The Jason Farradane Award is presented by the UK e-information Group (UKeiG) and awarded in recognition of an outstanding, creative and enterprising contribution to the library and information profession. It will be awarded to an individual or a team in recognition of exemplary and innovative practice. This may take the form of a specific project, a piece of research or the development of a service or resource.

The Award celebrates creativity and enterprise across the library and information profession and honours Jason Farradane, who first made an impact on the LIS community with a paper on the ‘scientific approach to documentation’ presented at a Royal Society Scientific Information Conference in 1948. He was instrumental in establishing the Institute of Information Scientists in 1958, alongside the first academic information science courses in 1963 at the precursor to City University, London, where he became Director of the Centre for Information Science in 1966.

Nominations should meet one or more of the following criteria:

Ø  Contributing to the creation, promotion and exploitation of digital resources and services

Ø  Raising the profile of library and information services across the organisation

Ø  Raising awareness of the value and impact of library and information services internally and/or externally

Ø  Evidencing a significant contribution to organisational goals and strategies through internal and/or external collaborative partnerships and cross team working

Ø  Demonstrating excellence in library and information science education and teaching

Ø  Making a significant contribution to the theory and practice of library and information science.

Submission guidelines

Nominations should take the form of a succinct justification (maximum 2 pages) for the individual or team nomination showing clearly which of the award criteria the nominee meets and how they are met.

Please include full contact details, job title and qualifications of both the nominee and the nominator emailed to Richard Bridgen – Hon. Secretary UKeiG secretary.ukeig@cilip.org.uk and copied to: Gary Horrocks -  info.ukeig@cilip.org.uk and Elizabeth Roberts – Hon. Treasurer UKeiG treasurer.ukeig@cilip.org.uk.

Please clarify in the email subject heading - ‘UKeiG 2025 Jason Farradane Award nomination’.

Please include testimonials, letters of support, references, a selective bibliography relevant to the nomination, or links to supplementary information including professional profiles or social media, for example.

Self-nominations will not be accepted.

Please email info.ukeig@cilip.org.uk for more information and guidance.

Deadline

Nominations must reach UKeiG by 6 pm GMT on Friday 3^rd October 2025.

Further information

Further information about the Jason Farradane Award is available here, and includes previous winners.

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The library and information science community is encouraged to raise awareness of these awards with individuals and groups in their networks and help encourage nomination submissions.

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UKeiG is a Special Interest Group of CILIP: the library and information association

Registered Charity No. 313014

CILIP members can join UKeiG for free via the CILIP website

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