The Research Committee of the American Association of Law Libraries
is accepting applications through May 1 for grants from the AALL
Research Fund. The committee will award one or more grants
totaling up to $5,000 to library professionals who want to conduct
research that affects librarianship.
Established with an endowment from LexisNexis(tm) in July 2000, the
annual grants fund projects that create, disseminate or use legal and
law-related information. The Association's Research Agenda offers
suggestions for research projects that cover the profession of law
librarianship, law library patrons, law library services, legal research
and bibliography, legal information resources and law library facilities.
However, projects are not limited to those described in the agenda; the
committee will consider all applications and research projects. To
review AALL's complete Research Agenda,
please go to http://www.aallnet.org/about/research_fund.asp.
To apply for the grants, all applicants must provide resumes and statements
of their qualifications for carrying out their projects. The applications
must
demonstrate experience with research projects and an understanding of the
dissemination and use of legal and law-related information. Priority will be
given to practicing law librarians and AALL members, working individually or
in partnership with other information professionals. The grant application
and complete guidelines are
available at http://www.aallnet.org/about/research_fund.asp.
The submission deadline for applications is May 1. Grants will be awarded
and announced by June 1. Allocation of the research grants will be at the
sole discretion of the AALL Research Committee.
The committee members are:
Chair Kevin L. Butterfield, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Celeste Feather, University of Connecticut
Kevin P. Gray, Louisiana State University
Paul D. Healey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Grace M. Mills, independent
H. Kumar Percy, University of Texas
Dorene S. Smith, Ater Wynne, LLP
For more information about the grants, please contact Kevin Butterfield,
chair of the AALL Research Committee, at butterfi@law.uiuc.edu.
LexisNexis(tm) has been a longtime supporter of AALL. The company is proud
of its successful partnership with the Association on various projects, such
as the John R. Johnson Scholarship fund, the eight AALL Resource Guides for
law firm libraries, the AALL Toolkit on the Value of Law Libraries, and
numerous events at each Annual Meeting. With these new research grants,
LexisNexis(tm) hopes to continue its commitment to advancing the future of
information professionals.
Kevin Butterfield
Head of Technical Services &
Asst. Professor of Library Administration
Albert E. Jenner, Jr. Memorial Law Library
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
142C Law Building
504 E. Pennsylvania Ave
Champaign, IL 61820
PH: (217) 244-3047
FAX: (217) 244-8500
email: butterfi@law.uiuc.edu
http://www.law.uiuc.edu/library/home/Libfac2/kbutterfield.htm
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