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The 2011 UKeiG Jason Farradane Award has been awarded to the United Kingdom Council of Research Repositories (UKCoRR). Founded in 2007, UKCoRR is a professional membership-driven organisation managed for and by those staff working throughout the UK as Open Access repository administrators and managers. UKCoRR facilitates communication between the membership and fellow information providers, LIS professionals, the research community and scholarly publishing stakeholders by providing a collective voice that can speak on members' behalf to publishers, funding councils, institutions, and other relevant community stakeholders. 

The Award is made in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the information profession in keeping with the Council’s mission to promote repository management and administration as a recognised and respected profession, provide a forum for discussion, and promote the exchange of best practice, experience, and development opportunities. UKCoRR encourages members to stress the value of information, in particular open access to research information, and supports improvements to the speed and functioning of the research process itself.

The nomination notes that the achievements and success of UKCoRR are "even more astounding given that, at present, there is no subscription charge and the committee works on an entirely voluntary basis. It is one of the un-sung heroes of Open Access in the UK and therefore deserves this award for its contribution to the information profession."

 

 

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