Unexpected, and overwhelming. What an honour and what company to keep.

Barry Wellman

NetLab                        FRSC                      INSNA Founder
Faculty of Information (iSchool)                611 Bissell Building
140 St. George St.    University of Toronto    Toronto Canada M5S 3G6
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman          twitter: @barrywellman
NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen
NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman
MIT Press            http://amzn.to/zXZg39      Print $14  Kindle $16
Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8

Network Theorist Barry Wellman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from
the Oxford Internet Institute
(text for OII Awards website)

Professor Barry Wellman, co-director of NetLab at the Faculty of
Information (iSchool) of the University of Toronto, has been awarded
an OII
Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his extraordinary record
of
scholarship in social network theory and Internet research which has
contributed so much to our understanding of life online.

A Canadian-American sociologist, his overarching interest is in the
paradigm shift from group-centered relations to networked
individualism. His
research examines virtual community, the virtual workplace, social
support,
community, kinship, friendship, and social network theory and methods.
His
methodological contributions have been for the analysis of
ego-centered or
"personal" networks - defined from the standpoint of an individual.
This
calls for somewhat different techniques than the more common social
network
practice of analysing a single large network.

Barry Wellman said "I am deeply honoured by this. And want to pay
tribute
to the many NetLab members - and Networked co-author Lee Rainie - who
have
been my wonderful intellectual playmates through the years."

OII Acting Director, Dr Victoria Nash said "Barry Wellman's approach to
studying the networks that connect us as individuals has had a profound
effect on the field of Internet research, reflected in much of the
work of
our colleagues and students. We are delighted to honour his
contribution
today. "

The top-cited Canadian sociologist, Wellman's current work continues to
focus on the interplay between information and communication
technologies,
especially the Internet, social relations and social structure. He was
elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2007.

The award will be presented on 7th November in Oxford, at an awards
dinner
and ceremony that also includes Lifetime Achievement awards for Sir Tim
Berners Lee and Dame Stephanie Shirley.

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Unexpected, and overwhelming. What an honour and what company to keep.

Barry Wellman

NetLab                        FRSC                      INSNA Founder
Faculty of Information (iSchool)                 611 Bissell Building
140 St. George St.    University of Toronto    Toronto Canada M5S 3G6
http://www.chass.utoronto.ca/~wellman          twitter: @barrywellman
               NSA/CSEC: Canadian and American citizen
NETWORKED:The New Social Operating System. Lee Rainie & Barry Wellman
MIT Press            http://amzn.to/zXZg39      Print $14  Kindle $16
               Old/NewCyberTimes http://bit.ly/c8N9V8
________________________________________________________________________

Network Theorist Barry Wellman Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from
the Oxford Internet Institute
(text for OII Awards website)

Professor Barry Wellman, co-director of NetLab at the Faculty of
Information (iSchool) of the University of Toronto, has been awarded an OII
Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his extraordinary record of
scholarship in social network theory and Internet research which has
contributed so much to our understanding of life online.

A Canadian-American sociologist, his overarching interest is in the
paradigm shift from group-centered relations to networked individualism. His
research examines virtual community, the virtual workplace, social support,
community, kinship, friendship, and social network theory and methods. His
methodological contributions have been for the analysis of ego-centered or
"personal" networks - defined from the standpoint of an individual. This
calls for somewhat different techniques than the more common social network
practice of analysing a single large network.

Barry Wellman said "I am deeply honoured by this. And want to pay tribute
to the many NetLab members - and Networked co-author Lee Rainie - who have
been my wonderful intellectual playmates through the years."

OII Acting Director, Dr Victoria Nash said "Barry Wellman's approach to
studying the networks that connect us as individuals has had a profound
effect on the field of Internet research, reflected in much of the work of
our colleagues and students. We are delighted to honour his contribution
today. "

The top-cited Canadian sociologist, Wellman's current work continues to
focus on the interplay between information and communication technologies,
especially the Internet, social relations and social structure. He was
elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 2007.

The award will be presented on 7th November in Oxford, at an awards dinner
and ceremony that also includes Lifetime Achievement awards for Sir Tim
Berners Lee and Dame Stephanie Shirley.

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