The AALL/LexisNexis® Call for Papers Awards Program Application

Eligibility

Papers may be submitted in any of the following categories:

• Open Division: Active and Retired AALL members who have been members for five or more years.
• New Members Division: Active and Retired AALL members who have been members of AALL for fewer than five years.
• Student Division: Those enrolled in library school, information management school or the equivalent, or in law school, during the Fall 2009 or Spring 2010 semester. Entrants in the Student Division need not be members of AALL.

If the Committee believes that a paper is more appropriately placed in a division other than the one originally selected by the entrant, it reserves the right, with the entrant’s permission, to place it in a different category.

Content and Format

No paper or portion of a paper that has been published or accepted for publication before March 1, 2010 will be eligible for consideration. Before submitting a paper, all authors are responsible for verifying that a substantially similar paper has not been published elsewhere. Papers submitted for courses are acceptable if they otherwise comply with the requirements of this contest.

A paper may address any subject relevant to law librarianship. It may be scholarly or practical in substance and tone, but the subject should be explored in depth with appropriate reference to sources and documentation of assertions.

Co-authored papers are acceptable, but each author who submits a co-authored entry for the Student Division must meet the student eligibility requirements of this category. Papers in the Open and New Members divisions may be co-authored with non-AALL members so long as the AALL member is the primary author of the submitted piece; in this case the prize will be awarded to the AALL member only. When all co-authors are AALL members, the winners will share the $750 award. Entrants may submit more than one paper, but may win only one prize per year. To encourage as wide participation in the competition as possible, authors may win a prize only twice in the same division.

Papers must be numbered and double-spaced with one-and-one-half (1 1/2) inch margins. Past winners have typically run between 30-40 pages. Citation and style must conform to the requirements outlined in the Law Library Journal “Author’s Guide”. Each submission must be accompanied by a cover letter describing the purpose of the paper, a short abstract, and a completed Application Form.

Submissions for the Student Division must include a supporting letter from an instructor at the institution where the student is enrolled (preferably the supervising faculty member of the paper).

All submissions must be Microsoft Word. They should be sent as attachments to an e-mail to Hannah Phelps at AALL.

Submission Deadlines

To be eligible for an award in the Open or New Members Division, papers, together with all required supporting documents, must be submitted by March 2, 2010.

To be eligible for an award in the Student Division, papers, together with all required supporting documents, must be submitted by April 15, 2010.

If you have any questions, contact the Chair of the Call for Papers Committee, James Donovan via email jdonovan@uga.edu or phone: (706)542-5077.

Papers will be reviewed by the AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Committee. All decisions of this Committee are final. Submission constitutes permission by the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL) to make the winning paper available on AALLNET and/or any AALL/LexisNexis Call for Papers Committee website.

Papers for the Open and New Member Division must be received at AALL Headquarters by March 2, 2010. Papers in the Student Division must be received by April 15, 2010.

Submit this application, your paper (as a Microsoft Word attachment), an abstract (no more than 1 page), and for the Student Division also an instructor's letter, to Hannah Phelps at AALL Headquarters.