Prize for Library Liter Sharjah Reward: 6th Session, 2003

Abstract

This English announcement presents the sixth session of the Sharjah Prize for Library Literature, issued by the Directorate of Libraries of the Government of Sharjah’s Department of Culture and Information. The announced theme is information and documentation in the age of globalization. The proposed discussion topics include information technology and the challenges of the twenty-first century, information and digital technology in libraries and information centers, documentation of information in the UAE, security of electronic information, and the Internet and globalization. The announcement also sets out the rules and regulations, including open participation, acceptance of papers in Arabic or English, originality and non-publication requirements, exclusion of papers submitted to other competitions or university degrees, and adherence to research methodology, citation, copyright, and intellectual property rules. It records the submission deadline and cash awards, making it a professional document that encourages applied research in information and documentation within the Emirati and Arab context.