2011 UKeiG Jason Farradane Winner Announced

The 2011 UKeiG Jason Farradane Award has been awarded to the United Kingdom Council of Research Repositories (UKCoRR). Founded in 2007, UKCoRR is a professional membership-driven organisation managed for and by those staff working throughout the UK as Open Access repository administrators and managers. UKCoRR facilitates communication between the membership and fellow information providers, LIS professionals, the research community and scholarly publishing stakeholders by providing a collective voice that can speak on members' behalf to publishers, funding councils, institutions, and other relevant community stakeholders. 

The Award is made in recognition of an outstanding contribution to the information profession in keeping with its mission is to promote repository management and administration as a recognised and respected profession, provide a forum for discussion, and promote the exchange of best practice, experience, and development opportunities