Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the availability of the next round of Research
Grants. On behalf of the Committee we hope many of you will
participate. If you have any questions or suggestions, please let me know.
Thanks.
Michael
*AALL/Aspen Publishers Grants Program Seeks Applications for $5,000 in
Research Grants that can be awarded this fall. *
The Research Committee of the American Association of Law Libraries is
accepting applications through Oct. 28, 2004 for research grants from
the AALL/Aspen Publishers Grants Program, totaling up to $5,000.
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. The grants program funds small or large
research projects that create, disseminate, or otherwise use legal and
law-related information as its focus. 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 AALL Research Agenda offers suggestions for possible research
projects that cover a wide segment of professional interest including:
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, and 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 Publishers Grant Program was established in 1996 with a
generous contribution of $50,000 from Aspen Publishers, a New York-based
legal publisher. Aspen Publishers 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. Aspen's 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, 2004. Grants will
be awarded and announced in December. Allocation of the research grants
will be at the sole discretion of the AALL Research Committee.
For more information about the grants, please contact Michael Slinger,
Chair of the AALL Research Committee, at michael.slinger@law.csuohio.edu
The members of the AALL Research Committee are:
Michael Slinger, Chair, Cleveland-Marshall College of Law, Cleveland
State University
Trina Tinglum, University of St. Thomas
Susan Tulis, Southern Illinois University
Duncan Alford, Georgetown University
Karen Beck, Boston College
Joel Fishman, Duquesne University/Allegheny County Law Library
Eloise Vondruska, Northwestern University
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