Technology Award

The Association of Independent Information Professionals (AIIP) annually awards the AIIP Technology Award. The award recognizes innovative products that enhance the working environment of the independent information professional.

Each year's awardee is a new product or technology that helps information professionals with their day-to-day operations in locating, analyzing and organizing, and delivering information.

Nominations and Application: 

Nominations for the 2013 AIIP Technology Award are now being accepted. Click here for details.

Awards Committee: 

Richard Torian, Chair
awards@aiip.org

Year
2012
AIIP Technology Award 2012

AIIP President Scott Brown personally presented the Technology Award to Tony Landolt, Sales Executive for Reprints Desk, parent of Bibliogo, at the Internet Librarian Conference on October 23, in Monterey, CA, USA.
Bibliogo

Awarded to Bibliogo based on its ability to manage the researching, tracking, and analysis of scientific literature.


2012 Technology Award Press Release.pdf
2011
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Libby Trudell (left) accepts AIIP Technology Award from Cindy Shamel, a past president of the association. Photo by Jim Tchobanoff.
ProQuest Dialog

Awarded to ProQuest Dialog in recognition of significant improvements that have made ProQuest Dialog a more user-friendly and powerful tool and service for retrieving information.


TechAward_OCT2011_NewsRelease.pdf
Read Dialog's announcement of the award
2010
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Marcy Phelps, AIIP Past President, congratulates Linda Stevenson, CEO, LucidityWorks LLC, on winning the 2010 AIIP Technology Award at the Internet Librarian conference in Monterey, California, October 26, 2010. Photo by Cindy Shamel, Shamel Information Services.
LucidityWorks LLC

Awarded to LucidityWorks LLC for Lucidity, its innovative digital research assistant software application for professional researchers.


PRAIIP Tech Award 2010 Revised.pdf
2009
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Daryl Scott, CEO, Attaain Inc., accepts the 2009 AIIP Technology Award from Marcy Phelps, AIIP President at the Internet Librarian conference in Monterey, California, October 27, 2009. Photo by Cindy Shamel, Shamel Information Services.
Attaain Inc.

Awarded to Attaain Inc. for AttaainCI, a competitive intelligence and market intelligence tool.


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2008
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Cindy Shamel (left), a past president of AIIP, presents the AIIP Technology Award to Marie Varelas, Librarian Relations Specialist at 10-K Wizard for their Regulatory Database offering at Internet Librarian in Monterey, Calif. October 21, 2008. Photo by Debbie Hunt, Information Edge.
10-K Wizard

Awarded to 10-K Wizard, for its Regulatory Database product.


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2007 XLineSoft

Awarded to XLineSoft, for their online database product, ASPRunner Professional.


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2006 (No award made because of change in timing of award.)
2005 Copernic Technologies, Inc.

Copernic Technologies, Inc. for their product Copernic Desktop Search (CDS)


AIIP TECH AWARD PRESS RELEASE 2005%5b1%5d.pdf
2004 Net Snippets

Net Snippets for their Professional Edition -- a drag-and-drop information aggregator.


AIIP Technology Award Press Release 2004 (1).pdf
2003 Google, Inc.

Google, Inc. for their Google Toolbar product


AIIP Technology Award Press Release 2003.pdf
2002 askSam Systems

askSam Systems for their product, askSam 5

2001 Genteq Software, Inc.

Genteq Software, Inc. for their product eGems Collector Pro

2000 Edgar Online, Inc.

Edgar Online, Inc. for their product IPO Express


AIIP Technology Award Press Release 2000.pdf
1999 Webforia

Webforia for their product Webforia Organizer