ASIS&T Award of Merit

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academic award information science award professional association award

The ASIS&T Award of Merit is the highest honor bestowed by the Association for Information Science and Technology, recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of information science.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
ASIS&T	2
ASIS&T Award of Merit canonical	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T2958656 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ASIS&T Award of Merit
Context triple: [Eugene Garfield, awardReceived, ASIS&T Award of Merit]

A. AFIPS Harry Goode Memorial Award
The AFIPS Harry Goode Memorial Award is a prestigious computer science honor recognizing outstanding contributions to information processing and computing.
B. IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award
The IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award is a prestigious IEEE honor recognizing outstanding contributions to communications technology.
C. AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize
The AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize is a prestigious award presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to honor outstanding contributions to the advancement of science and its public understanding or policy.
D. IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
The IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal is a prestigious IEEE award that honors exceptional contributions to engineering education, including innovative teaching, curriculum development, and inspiring mentorship.
E. Philip J. Klass Award
The Philip J. Klass Award is an honor given for outstanding contributions to scientific skepticism and critical inquiry, named after the prominent UFO skeptic Philip J. Klass.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: ASIS&T Award of Merit
Target entity description: The ASIS&T Award of Merit is the highest honor bestowed by the Association for Information Science and Technology, recognizing outstanding contributions to the field of information science.

A. AFIPS Harry Goode Memorial Award
The AFIPS Harry Goode Memorial Award is a prestigious computer science honor recognizing outstanding contributions to information processing and computing.
B. IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award
The IEEE Eric E. Sumner Award is a prestigious IEEE honor recognizing outstanding contributions to communications technology.
C. AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize
The AAAS Philip Hauge Abelson Prize is a prestigious award presented by the American Association for the Advancement of Science to honor outstanding contributions to the advancement of science and its public understanding or policy.
D. IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal
The IEEE James H. Mulligan, Jr. Education Medal is a prestigious IEEE award that honors exceptional contributions to engineering education, including innovative teaching, curriculum development, and inspiring mentorship.
E. Philip J. Klass Award
The Philip J. Klass Award is an honor given for outstanding contributions to scientific skepticism and critical inquiry, named after the prominent UFO skeptic Philip J. Klass.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic award ⓘ information science award ⓘ professional association award ⓘ
awardFor	leadership in information science ⓘ outstanding contributions to information science ⓘ research in information science ⓘ service to the information science community ⓘ significant contributions to the field of information science and technology ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
discipline	information science and technology ⓘ
domain	digital libraries ⓘ information behavior ⓘ information retrieval ⓘ knowledge organization ⓘ scientometrics ⓘ
eligibility	ASIS&T members ⓘ individuals ⓘ non-members ⓘ
field	information science ⓘ information studies ⓘ information technology ⓘ library and information science ⓘ
frequency	annual ⓘ
hasComponent	citation ⓘ plaque or physical token ⓘ
hasLanguage	English ⓘ
inception	1964 ⓘ
isHighestHonorOf	ASIS&T Award of Merit self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ASIS&T American Society for Information Science and Technology ⓘ surface form: Association for Information Science and Technology
notableRecipient	Blaise Cronin ⓘ Donald O. Case ⓘ Eugene Garfield ⓘ Gerard Salton ⓘ Karen Spärck Jones ⓘ Marcia J. Bates ⓘ Michael Buckland ⓘ Stephen E. Robertson NERFINISHED ⓘ Tefko Saracevic ⓘ Tom Wilson ⓘ
presentedAt	ASIS&T Annual Meeting ⓘ
presentedBy	ASIS&T Award of Merit self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: ASIS&T American Society for Information Science and Technology ⓘ surface form: Association for Information Science and Technology
recognizes	lifetime achievement in information science ⓘ sustained and significant contributions to information science and technology ⓘ
selectionProcess	committee review ⓘ nomination-based ⓘ
sponsor	American Society for Information Science and Technology ⓘ surface form: Association for Information Science and Technology

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eugene Garfield → awardReceived → ASIS&T Award of Merit ⓘ

ASIS&T Award of Merit → presentedBy → ASIS&T Award of Merit self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: ASIS&T

ASIS&T Award of Merit → isHighestHonorOf → ASIS&T Award of Merit self-linksurface differs ⓘ