissertations in Library and Information Science, Information Studies, Informatics, or a related field. The names, institutional affiliations, and dissertations working titles for the 2020 winners are listed below:
Houda El mimouni, Drexel University
“Robotic Telepresence in the Classroom and Values”
Jiangen He, Drexel University
“Predictive and Visual Analytics of Scientific Development”
Wenqing Lu, Simmons University
“Using Social Media Tools for Collaborative Learning: An Mixed-Method Study on Academic Group Work by Worldwide iSchool Students”
Lassana Magassa, University of Washington
“'I am Not Computer Savy': A Look into the Everyday Digital Literacy Level of Formerly Incarcerated People Using a Novel Holistic Digital Literacy Framework”
Martin Nord, University of Western Ontario
“Documents and the Positioning of the Moral Self: The United Church of Canada's Reconciliation Documents”
Bonnie Tulloch, University of British Columbia
“Do the Ends Justify the Memes? Exploring the Relationship between Youth, Internet Memes, and Digital Citizenship”
Congratulations to all of the 2020 Beta Phi Mu Scholarship and Award winners! Much thanks to Camille McCutcheon, Chair of the BPM Scholarship Committee, and all committee members for their work in reviewing the many applications for these awards. The 2021 Beta Phi Mu scholarship application season will open on November 15, 2020.
For more information:
Beta Phi Mu International Library and Information Studies Honor Society:
http://www.betaphimu.org/
Beta Phi Mu Scholarships:
http://www.betaphimu.org/scholarships.html
2020 Beta Phi Mu Scholarship & Fellowship Recipients:
http://www.betaphimu.org/current-scholarship-winners.html
Contact:
Alison Lewis, Executive Director, Beta Phi Mu - 267-361-5018
executivedirector@betaphimu.org
