[CODATA-international] Dr. Laura Molloy to Receive 2021 ASIS&T ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award

Fri Jun 11 07:49:54 EDT 2021

CODATA is very pleased to share the news that our Senior Research Lead
<https://codata.org/about-codata/secretariat/> Dr. Laura Molloy will
receive the 2021 ASIS&T ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award.  Laura leads
CODATA’s contribution to the FAIRsFAIR project, to the Terms4FAIRskills
initiative and the relaunch CASRAI RDM Terminology.

She completed her thesis on ‘Creative Connections: The Value of Digital
Information and its Effective Management for Sustainable Contemporary
Visual Art Practice’ at the Oxford Internet Institute and the Ruskin School
of Art, University of Oxford.  CODATA is delighted to see her research
rewarded in this way.

Dr. Laura Molloy to Receive 2021 ASIS&T ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award
<https://www.asist.org/2021/06/07/75484/>

The Association for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) is delighted
to announce that Dr. Laura Molloy of the University of Oxford the 2021
recipient of the ASIS&T ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award for her
dissertation proposal titled, “Creative Connections: The Value of Digital
Information and its Effective Management for Sustainable Contemporary
Visual Art Practice.” The award’s purpose is to recognize outstanding
recent doctoral candidates whose research contributes significantly to an
understanding of some aspect of information science. The award is intended
to encourage participation of new PhDs in the activities of a professional
association by providing a forum for the presentation of their research and
assisting them with some travel support.

Molloy was selected as the winner from among a pool of outstanding
candidates who were judged based on these criteria: Importance of the topic
to theory development and/or practical applications in information science;
soundness of methodology; organization and clarity of the presentation; and
quality of data (when applicable).

Molloy is a painter, illustrator and researcher, and her work has been
commissioned by major clothing brands, record companies, and other large
institutions as well as bands, theatre companies, and private
individuals.   Her interest is in creative practice both actively and
theoretically, and she has brought these together in her dissertation at
the Ruskin School of Art, the Oxford Internet Institute at the University
of Oxford, and DACS. Dr. Molloy’s doctoral thesis uses an information
science approach to understanding the everyday use of digital information
and objects in contemporary visual art practice in the UK.

Professor Eric T. Meyer, Dr. Molloy’s primary dissertation supervisor at
the University of Oxford and current Dean of The University of Texas at
Austin School of Information, said of her work, “Dr. Molloy’s in-depth,
detailed, and revealing research into the everyday use of digital
information in contemporary visual art practice helps us not only
understand ‘art work’ as information work, but also sets out policy
recommendations for improving information training in art schools and for
funders to recognize and fund infrastructure for digital object management
in the arts.”

Upon learning of her selection as the 2021 ASIS&T ProQuest Doctoral
Dissertation Award, Dr. Molloy said, “I am thrilled that my doctoral thesis
has been chosen for the 2021 ASIS&T ProQuest Doctoral Dissertation Award.
My project was an interdisciplinary study of the critical role of digital
information for contemporary visual artists in their everyday worklife.  To
have my efforts recognised in this way by ASIS&T is so exciting and
encouraging and I am deeply grateful to the jury.”

Dr. Molloy will receive her award at the 2021 meeting of the Association
for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) which will be held October
29-November 2 in Salt Lake City, Utah

Thanks,

Asha

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