The Research Committee of the American Association of Law Libraries is
accepting applications through Oct. 28 for research grants from the
AALL/Aspen Law & Business Grants Program, totaling up to $12,000.
The committee will award one or more grants to library professionals who
want to conduct research that affects librarianship. The grants program
funds 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, 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 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 Research Agenda, please go to
http://www.aallnet.org/committee/research/agenda.asp.
The AALL/Aspen Law & Business Grant Program was established in 1996 with a
generous contribution of $50,000 from Aspen Law & Business, a New
York-based legal publisher. Aspen Law & Business considers its contribution
as an investment in research that will provide a prospective look at the
role of librarians, researchers and legal information providers and will
yield results to which publishers can respond. AALL & Aspen's joint goal is
to sponsor research that will have a practical impact on the law library
profession and inspire products and changes in the marketplace.
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/aspen_grant_application.asp.
The submission deadline for applications is Oct. 28. Grants will be awarded
and announced by Dec. 2. Allocation of the research grants will be at the
sole discretion of the AALL Research Committee.
For more information about the grants, please contact Kumar Percy, chair of
the AALL Research Committee, at kpercy@mail.law.utexas.edu.
The members of the AALL Research Committee are:
Kumar Percy, chair, University of Texas at Austin
Scott Childs, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Kevin P. Gray, Louisiana State University
Edwin Greenlee, University of Pennsylvania
Paul D. Healey, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Ellen McGrath, State University of New York at Buffalo
Grace M. Mills, Florida A&M University
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