Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Tue, 15 Feb 2011 10:00:48 -0500 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [71.191.244.23] (HELO [192.168.1.101]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.5) with ESMTPS id 14236193 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:11:46 -0500 X-Original-Message-Id: <9F9BC77C-75B2-4398-AA8D-F5221169CB5B@cni.org> From: Diane Goldenberg-Hart X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-1--560631259 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v936) Subject: Chris Borgman to Receive Paul Evan Peters Award at April CNI Meeting, San Diego X-Original-Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2011 17:13:52 -0500 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.936) --Apple-Mail-1--560631259 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=WINDOWS-1252; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: UCLA Professor Christine Borgman to Receive Paul Evan Peters Award Washington, DC - February 14, 2011 - The Coalition for Networked =20 Information (CNI), the Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and =20 EDUCAUSE are pleased to announce that Christine L. Borgman, Professor =20= and Presidential Chair in Information Studies at the University of =20 California, Los Angeles (UCLA), has been named the 2011 recipient of =20 the Paul Evan Peters Award. The award recognizes notable, lasting =20 achievements in the creation and innovative use of information =20 resources and services that advance scholarship and intellectual =20 productivity through communication networks. Named for CNI=92s founding director, the award will be presented during =20= the CNI Membership Meeting in San Diego, CA to be held April 4=965, =20 2011, where Borgman will deliver the Paul Evan Peters Memorial =20 Lecture. Previous award recipients include Daniel Atkins (2008), Paul =20= Ginsparg (2006), Brewster Kahle (2004), Vinton Cerf (2002), and Tim =20 Berners-Lee (2000). One facet of Borgman=92s work that was particularly compelling for the =20= award committee was her wide-ranging research interests, which focus =20 =93not only on the new technologies, but, just as importantly, on the =20= underlying social and policy changes that she describes as profound =20 and having lasting effects on the future scholarly environment,=94 noted = =20 committee member Nancy Eaton of Pennsylvania State University. =93It's a delight to see my colleague Chris get this recognition for her = =20 work; in particular, at least for me, her books Scholarship in the =20 Digital Age and =46rom Gutenberg to Global Information Infrastructure =20= capture and elucidate a tremendous amount of the intellectual agenda =20 and context that has driven the work of CNI,=94 commented CNI Executive =20= Director Clifford Lynch. =93Indeed, it's particularly appropriate in =20 that these are issues and ideas that the late Paul Peters, whose =20 contributions we also commemorate through this award, cared deeply =20 about.=94 A Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science =20 (AAAS), Borgman=92s current research clusters in two areas. One area is =20= empirical research on the creation, use, and management of scientific =20= data and its implications for science policy, which is associated with =20= the Center for Embedded Networked Sensing. Her second area of interest =20= is analytical work on the changing nature of scholarship in an =20 environment of ubiquitous computer networks and digital information. =20 She has authored more than 200 publications in the fields of =20 information studies, computer science, and communication, and both of =20= Borgman=92s monographs have received the American Society for =20 Information Science and Technology Best Information Science Book of =20 the Year award. Borgman has served on numerous national boards and committees =20 throughout her career, including the Task Force on Cyberlearning for =20 the National Science Foundation (NSF), for which she was chair. =20 Currently, Borgman is a member of the US National Academies=92 Board on =20= Research Data and Information and the US National Committee on Data =20 for Science and Technology (CODATA), as well as serving as a lead =20 investigator for the Center for Embedded Networked Systems (CENS), an =20= NSF Science and Technology Center, where she conducts data practices =20 research. =93Chris has an impressive range of accomplishments including her widely = =20 read publications on digital libraries, her pioneering work in the =20 areas of e-science and data stewardship, and her participation on =20 national advisory groups,=94 remarked ARL Executive Director Charles =20 Lowry. =93As a faculty member at UCLA, she is preparing a new generation = =20 of information professionals who will have the skills needed to =20 advance scholarship in the digital environment.=94 EDUCAUSE President Diana Oblinger also noted, =93Having had the chance =20= to work with Chris as a member of the NSF Task Force on Cyberlearning, =20= I have seen firsthand how effectively she frames and navigates =20 emerging issues in the use of technology to advance teaching, =20 learning, and research. I cannot imagine a finer candidate for the =20 Paul Evans Peters Award, and I am pleased that EDUCAUSE can join with =20= CNI and ARL in recognizing her contributions to higher education.=94 A four-member committee selected Borgman for the award: Marjory =20 Blumenthal, Associate Provost, Academic, at Georgetown University; =20 Nancy Eaton, Dean Emeritus of University Libraries at Pennsylvania =20 State University; William Hogue, Vice President for Information =20 Technology and Chief Information Officer of the University of South =20 Carolina; and Joan Lippincott, Associate Executive Director of the =20 Coalition for Networked Information. CNI, ARL, and EDUCAUSE sponsor the Paul Evan Peters Award, which was =20 established with additional funding from Microsoft and Xerox =20 Corporations. The award honors the memory and accomplishments of Paul =20= Evan Peters (1947=961996). Peters was a visionary and a coalition =20 builder in higher education and the world of scholarly communication. =20= He led CNI from its founding in 1990 with informed insight, exuberant =20= direction, eloquence, and awareness of the needs of its varied =20 constituencies of librarians, technologists, publishers, and others in =20= the digital world. CNI is a coalition of some 200 member institutions dedicated to =20 supporting the transformative promise of networked information =20 technology for the advancement of scholarly communication and the =20 enrichment of intellectual productivity. ARL is an organization of 126 =20= research libraries in the US and Canada. Its mission is to influence =20 the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public =20 policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities =20 they serve. An association with more than 2,200 members, EDUCAUSE =20 actively engages with colleges, universities, corporations, =20 foundations, government, and other nonprofit organizations to further =20= the mission of higher education through the use of information =20 technology. For more information, visit the award Web site at = http://www.educause.edu/PaulEvanPetersAward/852=20 . Contact: Diane Goldenberg-Hart diane@cni.org Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 Ph: 202-296-5098= --Apple-Mail-1--560631259 Content-Type: text/html; charset=WINDOWS-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
FOR IMMEDIATE = RELEASE:

UCLA Professor Christine = Borgman to Receive Paul Evan Peters = Award

Washington, DC - February 14, 2011 = - The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI), the = Association of Research Libraries (ARL), and EDUCAUSE are pleased to = announce that Christine L. Borgman, Professor and Presidential Chair in = Information Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), = has been named the 2011 recipient of the Paul Evan Peters Award. The = award recognizes notable, lasting achievements in the creation and = innovative use of information resources and services that advance = scholarship and intellectual productivity through communication = networks.
 
Named for CNI=92s founding = director, the award will be presented during the CNI Membership Meeting = in San Diego, CA to be held April 4=965, 2011, where Borgman will = deliver the Paul Evan Peters Memorial Lecture. Previous award recipients = include Daniel Atkins (2008), Paul Ginsparg (2006), Brewster Kahle = (2004), Vinton Cerf (2002), and Tim Berners-Lee = (2000).

One facet of Borgman=92s work that was = particularly compelling for the award committee was her wide-ranging = research interests, which focus =93not only on the new technologies, = but, just as importantly, on the underlying social and policy changes = that she describes as profound and having lasting effects on the future = scholarly environment,=94 noted committee member Nancy Eaton of = Pennsylvania State University.

=93It's a = delight to see my colleague Chris get this recognition for her work; in = particular, at least for me, her books Scholarship in the Digital = Age and =46rom Gutenberg to Global Information Infrastructure = capture and elucidate a tremendous amount of the intellectual agenda and = context that has driven the work of CNI,=94 commented CNI Executive = Director Clifford Lynch. =93Indeed, it's particularly appropriate in = that these are issues and ideas that the late Paul Peters, whose = contributions we also commemorate through this award, cared deeply = about.=94 

A Fellow of the American = Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), Borgman=92s current = research clusters in two areas. One area is empirical research on the = creation, use, and management of scientific data and its implications = for science policy, which is associated with the Center for Embedded = Networked Sensing. Her second area of interest is analytical work on the = changing nature of scholarship in an environment of ubiquitous computer = networks and digital information. She has authored more than 200 = publications in the fields of information studies, computer science, and = communication, and both of Borgman=92s monographs have received the = American Society for Information Science and Technology Best Information = Science Book of the Year award. 

Borgman = has served on numerous national boards and committees throughout her = career, including the Task Force on Cyberlearning for the National = Science Foundation (NSF), for which she was chair. Currently, Borgman is = a member of the US National Academies=92 Board on Research Data and = Information and the US National Committee on Data for Science and = Technology (CODATA), as well as serving as a lead investigator for the = Center for Embedded Networked Systems (CENS), an NSF Science and = Technology Center, where she conducts data practices = research.

=93Chris has an impressive range of = accomplishments including her widely read publications on digital = libraries, her pioneering work in the areas of e-science and data = stewardship, and her participation on national advisory groups,=94 = remarked ARL Executive Director Charles Lowry. =93As a faculty member at = UCLA, she is preparing a new generation of information professionals who = will have the skills needed to advance scholarship in the digital = environment.=94

EDUCAUSE President Diana = Oblinger also noted, =93Having had the chance to work with Chris as a = member of the NSF Task Force on Cyberlearning, I have seen firsthand how = effectively she frames and navigates emerging issues in the use of = technology to advance teaching, learning, and research. I cannot imagine = a finer candidate for the Paul Evans Peters Award, and I am pleased that = EDUCAUSE can join with CNI and ARL in recognizing her contributions to = higher education.=94

A four-member committee = selected Borgman for the award: Marjory Blumenthal, Associate Provost, = Academic, at Georgetown University; Nancy Eaton, Dean Emeritus of = University Libraries at Pennsylvania State University; William = Hogue, Vice President for Information Technology and Chief Information = Officer of the University of South Carolina;  and Joan Lippincott, = Associate Executive Director of the Coalition for Networked = Information.

CNI, ARL, and EDUCAUSE sponsor the = Paul Evan Peters Award, which was established with additional funding = from Microsoft and Xerox Corporations. The award honors the memory and = accomplishments of Paul Evan Peters (1947=961996). Peters was a = visionary and a coalition builder in higher education and the world of = scholarly communication. He led CNI from its founding in 1990 with = informed insight, exuberant direction, eloquence, and awareness of the = needs of its varied constituencies of librarians, technologists, = publishers, and others in the digital = world.

CNI is a coalition of some 200 member = institutions dedicated to supporting the transformative promise of = networked information technology for the advancement of scholarly = communication and the enrichment of intellectual productivity. ARL is an = organization of 126 research libraries in the US and Canada. Its mission = is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and = the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse = communities they serve. An association with more than 2,200 members, = EDUCAUSE actively engages with colleges, universities, corporations, = foundations, government, and other nonprofit organizations to further = the mission of higher education through the use of information = technology.

For more information, visit the = award Web site at http://www.educau= se.edu/PaulEvanPetersAward/852.

Contact:
Diane = Goldenberg-Hart
Coalition for = Networked Information
21 Dupont Circle, Suite = 800
Washington, DC 20036
Ph: =  202-296-5098
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