Information resources and technologies provider ProQuest, US, has awarded the 2013 Roger K. Summit Scholarship to Allana Mayer, an MLIS student at McGill University in Montreal. The scholarship – named in honour of Dialog founder Roger K. Summit, a pioneer in developing online information retrieval services – was presented June 9 at the Special Libraries Association's annual conference in San Diego.
Mayer is focusing her graduate work on archiving, with plans to apply her skills in art and media, particularly digitisation, born-digital content, and the maintenance of archival context for artistic works in digital environments. She would like to develop systems that can collect and preserve the reviews, discussion and references to other works that are generated by public art experiences.
The Roger K. Summit Scholarship is awarded annually to a graduate student enrolled in an accredited library or information sciences programme. Scholarship winners must demonstrate understanding of digital information services, academic achievement, and interest in the field of electronic information services. The Scholarship is part of ProQuest's Graduate Education Program for Library and Information Sciences. The GEP programme encompasses the full range of ProQuest products, including Dialog and the new ProQuest research environment, and provides free access for classroom use by qualifying programmes.
