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Applications Sought for $1,425 in Research Grants to be Awarded this Spring from the AALL Research Fund: An Endowment Established by LexisNexis®

Posted March 06, 2009
By Therese Clarke

The AALL Research and Publications Committee is accepting applications through Friday, March 27, 2009, for research grants from the AALL Research Fund, totaling up to $1,425.

 

The committee will award one or more grants to library professionals who wish to conduct research that supports the research/scholarly agenda of the profession of librarianship. Established with a generous endowment from LexisNexis in July 2000, the annual grants fund small or large research projects that create, disseminate, or use legal and law-related information. Projects may range from the historical (indexes, legislative histories, bibliographies, biographies, or directories) to the theoretical (trends in cataloging, publishing, or new service models in libraries) to the practical (implementation models for collection, personnel, or infrastructure management).

 

The AALL Research Agenda offers suggestions for possible research projects that cover a wide range of professional interests, including the profession of law librarianship, law library patrons, law library services, legal research and bibliography, legal information resources, and law library facilities. Projects, however, are not limited to those described in the agenda, and the committee will consider all applications and research projects. To review AALL’s Research

Agenda, please visit http://www.aallnet.org/committee/respub/research/agenda.asp.

 

To apply for the grants, all applicants must provide resumes and statements of their qualifications for carrying out their projects. The applications should demonstrate experience with research projects and an understanding of the dissemination and use of legal and law-related information. Priority will be given to individual AALL members or AALL members working in partnership with other information professionals. The grant application and complete guidelines are available at www.aallnet.org/about/grant_application.asp.

 

The submission deadline for applications is Friday, March 27, 2009. Grants will be awarded and announced in May 2009. Allocation of the research grants will be at the sole discretion of the AALL Research and Publications Committee.

 

For more information, consult the AALL Research and Publications Committee Web site, at www.aallnet.org/committee/respub/.

 

The members of the AALL Research and Publications Committee are: Annmarie Zell, Chair (New York University Law School Library); Pamela Melton, Vice Chair (Coleman Karesh Law Library, University of South Carolina); Daniel R. Campbell (U.S. Court of International Trade Library); Jacqueline Cantwell (Brooklyn Supreme Court Library); Annemarie Donovan (Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP); Debora Person (George W. Hopper Law Library, University of Wyoming); Adeen Postar (Pence Law Library, Washington College of Law, American University); Margaret A. Schilt (University of Chicago D'Angelo Law Library); Paula Seeger (University of Minnesota Law Library), Kama Sue Siegel (Schwabe, Williamson & Wyatt); Maryruth Storer (Orange County Public Law Library); and Sharon Wang (Osgoode Hall Law School Library).

Submitted by Annmarie Zell

  
 
 
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