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September 24, 2007
NJ/ASIS&T ANNOUNCES RECIPIENT OF 21ST ANNUAL DISTINGUISHED LECTURESHIP AWARD
The New Jersey Chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology (NJ/ASIS&T) is pleased to honor Tefko Saracevic, Ph.D. with its 21st annual Distinguished Lectureship Award.
Dr. Saracevic, Professor II at Rutgers University’s School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, is scheduled to speak in conjunction with the School’s 25th anniversary celebration on Friday, October 12 at 4:30 PM. His lecture, entitled “Information Science: Where Does it Come From and Where is it Going?" will be held at the Heldrich Hotel, 10 Livingston Avenue in downtown New Brunswick.
Beginning with an overview and brief history of information science, including its problems and solutions within a social context, Dr. Saracevic will discuss research, development and testing in the area of information retrieval, and commercial information retrieval in the form of search engines. Dr. Saracevic will discuss the relationships between information science, librarianship, and the growth of digital libraries.
In addition to teaching at Rutgers University’s School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, Dr. Saracevic is the author of numerous articles on topics such as testing and evaluation of information retrieval systems; the notion of relevance in information science; and digital libraries. He has also presented papers at international meetings in 43 countries and is a co-chair of the annual conference and course Libraries in the Digital Age (LIDA) held in Dubrovnik, Croatia. Dr. Saracevic is a former president of the American Society for Information Science & Technology, which bestowed him with its prestigious Award of Merit. He has also received the Gerard Salton Award for Excellence in Research from the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) Special Interest Group on Information Retrieval. Currently, he is the editor-in-chief of the international journal Information Processing & Management.
The New Jersey Chapter of the American Society for Information Science & Technology established the Distinguished Lectureship Award in 1985 to honor individuals who have made significant contributions to the field of information science.
For more information on Dr. Tefko’s lecture, please e-mail Lilia Pavlovsky at Pavlovsk@scils.rutgers.edu.
Posted by mowyn at September 24, 2007 10:46 AM
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