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Dialog Awards 2004 Roger K. Summit Scholarships in North America and Asia

This year's winner of the Roger K. Summit Scholarship in North America was Ann M. Clapp, a graduate of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The $5,000 award, named in honor of the founder and current chairman emeritus of Dialog, will help Clapp pursue additional studies in the management of academic libraries.

Clapp graduated this year with a Master of Science degree from the University of Tennessee's distance learning program. Working from her home near Nashville, Clapp pursued her School of Information studies while also caring for a child and helping to manage her family's farm.

Clapp is also an advocate of the Tennessee Electronic Library, which provides online educational and research services to libraries across the state. She has visited state legislators to lobby for funding and currently works with families of home-schooled children to teach them how to best use the online resource.

"We are delighted to award Ann with this year's scholarship and especially to do so right here in her home state," said Libby Trudell, Dialog senior vice president, information professional development, speaking from the Special Libraries Association annual meeting in Nashville, Tennessee. "Ann did a great job at UT-Knoxville, and her passion for the Tennessee Electronic Library is impressive. We have no doubt that she will continue to make a real contribution to Tennessee and librarianship as her career progresses."

Dialog also awarded the scholarship for the Asia Pacific region to four students: Tang Ching Hsing Dominic, Tabitha Isaac, Padmani d/o Visayakumaran and Boon Hui Fei, from Temasek Polytechnic's Diploma in Information Management program in Singapore.

The joint award will be used to help cover expenses for the four students as they attend a 12-week library studies program at the Royal School of Library and Information Science in Denmark, one of the world¹s largest centers of teaching and research in the specialties of library and information sciences.

"It is unusual for us to make a four-person joint award, but given their outstanding records at Temasek Polytechnic and their acceptance into the program in Denmark, we decided to help them study in Europe," Trudell said. "Each of these individuals has tremendous potential in the field of library and information management, and the opportunity for international study will provide unique enrichment and perspective."

Dialog awards three scholarships annually, one each in North America, the Europe and Middle East region, and the Asia Pacific region, to graduate students in accredited library and information science programs with demonstrated academic achievement, keen interest in electronic information services, proficiency in using Dialog online services and products, and strong recommendations from their faculty.

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