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The Association of Independent Information Professionals
Launches AIIP 2010 Technology Award
Award Description and Instructions for Nominators
The Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) is pleased to announce a
call for nominations for the eleventh annual AIIP Technology Award, created to recognize
innovative products that enhance the working environment of the independent information
professional.
AIIP invites any company or individual that produces information products (databases, web
organizers, Internet sites) for web based services or for desktop software, to enter the
competition.
Successful entries will be new products or technologies that help information professionals
with their day-to-day operations in locating, analyzing, organizing, and delivering information.
The product must be related to the information field; AIIP does not consider accounting,
word-processing, spreadsheet, or other programs not directly related to locating, analyzing,
or organizing data appropriate for this award. The deadline for nominations is September 13,
2010.
The AIIP Technology Awards Committee will judge each entry on the basis of usability,
speed, and content if relevant. Panel members will review the nominations and submitted
materials, directly evaluate the product if possible, and otherwise interview users.
Previous winners of the AIIP Technology Award include:
2009 Attain Inc., AttainCI, as a state-of-the art competitive and market intelligence tool that
provides
Information through a full-featured, well thought-out, and easy-to-use web-based
system
2008 10-K Wizard, for its Regulatory Database product, with honorable mention to PBWiki
for their online wiki application and to Tableau Software’s Desktop Tableau for their
visualization software
2007 XLineSoft ASPRunner Professional, with honorable mention for IBM Visual
Communication Lab’s Many Eyes
2006 No award was given out in 2006
2005 Copernic Desktop, with honorable mention for Devon Technologies DEVONagent and
Wolff Worldwide
2004 Net Snippets Professional Edition, with honorable mentions for Dialog Corporation’s
8550 United Plaza Blvd. • Suite 1001 • Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
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DialogLink 4.0
and Microsoft Office OneNote 2003
2003 Google Toolbar
2002 askSam 5
2001 eGems Collector Pro
2000 IPO Express
1999 Webforia Organizer
The AIIP Technology Award will be presented to the winner at the Internet Librarian
Conference (http://www.infotoday.com/il2010/) on Tuesday, October 26, at 8.45 a.m. in
Monterey, California. Companies winning the award must commit beforehand to having a
representative on hand to receive the award or else an alternative product and company will
be selected. Please send requests for entry forms and nominations to: Sharon Harper, AIIP
Awards Committee, sharper@harperinfo.com.
About the Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP):
AIIP was founded in 1987. Membership today includes more than 500 individuals in 20
countries, and consists of owners of information-related businesses. AIIP members offer
expert online, Internet, primary, and manual research; provide document delivery, database
design, library support and consulting services; and include writers and editors. Members
provide service to a wide variety of clients, ranging from small businesses to the Fortune 500.
Please send entries to the attention of:
(Electronic submittal is preferred)
Sharon Harper, AIIP Awards Committee Chair
118 Oak View Circle, Lake Mary, FL 32746
sharper@harperinfo.com
phone: 407-324-1227
Please direct questions regarding the award
to:
Sharon Harper, AIIP Awards Committee Chair
sharper@harperinfo.com
phone: 407-324-1227
Please fill out and submit the following Technology Award Nomination form
8550 United Plaza Blvd. • Suite 1001 • Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
 Phone: 225-408-4400  Fax: 225-922-4611  http://www.aiip.org
 A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION 
Please add any relevant product information in support of your submission
8550 United Plaza Blvd. • Suite 1001 • Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
 Phone: 225-408-4400  Fax: 225-922-4611  http://www.aiip.org
 A NOT-FOR-PROFIT CORPORATION 
Technology Award Nomination
(Deadline for Nominations is September 13, 2010)
Company Name
Address
City/State/Zip
Phone
Fax
Web Address
Contact Name
Contact Email
Product Name
Product Launch Date
Product Description
Why product deserves nomination (list capabilities, features and describe how the
product helps the Information Professional find, analyze or manage information).
Additional information for judges consideration
Please attach any relevant product information
8550 United Plaza Blvd. • Suite 1001 • Baton Rouge, Louisiana 70809
 Phone: 225-408-4400  Fax: 225-922-4611  http://www.aiip.org
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