Don't forget to nominate...
Every year UKeiG makes two important presentations:
The Tony Kent Strix Award and The Jason Farradane Award.
UKeiG is now seeking nominations for both awards.
The Tony Kent Strix Award is sponsored by the 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 29th August 2014.
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/awards/tony-kent-strix
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 Tony Kent Strix Award focuses more
narrowly on information retrieval.
Nominations should reach the judges by Friday September 12th 2014.
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/awards/jason-farradane
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