The International Information Industry Awards 2006

The fourth annual International Information Industry Awards took place at the Royal Lancaster Hotel in London. Hosted by Online Information 2007 and Information World Review, the awards offer the chance for the global industry to recognise the achievements of information teams, information and content management projects, vendors and individual information professionals. The evening was compered by John Sergeant, and almost 400 guests were in attendance to salute excellence in the information field.

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The awards were sponsored by IET / Inspec, American Psychological Association, Swets, ICC, Bureau van Dijk and VeriSign.

The 2006 winners are as follows:

PROJECT AWARDS

1. Innovation in Knowledge Management - Knowledge Management Programme, ARUP

2. Innovation in Content Management - Highlands and Islands Enterprise portal, Highlands and Islands Enterprise Portal & SiteKit Solutions

3. Best Intranet / Extranet Project - sponsored by IET / Inspec - Addenbrooks NHS eMR - Addenbrooks NHS Trust and OITUK

PRODUCT / VENDOR AWARDS

4. Best User Experience - TNA Global Search - The National Archives & Autonomy

5. FreePint Award for Best Customer Service Team - Prenax

6. Best Business Information Product - ISI Emerging Markets

7. Best STM Information Product - sponsored by American Psychological Association - Springer eBooks Collection

8. Best Specialist Search Product - Trexy.com

9. Best Product for Libraries - NEW CATEGORY - Scholarly Stats - MPS Technologies

BEST INFORMATION / KNOWLEDGE TEAM AWARDS

10. Best Team in an Academic & Public Sectors - sponsored by Swets - Business & IP centre team, British Library

11. Best Team in a Business Environment - sponsored by ICC  - IoD Information & Advisory Services Team

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS

12. CILIP / Online Information Personal Development Award - Stella Wisdom, British Library, Boston Spa.

13. IWR Information Professional of the Year - sponsored by Bureau van Dijk - Rachel Kolsky, AIG

14. Lifetime Achievement - sponsored by VeriSign - Dr Eugene Garfield, Chairman Emeritus of Thomson Scientific

Katherine Allen, Director of Events at VNU Exhibitions Europe comments, "As always, the judges faced some extremely tough decisions choosing this year's winners. For the past four years, we have seen a high standard of entries which makes the judging process increasingly difficult year on year. We are delighted that these awards have grown to become the leading forum for the information industry to showcase and celebrate its achievements and Online Information was delighted to host this ceremony with Information World Review."

THE SHORTLIST:

PROJECT AWARDS                                                                                   

1. Innovation in Knowledge Management          

• Knowledge Management Programme, ARUP
• eKnowledge Gateway - Hong Kong Hospital Authority
• Communities of Practice project - Improvement & Development Agency
• Enquiries Portal - Ministry of Defence

2. Innovation in Content Management                            

• ECM project, WSP & The Content Group
• Highlands and Islands Enterprise portal, Highlands and Islands Enterprise & Sitekit Solutions
• HP Learning Solutions - HP Knowledge Services & AuthorIT
• International Centre of Excellence for Local eDemocracy, Lichfield District Council and Jadu Ltd
• Magnum In Motion website, Magnum Photo & Sitecore

3. Best Intranet/ Extranet Project - Sponsored by IET/Inspec                                    

• AA Intranet Portal - The AA and CompanyNet
• Addenbrooks NHS eMR - Addenbrooks NHS Trust and OITUK
• Camden Borough Council public website and intranet - Camden Council and Google Enterprise
• Drive project - DaimlerChrysler & Smartsite
• London Business School Portal - London Business School
• Lowe Go - Lowe & Partners and Vyre

PRODUCT / VENDOR AWARDS                                    

4. Best User Experience                                                  

• BBC Radio websites
• Browsealoud - Texthelp
• businesslink.gov.uk - BusinessLink
• Patient Opinion
• TNA Global Search - The National Archives & Autonomy

5. FreePint Award for Best Customer Service Team - winner to be announced on the night

6. Best Business Information Product                             

• aRMadillo, RM Group
• Factiva.com
• ISI Emerging Markets
• WARC.com

7. Best STM Information Product - Sponsored by American Psychological Association                                    

• AccessMedicine.com, McGraw-Hill Education
• Springer eBooks Collection
• PsycARTICLES - American Psychological Association
• Thomson Pharma
• Knovel Interactive Library
• Evidence Matters, Proquest

8. Best Specialist Search Product

• Exalead
• Factiva Search 2.0
• Nexidia Rich Media Search
• Vivisimo
• Trexy.com

9. Best Product for Libraries

• Community of Scholars - CSA
• House of Commons Parliamentary Papers Online - Proquest Information and Learning
• KnowAll - Bailey Solutions
• PsycBOOKS - American Psychological Association
• ScholarlyStats - MPS Technologies

BEST INFORMATION/ KNOWLEDGE TEAM AWARDS   

10. Best Team in the Academic & Public Sectors  - Sponsored by Swets 

• Business & IP Centre team, British Library
• DigiTV team, Kirklees Council
• NORA (Northumbria Online Resource Access) - Northumbria University Library and Learning Services team
• Open University Library Learning & Teaching team
• The Government Office Network web team - Regional Co-ordination Unit, Department for Communities and Local Government

11. Best Team in a Business Environment - Sponsored by ICC                        

• IoD Information & Advisory Services Team
• Ingenta's "All My Eye" blog team
• Dataflux 118118 team

INDIVIDUAL AWARDS - ALL TO BE ANNOUNCED ON THE NIGHT

12. CILIP / Online Information Personal Development Award

13. IWR Information Professional of the Year - Sponsored by Bureau van Dijk

14. Lifetime Achievement - Sponsored by VeriSign

• Click here to view the 2005 winners