June 13, 2022 – 21st Century Library & Information Science Network

2022 Eugene Garfield Award for Innovation in Citation Analysis

About the Award

The award amount is $25k USD, paid in a single instalment.

In addition to the award, Clarivate provides the successful applicant with research access to a selection of the Web of Science data.

A review committee evaluates applications for novelty, utility, and innovation, and announces the winner publicly in September/October each year.

How to Apply

To apply, please fill in this form by Friday July 1, 2022.

The award winner will be notified by September 2, 2022.

Read the Terms and Conditions here.

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Nikolas Badminton was born in the Somerset village of Martock in 1972. He didn’t do well at school and dropped out to work as a milkman before his parents encouraged him to go back to college to study a newfangled subject called computing science.

Fast-forward to today and Badminton has his own child – a 19-month-old son – there is no milkman in Martock and the subject he studied turned out to be the basis of modern life. Like all parents, he wonders what lies ahead for his child – but he knows more than most.

Badminton is a futurist. This means he spends hours of every day reading about new technological developments across all sectors to see patterns that help him speculate about what the future holds. He is paid to share his vision of technological trends with organisations such as Nasa, Google, Microsoft and the United Nations…

Dear Colleagues, and Members of IFLA,

I am Ertuğrul Çimen, a librarian from Turkey who graduated from Hacettepe University (Ankara, Turkey) and majored in Library Science. I wish to run for the election, which will choose the next IFLA President who plays an important role in such a critical time.

My professional interests are academic library management, library consortia, library collaboration, resource sharing and document delivery, life-long learning, and staff exchange programs for librarians. I am the editor of professional academic journals such as Information Discovery and Delivery.

Benefits of Reading

#reading #books #personalgrowth

Reading books is always helpful if you aspire to personal growth. Even with e-books, articles, or knowledge via social media, you can always take advantage of your free time to improve.

Global debt passed $300 trillion in 2021, the Institute of International Finance says.

Borrowing was already surging before the pandemic – but COVID-19 and now the war in Ukraine have pushed global debt to new highs.

Countries need to work together to tackle this debt mountain in order to safeguard global stability and prosperity, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) warns.