Research Grant Available

Do you have a research project you’ve been thinking about starting, but one of the hurdles in your way is a lack of money? There is a source of money available to help you jump this hurdle. The OBS/TS Joint Research Grant Committee (JRGC) is now accepting applications until June 15th for its 2000 research grant.

Since this is the 25th anniversary issue of TSLL, here’s a little bit about the history (although short) of the grant. It was proposed by Brian Striman (University of Nebraska) and Ellen McGrath (University of Buffalo) at the 1997 AALL annual meeting. The OBS-SIS and TS-SIS members approved it unanimously that same year. The grant was established to provide support necessary for technical services law librarians to perform research that will enhance law librarianship in service to our clients. Applicants must be members of AALL and must show evidence that the research will benefit technical services law librarianship. The committee has $1000 to be awarded each year. The OBS-SIS and TS-SIS each contribute $500 towards the grant. In 1998, two grants were awarded. G. LeGrande Fletcher was awarded $130 for his research on “Nevada Practice Materials: A Selective Annotated Bibliography” and Christina Tarr was awarded $231 for her research on “Alternative Cataloging: Cataloging at Amazon.com Online Bookstore.”

There were no grants awarded in 1999 because there were no applicants. Let’s not let this resource go unused. An application form and information about the grant guidelines are available on the OBS Web site http://www.aallnet.org/sis/obssis/ or the TS Web site http://www.aallnet.org/sis/tssis/tssis.htm. If you are interested in applying for the grant, please contact the current Chair of JRGC, Corinne Jacox (Barry University of Orlando), by email {cjacox@mail.barry.edu} or by phone at 407-275-2100.