The closing date for nominations for the prestigious Tony Kent Strix Award is approaching! The award is given in recognition of outstanding practical innovations or achievements in the field of information retrieval in its widest sense. The nomination could highlight achievements in an application or service, or an overall appreciation of past works from which significant advances have emanated. Nominations should reach UKeiG no later than Friday August 28th - full details of where to send your nomination and of the information which you should include in the nomination are given in the full call, which call can be found at http://www.cilip.org.uk/uk-einformation-group/awards-bursaries/tony-kent-str ix-award/2015-call-tony-kent-strix-nominations and further details of the award and a list of previous winners is also available at http://www.cilip.org.uk/uk-einformation-group/awards-and-bursaries/tony-kent -strix-award. The Tony Kent Strix Award is sponsored by the Royal Society of Chemistry Chemical Information & Computer Applications Group and the Tony Kent Strix Annual Lecture is sponsored by Google. _______________________________________ Chris Armstrong - [log in to unmask] Awards & Admin for UKeiG - UK eInformation Group www.ukeig.org.uk Follow us on Twitter - @ukeig _________________________ UKeiG is a Special Interest Group of CILIP Registered Charity Number 313014