SLA Europe Information Professional 2006 Sponsored by Factiva The Board of SLA Europe is delighted to announce that the winner of the 2006 SLA Europe Information Professional Award (SLA Europe IP) is Marie-Madeleine Salmon, Head of Information Center, Publicis, France. The SLA Europe IP Award is now in its 13th year. It recognises individuals working in Europe who have demonstrated outstanding achievement in the information profession. Past winners include Steve Borley, Royal Bank of Scotland (UK), Margareta Nelke of Tetra Pak (Sweden) and Will Hann, founder of FreePint (UK). Marie-Madeleine Salmon receives the Award for her promotion of the use of marketing techniques by information professionals, in particular to communicate the value of information departments in their organisations. Announcing the winner of the Award, SLA Europe President Gillian Voisey said, "Marie-Madeleine is a well-known figure in the information industry in France and with this Award we recognise the contribution that she has made to the information professional community". TO READ THE FULL TEXT OF THE PRESS RELEASE PLEASE FOLLOW THE LINK BELOW http://www.sla-europe.org/eip/2006/SLA_Europe_Information_Professional_P ress_Release_June_2006.pdf <http://www.sla-europe.org/eip/2006/SLA_Europe_Information_Professional_ Press_Release_June_2006.pdf> Penny Leach On behalf of the Board of SLA Europe.