{"id":4494,"date":"2016-08-25T11:15:11","date_gmt":"2016-08-25T10:15:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/irsg.bcs.org\/informer\/?p=4494"},"modified":"2016-08-25T11:15:11","modified_gmt":"2016-08-25T10:15:11","slug":"the-irsg-search-industry-awards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive-irsg.bcs.org\/informer\/?p=4494","title":{"rendered":"The IRSG Search Industry Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"

As you may know, for many years the IRSG has awarded prizes to its members in various forms, e.g. the Karen Sparck Jones award<\/a>, best paper at ECIR<\/a>, etc. These awards help create a sense of community and provide recognition to individual members for their work.<\/p>\n

However, the current awards programme is aimed almost exclusively at researchers, with little recognition given to practitioner contributions. This is despite the fact that the BCS<\/a> as a whole is primarily a professional organisation and the majority of IRSG members are practitioners. The IRSG Search Industry Awards aim to address this disparity.<\/p>\n

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We are delighted therefore to launch this year\u2019s Search Industry Awards, celebrating the best search innovations of 2016. Presented by the Information Retrieval Specialist Group <\/a>of the BCS, these awards recognize people, projects, and companies that have excelled in the design of search and information retrieval products and services.<\/p>\n

If you know of any companies, projects, or products that deserve recognition, let us know by submitting a recommendation. Alternatively, if you\u2019re involved with something special yourself, you can submit an application<\/a> today.<\/p>\n

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For 2016 we are offering three awards:<\/p>\n