Thomson Scientific, Dialog Sponsor Award for Top Information Professional in Australia and New Zealand
Philadelphia, PA USA, and London
UK (January 29, 2007)
Thomson Scientific and Dialog, part of The Thomson
Corporation (NYSE: TOC; TSX: TOC) and leading provider
of information solutions to the worldwide research
and business communities, today announced their continued
sponsorship of the Australia & New Zealand Chapter
of the Special Library Association’s (SLA)
Information Professional of the Year Award, and joined
chapter leaders in calling for nominations.
The announcement was made at a special session
during the Australian Library and Information Association
(ALIA) Information Online 2007 conference this week
in Sydney, Australia, at which past winners of the
Australia & New Zealand Information Professional
of the Year Award were also honored.
The award, sponsored by Thomson Scientific and
Dialog for the last three years, is open to all information
professionals in Australia and New Zealand. A special
panel of SLA Australia and New Zealand Chapter board
members and regional Thomson Scientific and Dialog
management will select the winner, who will be announced
at the SLA 98 th Annual Conference, June 2–7, 2007,
in Denver, CO, USA. The recipient of the 2007 Australia & New
Zealand Information Professional of the Year Award
will receive a prize of AUD$2,000.
"It is truly amazing to watch the growth
of the information profession in Australia and New
Zealand, and all of the great work that is taking
place in this region," said Sonya Donoghue,
current president of the SLA Australia and New Zealand
Chapter. "It is important for us to continue
to recognize the achievements of our best information
professionals."
Nominations should be e-mailed to Marie McKenzie,
past president of the SLA Australia and New Zealand
Chapter at .
Any questions regarding the nomination process and
selection criteria should also be directed to Marie.
The deadline for submitting nominations is May 11,
2007. Individuals may nominate themselves or others.
"Thomson Scientific and Dialog continue to
support information professionals worldwide through
our leadership development program, Quantum2," said
Liz Blankson-Hemans, director of information professional
development for Europe and Asia-Pacific. "In
addition to supporting information professionals,
we believe in giving them the recognition they truly
deserve, and we are pleased to be sponsoring this
award again."
The Quantum2 program (quantum.dialog.com)
offers leadership development support to information
professionals worldwide. Dialog also annually recognizes
current and potential leaders through its InfoStar
Awards and the Roger K. Summit Scholarship for future
information professionals, named in honor of the
founder and chairman emeritus of Dialog.
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discovery to analysis to product development and
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