X-CGP-ClamAV-Result: CLEAN X-VirusScanner: Niversoft's CGPClamav Helper v1.23.2 (ClamAV engine v0.103.2) Return-Path: Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:32:32 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from [73.152.165.228] (account paige@cni.org HELO [192.168.0.13]) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.2.15) with ESMTPSA id 39685778 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:00:05 -0400 From: Paige Pope Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_EE60522F-8E66-401D-9885-91BEF1F07F05" Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 12.4 \(3445.104.21\)) Subject: Hugh Paterson III and Jamie Flood Receive Paul Evan Peters Fellowships X-Original-Message-Id: X-Original-Date: Wed, 17 Aug 2022 10:00:04 -0400 X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.3445.104.21) --Apple-Mail=_EE60522F-8E66-401D-9885-91BEF1F07F05 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Washington, DC =E2=80=94 Doctoral student Hugh Paterson III and = master=E2=80=99s student Jamie Flood are the 2022 recipients of the Paul = Evan Peters Fellowship for graduate study in information sciences or = closely related fields. The fellowship honors the memory of Coalition = for Networked Information (CNI) founding executive director Paul Evan = Peters; it recognizes outstanding scholarship and intellectual rigor, a = commitment to civic responsibility and democratic values, and = imagination. =E2=80=9CWe had another great applicant pool this year, creating really = difficult decisions for our jury, which has selected two wonderful = awardees,=E2=80=9D said CNI executive director Clifford Lynch. =E2=80=9CTh= e aspirations and goals of Jamie and Hugh both honor Paul Peters=E2=80=99s= memory and, I think, resonate strongly with his visions of technology = for social good.=E2=80=9D Hugh Paterson III will enter the PhD program in information science at = the University of North Texas this fall. Paterson was selected, in part, = for his commitment to making information resources in digital archives = more accessible to underserved communities. In his PhD work, he plans to = increase awareness of minority language resources by using machine = learning and bibliographic records to detect and index resources about = languages in creative new ways. =E2=80=9CHugh is passionate about = creating positive connections in society both in digital forms and in = real life. Minority languages are the glue of identity for many = communities around the world. He understands the deep emotional = connections that communities have to the languages they grew up = speaking,=E2=80=9D wrote Jeremy Nordmoe, director of SIL = International=E2=80=99s Language and Culture Archives, in a letter of = recommendation. While pursuing his linguistics master=E2=80=99s degree, = Paterson worked to create materials with members of endangered language = communities in Nigeria and Mexico. He has worked to make those and other = language materials more accessible to the communities they impact. He = studied nonprofit management at the University of Oregon, Eugene, and = holds an MA in linguistics from the University of North Dakota, Grand = Forks, and a BA in German from Southern Illinois University = Edwardsville. Jamie Flood is a student in the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign = Library and Information Science Program. An avid Wikipedian, Flood is = currently an outreach and information specialist with the Agricultural = Law Information Partnership at the USDA National Agricultural Library = (NAL), where she contributes data to Wikipedia and organizes = edit-a-thons. Her primary focus is adding content related to women and = Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) in scientific = fields, especially in the areas of property rights, food and nutrition = equity, and farmland access. Kirstin Nelson, senior law librarian and = Diversity and Inclusion Council executive director at NAL, wrote, =E2=80=9C= She intentionally seeks out the stories and images that highlight women = and BIPOC people to help give a fuller narrative to science and stories = around agriculture and agricultural law=E2=80=A6She is brave and speaks = up for inclusion and equity even when=E2=80=94especially when=E2=80=94it = is hard and may carry consequences.=E2=80=9D Flood holds an MS from = Auburn University=E2=80=99s Department of Agricultural Economics and = Rural Sociology and a BA in sociology and women=E2=80=99s studies from = Eastern Illinois University. Selection committee members included: Kenning Arlitsch, dean, Library, = Montana State University (through early August 2022); Alexia = Hudson-Ward, associate director of Research and Learning, Libraries, = Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Courtney Young, university = librarian and professor in the Libraries, Colgate University; Diane = Goldenberg-Hart, assistant executive director, CNI. About the Fellowship The Paul Evan Peters Fellowship was established to honor CNI=E2=80=99s = founding executive director. Funded by donations from Peters=E2=80=99s = colleagues, friends, and family, the fellowship provides two awards: one = to a doctoral student in the amount of $5,000 per year, and one to a = master=E2=80=99s student in the amount of $2,500 per year. Fellowships = are given to students who demonstrate qualities consistent with those of = Peters, including: Commitment to the use of digital information and advanced technology to = enhance scholarship, intellectual productivity, and public life Interest in the civic responsibilities of networked information = professionals, and a commitment to democratic values and government = accountability Positive and creative approach to overcoming personal, technological, = and bureaucratic challenges Humor, vision, humanity, and imagination The next call for applicants will be open in 2024; applications will be = available on CNI=E2=80=99s website, www.cni.org . = More information about the fellowship and its current = and past recipients is available at = www.cni.org/go/pep-fellowship = . The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) is a joint program of the = Association of Research Libraries (ARL) and EDUCAUSE that promotes the = use of information technology to advance scholarship and education. Some = 240 organizations representing higher education, publishing, information = technology, scholarly and professional organizations, foundations, and = libraries and library organizations, make up CNI=E2=80=99s members. = Learn more at cni.org . The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization = of research libraries in Canada and the US = whose = vision is to create a trusted, equitable, and inclusive research and = learning ecosystem and prepare library leaders to advance this work in = strategic partnership with member libraries and other organizations = worldwide. ARL=E2=80=99s mission is to empower and advocate for research = libraries and archives to shape, influence, and implement institutional, = national, and international policy. ARL develops the next generation of = leaders and enables strategic cooperation among partner institutions to = benefit scholarship and society. ARL is on the web at ARL.org = . A nonprofit association and the foremost community of IT leaders and = professionals committed to advancing higher education, EDUCAUSE helps = those who lead, manage, and use information technology to shape = strategic IT decisions at every level within higher education. For more = information, visit educause.edu . _________________ Contact: Paige Pope paige@cni.org Coalition for Networked Information Ph: 202-296-5098 =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . 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Washington, = DC =E2=80=94 Doctoral student Hugh Paterson III and master=E2=80=99s = student Jamie Flood are the 2022 recipients of the Paul Evan Peters = Fellowship for graduate study in information sciences or closely related = fields. The fellowship honors the memory of Coalition for Networked = Information (CNI) founding executive director Paul Evan Peters; it = recognizes outstanding scholarship and intellectual rigor, a commitment = to civic responsibility and democratic values, and = imagination.

=E2=80=9CWe had another great applicant pool this year, = creating really difficult decisions for our jury, which has selected two = wonderful awardees,=E2=80=9D said CNI executive director Clifford Lynch. = =E2=80=9CThe aspirations and goals of Jamie and Hugh both honor Paul = Peters=E2=80=99s memory and, I think, resonate strongly with his visions = of technology for social good.=E2=80=9D

Hugh Paterson III = will enter the PhD program in information science at the University of = North Texas this fall. Paterson was selected, in part, for his = commitment to making information resources in digital archives more = accessible to underserved communities. In his PhD work, he plans to = increase awareness of minority language resources by using machine = learning and bibliographic records to detect and index resources about = languages in creative new ways. =E2=80=9CHugh is passionate about = creating positive connections in society both in digital forms and in = real life. Minority languages are the glue of identity for many = communities around the world. He understands the deep emotional = connections that communities have to the languages they grew up = speaking,=E2=80=9D wrote Jeremy Nordmoe, director of SIL = International=E2=80=99s Language and Culture Archives, in a letter of = recommendation. While pursuing his linguistics master=E2=80=99s degree, = Paterson worked to create materials with members of endangered language = communities in Nigeria and Mexico. He has worked to make those and other = language materials more accessible to the communities they impact. He = studied nonprofit management at the University of Oregon, Eugene, and = holds an MA in linguistics from the University of North Dakota, Grand = Forks, and a BA in German from Southern Illinois University = Edwardsville.

Jamie Flood is a student in the University of Illinois = Urbana-Champaign Library and Information Science Program. An avid = Wikipedian, Flood is currently an outreach and information specialist = with the Agricultural Law Information Partnership at the USDA National = Agricultural Library (NAL), where she contributes data to Wikipedia and = organizes edit-a-thons. Her primary focus is adding content related to = women and Black, Indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) in = scientific fields, especially in the areas of property rights, food and = nutrition equity, and farmland access. Kirstin Nelson, senior law = librarian and Diversity and Inclusion Council executive director at NAL, = wrote, =E2=80=9CShe intentionally seeks out the stories and images that = highlight women and BIPOC people to help give a fuller narrative to = science and stories around agriculture and agricultural law=E2=80=A6She = is brave and speaks up for inclusion and equity even when=E2=80=94especial= ly when=E2=80=94it is hard and may carry consequences.=E2=80=9D Flood = holds an MS from Auburn University=E2=80=99s Department of Agricultural = Economics and Rural Sociology and a BA in sociology and women=E2=80=99s = studies from Eastern Illinois University.

Selection committee members included: = Kenning Arlitsch, dean, Library, Montana State University (through early = August 2022); Alexia Hudson-Ward, associate director of Research and = Learning, Libraries, Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Courtney = Young, university librarian and professor in the Libraries, Colgate = University; Diane Goldenberg-Hart, assistant executive director, = CNI.

About= the Fellowship

The Paul Evan Peters Fellowship was established to honor = CNI=E2=80=99s founding executive director. Funded by donations from = Peters=E2=80=99s colleagues, friends, and family, the fellowship = provides two awards: one to a doctoral student in the amount of $5,000 = per year, and one to a master=E2=80=99s student in the amount of $2,500 = per year. Fellowships are given to students who demonstrate qualities = consistent with those of Peters, including:
  • Commitment to the use of digital information = and advanced technology to enhance scholarship, intellectual = productivity, and public life
  • Interest in the civic = responsibilities of networked information professionals, and a = commitment to democratic values and government accountability
  • Positive and creative approach to overcoming personal, = technological, and bureaucratic challenges
  • Humor, = vision, humanity, and imagination
The = next call for applicants will be open in 2024; applications will be = available on CNI=E2=80=99s website, www.cni.org. More information about the fellowship and = its current and past = recipients is available at www.cni.org/go/pep-fellowship.

The Coalition for = Networked Information (CNI) is a joint program of the Association of = Research Libraries (ARL) and EDUCAUSE that promotes the use of = information technology to advance scholarship and education. Some 240 = organizations representing higher education, publishing, information = technology, scholarly and professional organizations, foundations, and = libraries and library organizations, make up CNI=E2=80=99s members. = Learn more at cni.org.

The Association of Research = Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of research libraries in Canada and the US whose vision = is to create a trusted, equitable, and inclusive research and learning = ecosystem and prepare library leaders to advance this work in strategic = partnership with member libraries and other organizations worldwide. = ARL=E2=80=99s mission is to empower and advocate for research libraries = and archives to shape, influence, and implement institutional, national, = and international policy. ARL develops the next generation of leaders = and enables strategic cooperation among partner institutions to benefit = scholarship and society. ARL is on the web at ARL.org.

A nonprofit association = and the foremost community of IT leaders and professionals committed to = advancing higher education, EDUCAUSE helps those who = lead, manage, and use information technology to shape strategic IT = decisions at every level within higher education. For more information, = visit educause.edu.
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Coalition for Networked Information
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