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Drexel CCI Student and 2019 LEADS-4-NDP Fellows among Beta Phi Mu Award Winners

Beta Phi Mu has announced the 2021 award winners for the Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship. Among the six recipients is Drexel CCI doctoral candidate Elizabeth Campbell, as well as three 2019 LEADS-4-NDP fellows: Jessica (Yi-Yun) Cheng, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; Julaine Clunis, Kent State University; and Rongqian Ma, University of Pittsburgh. The Metadata Research Center wishes a hearty congratulations to all of the recipients!

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MRC at NASKO 2021

The Metadata Research Center participated in NASKO 2021 (North American Society for Knowledge Organization) from July 9-11, 2021.

Congratulations to Sam Grabus for her appointment as ISKO-C/US Program Officer. Congratulations also to Brian Dobreski and Vanessa Schlais for their appointments as President and Treasurer.

Drexel’s MRC had a good showing at NASKO, with two papers: “Modeling Ephraim Chambers’ Knowledge Structure from a Naïve Standpoint,” by Scott McClellan, Mat Kelly, and Jane Greenberg [Slides]; and “A Framework for Facilitating the Development of Data sharing and Use Agreements,” by Micaela Greene, Sam Grabus, and Jane Greenberg [Slides]. The papers will be published open access in the Proceedings from North American Symposium on Knowledge Organization.

Additionally, a shout out to all of the past and present LEADS and LEADING participants who attended NASKO: former LEADS Fellows Jessica Cheng, Laura Ridenour, and Chris Holstrom, current LEADING fellow L.P. Coladangelo, and LEADS/LEADING Project Manager Sam Grabus.