sent on behalf of the Research & Publications Committee
AALL/Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Grants Program Seeks Applications for
$5,000 in
Research Grants to be Awarded This Year
The AALL Research & Publications Committee is accepting applications
through Monday, November 3, 2008, for research grants from the
AALL/Wolters Kluwer Law & Business 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,
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 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 visit www.aallnet.org/committee/research/agenda.asp.
The AALL/Wolters Kluwer Law & Business Grant Program was first established
in 1996 with a generous contribution of $50,000. Wolters Kluwer 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. The 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 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/wklb_grant_application.asp.
The submission deadline for applications is Monday, November 3, 2008.
Grants will be awarded and announced in January 2009. Allocation of the
research grants will be at the sole discretion of the AALL Research &
Publications Committee.
For more information about the grants, please contact Annmarie Zell, chair
of the
AALL Research & Publications Committee, at annmarie.zell@nyu.edu.
The members of the AALL Research & Publications Committee are:
Annmarie Zell, Chair, NYU Law School Library
Pamela Melton, Vice Chair, University of South Carolina, Coleman Karesh
Law Library
Daniel Campbell, U.S. Court of International Trade Library
Jacqueline Cantwell, Brooklyn Supreme Court Library
Annemarie Donovan, Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP
Debora Person, University of Wyoming, George W. Hopper Law Library
Adeen Postar, American University, Washington College of Law, Pence Law
Library
Margaret Schilt, University of Chicago D’Angelo Law Library
Paula Seeger, University of Minnesota Law Library
Maryruth Storer, Orange County Public Law Library
Sharon Wang, Osgoode Law School Library, York University
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