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KOMPASS PUBLISHERS TO SPONSOR CILIP JASON FARRADANE AWARD
Leading business information publisher will support prize for outstanding information work
Kompass Publishers, one of the world's leading business information providers, is to sponsor the CILIP Jason Farradane Award, which is offered annually by CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals in recognition of outstanding work in the information field.
"The CILIP Jason Farradane Award marks achievements such as the development of a new product or service, or market-oriented research of distinction, and this work has to be innovative and capable of making a significant impact on the availability or accessibility of information" said CILIP's Head of External Relations, Tim Owen. "It's therefore a highly appropriate Award for Kompass to sponsor, since their emphasis has always been on innovative ways of delivering information to a wider and wider range of users."
Kompass's Publisher, Peter Snook said: " We are delighted to sponsor the CILIP Jason Farradane Award. This is a partnership of two quality organisations working together to promote and enhance the profile of librarians and information providers."
Nominations for entries to the CILIP Jason Farradane Award 2003 are open now, and the closing date is 27 June. The winner will be announced at the CILIP Awards Gala Presentation Day at the Landmark Hotel, London, on 21 November. For further information, please visit www.cilip.org.uk/practice/awards/farradane.html.
Contacts: CILIP: Tim Owen, Head of External Relations, CILIP.
Tel: 020 7255 0652. Email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Kompass Publishers: Julie Causton, Tim Cobb Associates.
Tel: 01323 416999. Email: <mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Notes to Editors
CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals is the leading professional body for librarians, information specialists and knowledge managers, with around 23,500 members working in all sectors, including business and industry, science and technology, further and higher education, schools, local and central government, the health service, the voluntary sector, national and public libraries. CILIP's goals are to: position the profession at the heart of the information revolution; develop and enhance the role and skills of all its Members; and ensure that individuals, enterprises and not for profit organisations have ready and timely access to the information they need.
Kompass Publishers is one of the world's leading providers of business information. It supplies data on international markets and some 1.7 million companies in 75 countries via its directories, CDs and web site www.kompass.co.uk. Kompass was launched in the UK in 1962, but its roots go back nearly 60 years. The original concept was dreamed-up shortly after the Second World War by a Swiss businesswoman called Irma Neuenschwander. She recognised the need for up-to-date information on products and services in order to rebuild the devastated European economies. Since 1944, Kompass has grown from a single directory into a global information giant, used by thousands of buyers, marketeers and business people to find suppliers, research markets and launch new products.
The CILIP Jason Farradane Award, sponsored by Kompass, is made to an individual or group in recognition of outstanding work in information, such as the development of a new product or service, or market-orientated research of distinction. The work must be innovative and have already made a significant impact on the availability or accessibility of information, or comprise research that could have a transformative impact on information services in the future. Previous Awards have been made for: the development of a major new database; important research on an aspect of information retrieval theory; and a significant new, publicly accessible information service.
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Tim Owen, Head of External Relations
CILIP: the Chartered Institute of Library and Information Professionals
7 Ridgmount St, London WC1E 7AE.
Direct line: +44 (0)20 7255 0652
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