The UK e-information Group (UKeiG) is delighted to announce the call for nominations for the prestigious Tony Kent Strix Award 2021. Nominations should be received by 6 pm GMT on Thursday 30th September 2021.

The Award is given in recognition of an outstanding practical innovation or achievement in the field of information retrieval in its widest sense. This could take the form of an application or service, or an overall appreciation of past achievements that have led to significant advances. The award is open to individuals or groups from anywhere in the world.

Nominations must be for a major, sustained or influential achievement that meets one or more of the following criteria:

Science: The advancement of our understanding of information retrieval methods, experimentation and evaluation, at either the theoretical or the practical level. The scope includes approaches as diverse as linguistic, probabilistic, fact-checking or artificial intelligence applied to search.

Service Delivery: The development and management of systems, networks or services:
Enhancement of the mechanisms/technology/standards underpinning information products or services
Establishing an innovative information resource or service
Innovations leading to improved accessibility/usability of information resources.

Education and organisational infrastructure: The provision of leadership in education, training, community development and/or collaboration to advance information retrieval at local, national or international level.

Submissions must include:

• The name, institutional address and qualifications of the nominee
• A brief biography - (maximum one A4 page)
• A selective bibliography - (key publications relevant to the nomination)
• A justification for the nomination - (maximum one A4 page) showing clearly which of the award criteria the nominee meets and how they are met
• Additional material - letters of support, for example. (Letters from previous winners would be especially valuable).
• It is possible that the Award Committee will request additional information from the nominators for those nominees considered suitable candidates for the award.
• An unsuccessful nomination from previous years may be reconsidered provided the nominator updates it, if necessary, to reflect the current extent of the candidate's achievement.

Nominations for the 2021 award must reach the judges by 6 pm GMT on Thursday 30th September 2021.

Please email to:
John Wickenden – Hon. Secretary UKeiG secretary.ukeig@cilip.org.uk
and copy in:
Gary Horrocks - UKeiG administrator info.ukeig@cilip.org.uk
and
Sue Silcocks – Hon. Treasurer UKeiG treasurer.ukeig@cilip.org.uk.

CILIP Special Interest Groups the Knowledge and Information Management Group (K&IM) and the UK e-information Group (UKeiG), are delighted to announce to the library, information and knowledge community our joint call for nominations for the international Information Manager of the Year Award 2021.

Nominations should be received no later than 6 pm on Friday 24th September 2021.

The award is given in recognition of an individual who has made a significant contribution to the discipline of knowledge and information management through their work and professionalism by meeting one or more of the following criteria:

• Demonstrating excellence in the use of knowledge and information management techniques
• Raising awareness of the value and impact of knowledge and information management in the workplace and the wider library and information profession
• Making a major contribution to the theory and practice of knowledge and information management

Key characteristics that the judging panel will look for in nominations are innovation, initiative, originality and practicality.

Nominations should take the form of a short description of how the nominee has excelled (a document of no more than 750 words), together with full contact details of both the nominee and the nominator. Do not forget to include any documentary evidence, references or links to content which may support the nomination.

Nominations for the 2021 Award should be emailed with the documentation to:

John Wickenden – Hon Secretary UKeiG secretary.ukeig@cilip.org.uk

cc-ed to Gary Horrocks - UKeiG administrator info.ukeig@cilip.org.uk 

Sue Silcocks – Treasurer UKeiG treasurer.ukeig@cilip.org.uk 

Anne Fraser - Hon Secretary K&IM secretary.kandim@cilip.org.uk

The closing date for nominations is 6 pm on Friday 24th September 2021.

The winning trophy and certificate will be presented at an awards ceremony on the evening of Wednesday 10th November 2021.

New UKeiG Zoom CPD Courses announced

UKeiG is proud to announce the launch of a number of new Zoom CPD Courses in the coming months. They are all half day (3 hour) courses using Zoom. The cost is £50 for CILIP/UKeiG Members and £75 for non-members. The first three to be announced are as follows:

• How to communicate your research using social media, blogs, video and infographics (Andy Tattersall) - 26th October  (Booking now open)
  
  
• Open Data and the rise of Open Peer Review (David Ball) - 28th October  (Booking now open)
  
  
• Digital Products for Knowledge Management (Dion Lindsay) – 3rd November (Booking now open)

Other webinars are to follow including:

• Research Data Management for information professionals – from researcher need to effective service (Andrew Cox) - 12th November  (Booking opening next week)
  
  
• Strix Annual Memorial Lecture - 26th November 
  
  
• Library Social Media During the Pandemic (Ned Potter) – 3rd December 

The CILIP K&IM and UKeIG Information Manager of the Year 2020

This annual award is jointly presented by CILIP’s special interest groups - Knowledge and Information Management (K&IM) and UK electronic Information Group (UKeIG). It is awarded to an individual who has made a significant contribution to the discipline through their work and professionalism by meeting one or more 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.
  
Previous Award winners include Virginia Power (2018) and Liz Hunwick & Sarah Lanney (2017), 
  
Nominations close on 20th August 2020. Submit your nominations to info.ukeig@cilip.org.uk.
  
All the Awards will be presented on an Awards and Networking Evening on Wednesday 11th November, 5 – 8 pm at CILIP, London

CILIP Special Interest Groups the Knowledge and Information Management Group (K&IM) and the UK e-information Group (UKeiG), are pleased to announce a joint call for nominations for the Information Manager of the Year Award 2019.

Nominations should be received no later than 5 pm on Tuesday 20th August 2019.

The award is given in recognition of an individual who has made a significant contribution to the discipline of knowledge and information management through their work and professionalism by meeting one or more of the following criteria:

• Demonstrating excellence in the use of knowledge and information management techniques in the workplace 
• Raising awareness of the value and impact of knowledge and information management in the workplace and the wider library and information profession 
• Making a major contribution to the theory and practice of knowledge and information management.

Key characteristics that the judging panel will look for in nominations are innovation, initiative, originality and practicality.

Nominations should take the form of a short description (a document of no more than two or three sides of A4) of how the nominee has excelled, together with full contact details of both the nominee and the nominator. Do not forget to include any documentary evidence, references or links to content which may support the nomination.

Nominations for the 2019 Award should be emailed with the documentation to:

John Wickenden – Secretary UKeiG secretary.ukeig@cilip.org.uk 
cc-ed to Gary Horrocks - UKeiG administrator info.ukeig@cilip.org.uk and 
Sue Silcocks – Treasurer UKeiG treasurer.ukeig@cilip.org.uk 
Anne Fraser - Secretary K&IM secretary.kandim@cilip.org.uk

The closing date for nominations is 5 pm on Tuesday 20th August 2019.

The winning trophy and certificate will be presented at an awards ceremony on the evening of Wednesday 13th November 2019. There will be a keynote presentation and wine and nibbles. You can book online at: https://www.cilip.org.uk/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=1200307&group=

The winner of the 2018 Information Manager of the Year Award 2018 winner was Virginia Power, BSc. (Hons), MSc., M.Ed. PGCE, FHEA. She is a Lecturer and PhD student in Information Science and Management at UWE Bristol (University of West England). Virginia has been an information specialist for over thirty-five years working in a variety of library and information services settings including schools, FE, HE and the public sector. She has also been an advisor and consultant with Jisc. She has an interest in open educational resources, metadata, digitisation and preservation.