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Don't forget to nominate... Every year UKeiG makes two important presentations: The UKeiG Tony Kent Strix Award and The UKeiG Jason Farradane Award. UKeiG is now seeking nominations for both awards. The UKeiG Tony Kent Strix Award is sponsored by ASLIB: The Association for Information Management and Royal Society of Chemistry Chemical Information & Computer Applications Group, and given in recognition of an outstanding practical innovation or achievement in the field of information retrieval. This could take the form of an application or service, or an overall appreciation of past achievements from which significant advances have emanated. The Award is open to individuals or groups from anywhere in the world. The deadline for nominations is Friday 30th August 2013. Nominations should be for achievement that meets one or more of the following criteria: * a major and/or sustained contribution to the theoretical or experimental understanding of the information retrieval process; * development of, or significant improvement in, mechanisms, a product or service for the retrieval of information, either generally or in a specialised field; * development of, or significant improvement in, easy access to an information service; * development and/or exploitation of new technologies to enhance information retrieval; * a sustained contribution over a period of years to the field of information retrieval; for example, by running an information service or by contributing at national or international level to organisations active in the field. Full details for nominations can be found at http://www.ukeig.org.uk/content/2013-call-tony-kent-strix-nominations or http://tinyurl.com/ma6lp9j Secondly... The UKeiG Jason Farradane Award is made to an individual or a group of people in recognition of outstanding work in the information profession. The Award embraces activities in the information profession in its widest sense, while the Group's other award, the UKeiG Tony Kent Strix Award focuses more narrowly on information retrieval. Nominations should reach the judges by Friday September 13th 2013. The Award is given in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the information profession, by meeting one or more of the following criteria: * raising the profile of the information profession within an organisation or field of endeavour in a way which has become an exemplar to others; * raising the awareness of the value of information in the workplace; * demonstrating excellence in education and teaching in information science; * a major contribution to the theory and practice of information science or information management. Full details on our website: http://www.ukeig.org.uk/content/nominations-invited-2013-ukeig-jason-farradane-award or http://tinyurl.com/kzrk9rn -- Sheila Thomas BA MCLIP MWeldI MBCS Weldasearch Manager TWI Ltd, Granta Park, CB21 6AL, UK www.weldasearch.com This e-mail is issued subject to our e-mail disclaimer statement. Please refer to http://www.twi.co.uk/email-disclaimer/