SIG of the Year Award
The SIG of the Year Award was established in 1975 to recognize a Special Interest Group's professional accomplishments that reflect a major impact on the field of information science
Past recipients of the SIG of the Year Award:
| 2012 | Education (ED), Metrics (MET) |
| 2011 | Digital Libraries (DL) |
| 2010 | Information Needs, Seeking and Use (USE) |
| 2009 | International Information Issues (III) |
| 2008 | Information Needs, Seeking and
Use (USE) and International Information Issues (III) |
| 2007 | International
Information Issues (III) and Digital Libraries (DL) |
| 2006 | International Information Issues (III) |
| 2005 | International Information Issues (III) |
| 2004 | Scientific & Technical Information Systems (STI) |
| 2003 | Information Needs, Seeking and Use (USE) |
| 2002 | International Information Issues (III), Scientific & Technical Information Systems (STI) |
| 2001 | International Information Issues (III) |
| 2000 | International Information Issues (III) |
| 1999 | Medical Informatics (MED) |
| 1997 | International Information Issues (III) |
| 1996 | Classification Research (CR) |
| 1995 | Classification Research (CR) |
| 1994 | Library Automation & Networks (LAN) |
| 1993 | International Information Issues (III) |
| 1992 | Classification Research (CR) |
| 1991 | International Information Issues (III) |
| 1990 | Classification Research (CR) |
| 1989 | Medical Information Systems (MED) |
| 1988 | Medical Information Systems (MED) |
| 1987 | Behavioral & Social Sciences (BSS) |
| 1986 | Medical Information Systems (MED) |
| 1985 | Classification Research (CR) |
| 1984 | International Information Issues (III) |
| 1983 | International Information Issues (III) |
| 1982 | Education for Information Science (ED) |
| 1981 | Energy and Environmental Information (EEI) |
| 1980 | Library Automation & Networks (LAN) |
| 1979 | Library Automation & Networks (LAN) |
| 1978 | Public-Private Interface (PPI) |
| 1977 | Education for Information Science (ED) |
| 1976 | Biological & Chemical Information Systems (BC) |