North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Announcement of 2003 Award Winners ----------------------------------------------------------------------- NASIG Conference Student Grant The NASIG Conference Student Grant supports the cost of travel and registration for library science graduate students to attend NASIG's annual conference. Recipients of the 2003 NASIG Conference Student Grants are: Dana Antonucci-Durgan Queens College, City University of New York Lisa Bowman Emporia State University Fang Gao University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Rebecca Soltys Jones University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Jacalyn Spoon State University of New York at Buffalo Mexico Student Conference Grant The Mexico Student Conference Grant supports the cost of travel and registration for a Mexican library science graduate student to attend NASIG's annual conference. The recipient of the 2003 Mexico Student Conference Grant is: Pablo Carrasco Renteria Escuela Nacional de Biblioteconomia y Archivonomia, Mexico City, Mexico Fritz Schwartz Serials Education Scholarship Given jointly by NASIG and the Serials Industry Systems Advisory Committee (SISAC), this award provides a $2500 scholarship to a library science graduate student who demonstrates excellence in scholarship and the potential for accomplishment in a serials career. The purpose of the scholarship is to advance the serials profession by providing an aspiring library student who has prior serials experience with enhanced educational opportunities. The recipient of the 2003 Fritz Schwartz Serials Education Scholarship is: Lyudmila Shpilevaya Long Island University, Palmer School of Library and Information Science Horizon Award The Horizon Award is intended to advance the serials profession by providing a promising new serialist with the opportunity to accelerate his/her knowledge and understanding of serials by networking and interacting with a wide range of dedicated professionals working in all segments of the serials information chain. The award provides the recipient with a firsthand introduction to NASIG by sponsoring attendance at the NASIG annual conference. The recipient of the 2003 Horizon Award is: Sarah Sutton Serials Librarian Texas A & M University For further information on NASIG, the NASIG awards program and the NASIG 2003 Conference, please see our web site: http://www.nasig.org/ Registration for the 2003 conference to be held June 26-29 in at Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, remains open until May 30. Maggie Rioux NASIG Publicist