The closing date for nominations is only 2 weeks away. but you still
have time to nominate someone
 
UKeiG is seeking nominations for these two prestigious awards, presented
annually at the December Online Information Meeting in London. Both
awards are sponsored by the Journal of Information Science, published by
SAGE, and both honour achievement in the broad field of information
management.
 
The UKeiG Tony Kent Strix Award is presented for an outstanding
contribution to the narrower field of information retrieval, while the
UKeiG Jason Farradane Award recognises brilliant work in information
science. The deadline for both awards is Friday 14th September 2007.
Details of the individual awards together with the addresses to which
nominations should be sent are given below and at
http://www.ukeig.org.uk/awards/index.html.
 
UKeiG Tony Kent Strix Award
Nominations should be for achievement that meets one or more of the
following criteria:
 
*	development of, or significant improvement in, mechanisms for
the retrieval of information, either generally or in a specialised
field; 
*	development of, or significant improvement in, accessibility to
an information service; 
*	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; 
*	a major and/or sustained contribution to the theoretical or
experimental understanding of the information retrieval process; 
*	a major contribution to fostering the education, training and/or
general awareness of the importance and the technicalities of
information retrieval. 
 
Key characteristics that the judges will look for in nominations are
innovation, initiative, originality and practicality. 
 
Nominations should take the form of a short description (no more than 3
sides of A4) of the work in question, together with full contact details
of both the nominee and the nominator. Do not forget to include any
documentation, references or URLs which may support the nomination.
Nominations should reach the judges by Friday September 14th 2007.
 
Nominations will be judged by a panel of experts, and the statuette of
an owl will be presented to the winner during the annual Online
Information Meeting in London in late December. 
 
The Strix Award is presented in memory of Dr Tony Kent, a past Fellow of
the Institute of Information Scientists, who died in 1997. Tony Kent
made a major contribution to the development of information retrieval
and information services both in the UK and internationally,
particularly in the field of chemistry. The name Strix was chosen both
to reflect Tony's interest in ornithology, and the name of one of the
last and most successful information retrieval packages which he
created.
 
Past winners have been Stella Dextre Clarke (2006); Jack Mills (2005);
Professor Cornelis Joost (Keith) van Rijsbergen (2004); Dr Herbert van
Sompel (2003); Malcolm Jones (2002); Professor Peter Willett (2001); Dr
Martin Porter (2000); Dr Donna Harman (1999); Professor Stephen
Robertson (1998).
 
Nominations for the 2007 Award are now invited, and should be sent with
full supporting documentation to:
Alan Gilchrist,
32 Friar Road,
Brighton BN1 6NH
UK.
Tel: 01273 705226
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UKeiG Jason Farradane Award
Nominations should be for achievement that meets 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 can or has become an
exemplar to others; 
*	raising the awareness of the value of information in the
workplace; 
*	development of a significant new information product or service;

*	development of a product or service that has made a significant
impact on the availability and accessibility of information. 
 
Key characteristics that the judges will look for in nominations are
innovation, initiative, originality and significance. 
 
Nominations should take the form of a short description (no more than 3
sides of A4) of the work in question, together with full contact details
of both the nominee and the nominator. Do not forget to include any
documentation, references or URLs which may support the nomination.
Nominations should reach the judges by Friday September 14th 2007.
 
Nominations will be judged by a panel of experts, and the award will be
presented to the winner during the annual Online Information Meeting in
London in late December. 
 
Jason Farradane graduated in chemistry in 1929 at what is now Imperial
College and started work in industry as a chemist and documentalist. He
was instrumental in establishing the Institute of Information Scientists
(IIS) in 1958 and the first academic courses in information science in
1960 at the precursor of City University, where he became Director of
the Centre for Information Science in 1966. On the research side his
main contributions lay in relational analysis, which can now perhaps be
seen as providing a precursor to work in the area of A.I., and the
concept of information. He saw information science as a step towards
understanding and better organizing ourselves. The IIS first presented
the award in 1979, to Jason Farradane.
 
Previous award winners have included University of Warwick Library for
The Learning Grid; Michael Koenig; Bruce Royan; Michael Keen; Newcastle
University Library; Sandra Ward; Phil Williams and Phil Holmes.
 
Nominations for the 2007 Award are now invited, and should be sent with
full supporting documentation to:
Christine Baker 
Piglet Cottage
Redmire
Leyburn
North Yorkshire 
DL8 4EH
Tel & Fax: 01969 625751
E-mail: [log in to unmask]
 
The closing date for nominations is Friday September 14th 2007.
 
Notes:
UKeiG is an established professional group for all information
professionals, users and developers of electronic information resources.
The Group encourages communication and the exchange of best practice and
knowledge across all sectors; and offers an e-journal, a mailing list,
an annual programme of training courses; and an array of awards and
bursaries. UKeiG is a Special Interest Group of CILIP: the Chartered
Institute of Library and Information Professionals. 7 Ridgmount Street,
London, WC1E 7AE. Registered Charity No. 313014. 
 
SAGE Publications (www.sagepub.co.uk <http://www.sagepub.co.uk/> ) is a
leading international publisher of journals, books, and electronic media
for academic, educational, and professional markets. Since 1965, SAGE
has helped inform and educate a global community of scholars,
practitioners, researchers, and students spanning a wide range of
subject areas including business, humanities, social sciences, and
science, technology and medicine. An independent company, SAGE has
principal offices in Los Angeles, London, New Delhi, and Singapore. 
 
The Journal of Information Science is an international journal of high
repute covering topics of interest to all those researching and working
in the sciences of information and knowledge management. The Journal
seeks to achieve a better understanding of the principles that underpin
the effective creation, organization, storage, communication and
utilization of information and knowledge resources. It also seeks to
understand how policy and practice in the area can be built on sound
theoretical or heuristic foundations to achieve a greater impact on the
world economy. http://jis.sagepub.com/ 
 
 
 
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UK eInformation Group
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