Information solutions provider Thomson Scientific, part of Thomson Corporation, US, has announced Mehrnoush Mozaffarian, a doctoral student from University College, London, as the winner of the 2007 Roger K. Summit Scholarship for the Europe, Middle East, Asia Pacific and Africa region. The announcement was made during a special ceremony at the recently concluded 2007 Online Information conference in London.
The Roger K. Summit Scholarship is awarded twice annually, one each to a graduate student enrolled in an accredited library or information sciences programme in the Americas and one in Europe, the Middle East, the Asia Pacific and Africa. The scholarship is named in honor of Dialog founder Roger K. Summit, a pioneer in developing the technology behind online information retrieval.
Mozaffarian is working toward Master of Philosophy and Doctor of Philosophy degrees in Library, Archive and Information Studies, focusing her research on a gender study of UK Academic Scientific Productivity. She conducted similar research while attending Azad University in Iran, where she earned a Master's Degree in Library & Information Sciences in 2006. Mozaffarian used ISI Web of KnowledgeSM to conduct her research and received the highest possible marks for her dissertation - the first person to earn that distinction.
The 2007 international scholarship award drew applicants from a number of countries, with the three finalists being from the UK, China and South Africa. Scholarship winners must demonstrate proficiency in using Dialog, academic achievement, and interest in the field of electronic information services.
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