InfoStar Don Boman

Dialog announced the recipients of its 2011 North American Quantum² InfoStar Awards at a champagne reception at the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference in Philadelphia. This year's recipients are Don Boman of intellectual property law firm Kenyon and Kenyon, LLP., Jane Killian of the FBI library, and Nancy Muir of Medimmune, a Maryland-based biotechnology firm.

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InfoStar Jane Killian

Dialog announced the recipients of its 2011 North American Quantum² InfoStar Awards at a champagne reception at the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference in Philadelphia. This year's recipients are Don Boman of intellectual property law firm Kenyon and Kenyon, LLP., Jane Killian of the FBI library, and Nancy Muir of Medimmune, a Maryland-based biotechnology firm.

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InfoStar Nancy Muir

Dialog announced the recipients of its 2011 North American Quantum² InfoStar Awards at a champagne reception at the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference in Philadelphia. This year's recipients are Don Boman of intellectual property law firm Kenyon and Kenyon, LLP., Jane Killian of the FBI library, and Nancy Muir of Medimmune, a Maryland-based biotechnology firm.

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InfoStar Kate Arnold

Dialog has named Denmark's Lars Kjøller and Kate Arnold of the U.K. as winners of its 2011 Quantum2 InfoStar Awards for the International region. The awards honor information professionals whose achievements demonstrate leadership and inspire others to act as catalysts for change.

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InfoStar Paul Roemhild

When Paul Roemhild started in the R&D division of Avery Dennison, the library relied heavily on physical documents and journal subscriptions. In the 15 years subsequent, he's seen the library shrink in physical size, but grow in just about every other way.

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InfoStar Lynn Donches

As Chief Librarian Rodale, a publishing company focused on healthy living issues, Lynn Donches oversees an information center which offers services ranging from the typical — document delivery, literature searches — to the cutting edge — a virtual library which offers employees in different states nearly instant access to information from a wide variety of editorial, advertising and business databases.

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InfoStars Fabienne Michaud and Silvia Ivaldi

Dialog announced the recipients of its 2010 Quantum² InfoStar Awards for the International region. The awards honor information professionals whose achievements demonstrate leadership and inspire others to act as catalysts for change.

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InfoStar Paula Juckes

"Information services are more than simply a library within an R&D organization as complex questions are always being asked," says Juckes.

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InfoStar Shaida Dorabjee

"My background of many years in the pharmaceutical industry dealing with business, research and development and marketing information gave me a broad perspective of the information world and gave me the confidence to be able to act as a consultant and advise others involved with managing information," says Dorabjee.

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2009 International InfoStars:

Nadine Bellon, Head of Competitive Intelligence, Transgene (France); Shaida Dorabjee, Information Consultant, SD Information Services (UK); and Paula Juckes, Senior Scientist Informatics, UCB (UK)

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InfoStar: Rick Raske

“It is our staff that makes the Information Management Center (IMC) successful — our whole is greater than the sum of our parts as we collaborate with each other. We are very much a matrix organization!”

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InfoStar: The PG&E Pacific Energy Center's Marlene Vogelsang

“I am really glad that what I do, the information I provide, can influence decisions that will reduce energy use, which lowers GHG emissions and helps to us to walk more softly on this earth,” said Vogelsang.

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InfoStar: Piug's Gemma Giró

“All information that satisfies the user's needs is important for making a decision in their daily work,” said Giró.

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InfoStar: Alison Attard

“I see more of an involvement in user training by information specialists, as information specialists concentrate on more value-added services such as analysis of the data retrieved and putting this data into context within their organization,” said Attard.

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InfoStar: Sophie Graham-Godet

“Information services need to be much more flexible and quicker to adapt to new technologies and ways of supporting user information needs than they have in the past,” said Graham-Godet.

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InfoStar: Karen Reczek

“I have to remind the staff that there's a book on the shelf with the answer to the question and that they shouldn't spend an hour searching the web.”

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InfoStar: Lee Pharis

"Most of our inquiries are received either by e-mail or through our intranet request forms. This requires a lot of constant outreach and education."

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InfoStar: Brian Gray

Innovation, learning, and partnership are the hallmarks of Brian Gray’s work at the Kelvin Smith Library at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio.

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InfoStar: Ashima Aggarwal

“Managing internal and external knowledge is the backbone of any company,” said Ashima Aggarwal, who does just that as the Knowledge Manager for Evalueserve, a global research and analytics firm.

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InfoStar: Dennie Heye

Lobbying with key stakeholders, both internally and externally, to improve information management is a major part of Dennie Heye's role — and success. In 2002, he was hired as an Information Scientist by Shell International Exploration and Production (SIEP) in the Netherlands to develop taxonomies for a new global portal, and to help in the organization's plan to innovate its library services. Five years later, Dennie has not only accomplished his initial goals, but many new ones as well.

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2007 International InfoStars: (l to r) David Horky (TS) receiving on behalf of Pawel Grochowski, Dennie Heye (Shell), and Stuart Doig (TS) receiving on behalf of Ashima Aggarwal

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InfoStar: Amy Affelt

Having the ability to anticipate the research needs of her clients, as well as customize the information she provides to fit those needs, is what makes Amy Affelt so successful. As the Director of Database Research for Lexecon, a Chicago-based economics consulting firm, she is proud of the work produced by her team, and knows the value of the research they provide.
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InfoStar: Carmen Pacho Gutierrez

"We give them the puzzle pieces and they build it," said Carmen Pacho Gutierrez, referring to the 450 employees she serves at the Technological Watch and Information Center within the Technology Center of Repsol YPF in Madrid, Spain. Carmen and her two team members also service the organization's Technology Center in La Plata, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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InfoStar: Jane List

Jane List enjoys the detective work that is part of her role as an information professional at The Technology Partnership.
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InfoStar: Sonja Van Der Haeghen

Sonja Van Der Haeghen enjoys the chance to meet the challenges that her role as an information professional affords.
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InfoStar: Kelley Martin

While advances in search technology are making it easier for end users to find information on their own, these users still need guidance in finding the information they need. InfoStar Kelley Martin, a law librarian with Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, a leading intellectual property law firm based in Washington D.C., is embracing this new paradigm in information searching.
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InfoStar: Dr. Thomas Froehlich

In preparing the next generation of information professionals for the challenges of tomorrow, Dr. Thomas J. Froehlich has distinguished himself as a visionary in the field of information science, which has earned him the title of Quantum² InfoStar.
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InfoStar: Rikke Andreasen

InfoStar Rikke Andreasen finds it hard to remain neutral when it comes to delivering information to end users at Ferring Pharmaceuticals.
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InfoStar: Amanda Franken

Like most innovators, Amanda Franken is never satisfied with status quo; she is always searching for ways to make things work better and faster.
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2005 International InfoStars

Dialog today announced the 2005 winners of its annual Quantum2 International InfoStar Awards.
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InfoStar: Judith Shiloni

Even after 15 years working for one of the largest generic pharmaceutical companies in the world, Judith Shiloni is still fascinated by the vital role information plays in the pharmaceutical product development lifecycle.
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InfoStar: Mary Wassum

2005 North American InfoStar

InfoStar: Steven Werkheiser

2005 North American InfoStar

InfoStar: Christine Cameron

Information professional Christine Cameron identifies herself as an agent of change, promoting innovation throughout the information industry.
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InfoStar: Manuela Colombi

Information specialists in the medical department at Janssen-Cilag SpA in Italy are inundated with requests from doctors and medical sales staff alike.
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InfoStar: Christine Herrmann

As a librarian for the Australian National Audit Office (ANAO), Christine Herrmann believes in actively engaging with the people she supports.
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InfoStar: Ann Kwee Lim

Managing the DSTA's information resources requires an information professional who is ready for the challenges of a dynamic and fast-paced organization.
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InfoStar: Marcia Schemper-Carlock

2004 North American InfoStar

InfoStars: Marygrace E. Record and Anitha Steventon

2004 North American InfoStars

InfoStar: Michelle A. Burylo

Michelle Burylo says she is shameless and fearless when it comes to promoting the services Information & Library Services Department (ILS) at Air Products and Chemicals Inc., a supplier of industrial gases and chemicals.
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InfoStar: Pia Jeppesen Hansen

Pia Jeppesen Hansen, an information specialist at H. Lundbeck A/S, a pharmaceutical company in Denmark, reaches beyond the traditional boundaries of her profession to raise the value and visibility of information services.
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InfoStar: Karen Tempest

Australia is home to many outstanding natural wonders — from the Great Barrier Reef to Ayers Rock — so it is, perhaps, unsurprising to find outstanding "information wonders" like InfoStar Karen Tempest of Burnet Information Service/CSL as well.
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InfoStar: Richard Huffine

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stands apart from the typical institution or agency, as it is charged with both research and regulatory responsibilities dedicated to protecting human health and the natural environment.
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InfoStar: Lucy Park

The wide variety of information needs makes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency an interesting place to work, says Lucy Park, EPA national library network coordinator and EPA headquarters library manager.
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InfoStar: Vince Mariano

2003 North American InfoStar

InfoStar: Ylva Fernall

As an information professional who has ridden the turbulent seas of the new global economy, InfoStar Ylva Fernall reports nary a bout of seasickness — just some hard work, long days, and enthusiastic dedication.
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InfoStar: Yulia Aspinall

In the fast moving biopharmaceutical industry, remaining competitive requires an extremely proactive approach to information services, and nobody knows it — or does it — better than Dialog InfoStar, Dr. Yulia Aspinall at Cambridge Antibody Technology.
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InfoStar: Carol O'Driscoll

Extraordinary people fuel the success of Russell Reynolds Associates, so it is hardly surprising that InfoStar Carol O'Driscoll is just such an extraordinary person.
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InfoStar: Marilyn Bromley

Marilyn Bromley is the Library Director at The Bureau of National Affairs, Inc. (BNA), an employee owned legal publisher in Washington D.C. With ten staff members, the Library at BNA has many responsibilities, including providing centralized acquisitions services for all of the books, periodicals, and web resources that employees need, performing online searches, publishing and editing, and providing competitive intelligence service.
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InfoStar: Chris Brune

When Bates Worldwide, a leading global advertising and marketing communications network, decided to develop a Knowledge Management Practice, they hired Chris Brune, who is now VP Knowledge Manager.
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InfoStar: Linda Pauloski

At Dofasco Inc., one of Canada's leading steel producers, Linda Pauloski, Manager, Library Resource Centre (LRC), emphasizes that the success of the LRC depends on the "energy and enthusiasm of the whole LRC team."
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InfoStar: Margareta Nelke

Margareta Nelke is Manager Technology Intelligence for Tetra Pak. With around 19,000 employees, Tetra Pak develops, manufactures and markets systems for processing, packaging and distribution of liquid food around the world.
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InfoStar: Elena Gutierrez

Elena Gutierrez is a Technical Information Specialist for Almirall-Prodesfarma in Spain. She began her career as a documentalist in 1994 and has made extensive use of Dialog?s databases almost every day since.
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InfoStar: Carol Gates

Carol Gates' customers have a lot to say about her information center. "A great help." "Makes my life tons easier." "Nothing short of superb."
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InfoStar: Carol Ginsburg

A committed, dynamic leader, she's constantly on the move?both mentally and physically. Ms. Ginsburg is the vice president at Bankers Trust in charge of library and information services.
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InfoStars: Betsy Hoza and Laura DeGraff

How do Laura DeGraff and Betsy Hoza get the attention of the employees at DDB Worldwide? They throw a 1970s-themed "Info Inferno" in the Information Center every year, dressing up in 70s era clothes and serving such classics as Cheez Whiz, Rice Krispies Treats and Boone's Farm wine.
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InfoStar: Duncan McKenzie

Ask Duncan McKenzie, manager of the Information Center at Quaker Oats, for a cup of coffee, and he's apt to hand you a coffee mug that advertises the Information Center's intranet site.
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InfoStar: Dr. Toby Pearlstein

It's no longer solely a reference desk operation. The Boston-based strategic management consulting firm Bain & Company has begun taking information services outside the confines of the library walls under the leadership of Dr. Toby Pearlstein, Director of Information Services.
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