For Immediate Release…
Nancy Lambert Announced as 2008 IPI-Award Recipient for Dedication to
Patent Information Community
Ms. Nancy Lambert, former Senior Information Analyst at ChevronTexaco, is=
to be honored as the recipient of the 'International Patent Information
(IPI) Award' for 2008.
The announcement was enthusiastically greeted by more than 300 information=
professionals in attendance at the International Patent Information
Conference & Exposition, IPI-ConfEx 2008, in Seville, Spain, on 3rd March,=
2008.
Mr. Ford Khorsandian, founder of the IPI-Award, made opening remarks at the=
IPI-Award announcement in Seville and introduced the distinguished
International Selection Board members in attendance: Mr. Koh Ishii, Mrs.=
Minoo Philipp, Mr. Aalt van de Kuilen, and IPI-Award Board Chairman, Dr.
Ian Sinclair. Board members not able to attend, but who sent their
congratulations and good wishes, were Dr. Patricia Dedert, Ms. Suzanne
Robins, Dr. Ursula Schoch-Gruebler, Ms. Edlyn Simmons and Mr. Roy Zimmerman=
n.
Following an introduction by Ford Khorsandian on behalf of the IPI Award
sponsors, Technology & Patent Research (TPR) International, the name of the=
Award recipient for 2008 was announced by Dr. Ian Sinclair and fellow
International Selection Board members.
The IPI-Award Selection Board paid tribute to Ms. Lambert for her extensive=
and tireless career devoted to patent information. They applauded her 30+=
years in the chemical industry, becoming a leading authority in chemical
and polymer patent searching, The Board also highlighted Ms. Lambert’s
“persistent pursuit for maintaining the quality of patent databases”
through her work with numerous database producers and other vendor quality=
control committees. Ms. Lambert was also acclaimed as one of the great
teachers, communicators, and mentors in the industry, which includes an
impressive contribution of more than 60 papers and articles, and more than=
two dozen presentations, all advancing the cause of expert patent
searching. The Board also called attention to Ms. Lambert’s ongoing
support and active participation in the Patent Information Users Group
(PIUG), of which she is a founding member. The Board concluded by saying=
that this is a person whose, “many years as a collaborator, historian,
reporter, critic, and interpreter are worthy of the IPI-Award”.
Patent Information Advocate and Leader
Nancy Lambert earned a B.S. with honors in Chemistry from Carnegie Mellon=
University in Pittsburgh and went on to complete two years of graduate work=
in Chemistry at Princeton University before receiving her M.S. in Library=
Science from Columbia University.
She joined 3M Company as a patent information specialist in 1974 and became=
their principal chemical and polymer patent searcher. In 1986, lured by
the prospect of living in Northern California, Ms. Lambert moved to Chevron=
Research Company and served as a patent information resource for all of
ChevronTexaco and its subsidiaries.
Ms. Lambert was one of 17 individuals in attendance at the first ever
meeting of the PIUG in Crystal City, Virginia. She has been involved with=
PIUG since its beginning in 1988 and served as the PIUG Recording Secretary=
for the first six years and later wrote a history of the PIUG during its
early years for World Patent Information.
Representing PIUG, she chaired the Derwent Committee for 12 years; chaired=
the PIUG Vendor/Producer Committee and the Questel.Orbit Committee; and
also served on the Derwent, IFI, and CAS/STN Committees. Ms. Lambert has=
also contributed many articles to the PIUG Newsletter and has provided a
semiannual Vendor Update column for the PIUG Newsletter. In addition, she=
has promoted the spirit of community by serving as organizer and Director=
of the “IFFI Players” group of actors at the PIUG Annual Meetings, ofte=
n
re-writing whole scripts to fit the bill and slip in a generous helping of=
patent related humor.
As well as to the PIUG, Ms. Lambert has also made extensive contributions=
to the patent information community as a whole. She is a prolific
communicator in the field of patent information, having published numerous=
articles and columns and having given more than two dozen professional
talks on topics such as online searching of polymer patents, online
statistical techniques as patent search tools, and a wealth of valuable
practical advice for searching various databases. For more than a decade,=
Nancy Lambert has written, “The Better Mousetrap,” a column on patent a=
nd
sci-tech information for Searcher magazine. Her annual, “That was the Ye=
ar
that Was” articles have become a running history of changes in patent
information and changes in the online and Internet hosts that provide that=
information to searchers and end-users.
She has continuously volunteered her time and talents to improve patent
information databases and search systems for the benefit of the world’s=
patent information specialists. She is a charter member of the
Questel.Orbit Advisory Group and has served on several Derwent advisory
committees. She has served on the Patent Task Force and the Vocabulary
Working Group for El EnCompass (formerly the American Petroleum Institute=
patent and literature databases) and has chaired their Online Users Group=
for several years. Ms Lambert has frequently provided expert feedback on=
new patent information products in the beta-test phase, which has assisted=
vendors in developing products that are tried and tested and market-ready.
Ms. Lambert, now retired, remains actively involved in the PIUG and the
patent information community. Anyone wishing to send a congratulatory
message to Ms. Lambert may contact her directly at n.e.lambert_at_gmail.com.
The nomination for Ms. Nancy Lambert was put forward by Mr. Harry Allcock=
(formerly of IFI), and was seconded by Dr. Stu Kaback (formerly of
ExxonMobil), Ms. Edlyn Simmons (P&G), Ms. Sandy Smith (formerly of BMS and=
Warner Lambert Parke Davis), and Ms. Barbara Quint (Searcher magazine).
The presentation of the actual IPI-Award plaque to Ms. Lambert will take
place during the PIUG Annual Meeting at the Hyatt Regency, Crystal City, in=
May. The IPI-Award consists of a plaque and an honorarium of $3000.
The International Patent Information Award is sponsored by patent search
firm Technology & Patent Research (TPR) International, Inc. From its base=
in San Diego, California, TPR International specializes in in-depth
searching of both patent and non-patent information through online
databases, manual searching of document collections worldwide, and provides=
patent intelligence services to multi-national R&D based corporations and=
patent law firms. For more information visit http://www.TPRInternational.c=
om
For further information on the IPI-Award (http://www.IPI-Award.com), or the=
specialist patent information conference and exposition, IPI-ConfEx
(http://www.IPI-ConfEx.com), which takes place in Europe every March,
contact: Trudi Jones, Trudi_at_IPI-Institute.com
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San Diego, CA 92127
Tel: (858) 592 9084; Fax: (858) 592 0045
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