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KNOXVILLE - UT's School of Information Sciences Associate Director Suzie Allard (second author) and doctoral candidate Todd Suomela (first author) have been awarded best paper at the BOBCATSSS conference held in Ankara, Turkey, Jan. 23-25, 2013. BOBCATSSS is an annual conference series traditionally organized by students from European universities. The theme for this year's conference was "From Collections to Connections: Turning Libraries 'Inside-Out'." "This is a unique and important LIS conference," said SIS Director and Professor Ed Cortez. "It is organized and hosted exclusively by LIS students from Eastern and Western Europe, and the only conference in which faculty and students consistently publish and present scholarly papers. It is certainly an honor to have two US scholars, a faculty member and a student, recognized with the top award at this international venue for their quality research." The Suomela-Allard paper is titled "Libraries as Centers for Science Literacy and Public Science." The paper explores the unique position of libraries to promote greater information and scientific literacy by partnering with recent developments in citizen science and public participation in scientific research. It examines the potential help for citizen science, barriers to such help, and future opportunities. Other SIS papers at BOBCATSSS were: Doctoral student Frances Nichols and Professor Ed Cortez, "Breaking Down the Barriers: Creating Empathetic Ontologies for the LAMBDA Initiative" Doctoral student Sarah Rose, "There is a Conversation in My Search: Differing Uses for Tags" Also SIS doctoral alumni Drs. Arsev Aydinoglu and Lei Wu presented "The Comparison of Natural Scientists' and Social Scientists' Research Data Practices: Data Sharing and Preservation," which they were working on during their final semester at UT. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- To join/leave the list or browse the ISALUMNI archives, please see: http://listserv.utk.edu/archives/isalumni.html