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Nominations for top award invited. The closing date for nominations for The Jason Farradane Award for 2005 is approaching. The Jason Farradane Award, sponsored by Kompass and supported by UKeiG and ICLG, is made to an individual or a group of people in recognition of outstanding work in the information field. Examples of such work include: * the development of an innovative product or service * activities that have raised awareness of the value of information and the information profession within the workplace * work that has raised the profile of the information profession amongst a wider community, and which can or has become a role model for others Previous awards have been made to: * 2004 winner was Julia Chandler, the Internet and Intranet Manager at the Department for International Development. * London Metropolitan University and the TUC for the web site 'The Union Makes Strong: TUC History Online' (www.unionhistory.info <http://www.unionhistory.info/> ) * William Hann for FreePint * Sandra Ward for her work in raising the profile of industrial information services This is an international award open to all. The award was first made to Jason Farradane in 1979. Farradane was the founder of the Institute of Information Scientists and a cornerstone of information science teaching and research. How to nominate To make a nomination visit www.online-information.co.uk/awards. Nominations may also be submitted to [log in to unmask] Nominations must be received before 18/10/05 About the Jason Farradane Award sponsor Kompass Publishers is one of the world's leading providers of business information. It supplies data on international markets and some 1.8 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.