If you know a colleague who you think the judges will consider has made the greatest contribution to information management or is the year's best exemplar of an information manager – please nominate them! Information Management is a key factor in the development of the UK economy, in which library and information professionals can, should and must play a vital role. It is to recognise and encourage this essential contribution that UKeiG, the CILIP Special Interest Group for promoting the effective exploitation and management of information tools, resources and technologies, with a particular focus on innovation created this Award in 2015.

Call for Nominations

For the 2016 Information Manager of the Year Award, judges will be looking for the person who has made a significant contribution to the discipline through his or her work and professionalism by meeting one of the following criteria:

• excellence in the use of Information Management techniques throughout the workplace
• raising the awareness by example of information management within the workplace and the profession
• a major contribution to the theory and practice of information management

Nominations are asked to include a short descriptive statement - around two or three pages - demonstrating how the nominee has excelled. The most successful applications will be those providing clear documentary support or evidence of the achievement.

A panel of judges will assess the nominations.

Nominations should be sent to [log in to unmask] no later than Friday 22nd July 2016.

Further details of the award and last year’s winner can be found at http://www.cilip.org.uk/uk-einformation-group/awards-and-bursaries/information-manager-year