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ELSEVIER/LIRG RESEARCH AWARD - CLOSING DATE FOR SUBMISSION 31ST OCTOBER
2001
The Library and Information Research Group invites applications for the
2001 Elsevier/LIRG Research Award. The purpose of the Award is to
encourage research and innovation in library and information science. It
is intended that particular attention will be paid to proposals intended to
improve the accessibility, retrievability and usefulness of information.
The maximum value of the Award is £1000.
Previous winners of the Award have included:
*Jo Drew of Manchester Metropolitan University to fund travel to China to
investigate business information in trade and business relationships
between China and the UK
*Elisabeth Davenport of Indiana University and Queen Margaret College,
Edinburgh for work on costing and charging for academic networked services
in the UK.
*David Allen of Sheffield University to investigate information strategies,
teaching/learning strategies and the transformation of the HE sector.
*Mark Gillham and Kathy Buckner of Queen Margaret College for a study of
access strategies of home users of interactive multimedia CD-ROM
information systems.
*Susan Copeland of Robert Gordon University to undertake a study of
electronic theses.
*Jonathan Willson of Manchester Metropolitan University for a study of
privacy and confidentiality of Internet use in public libraries
*Elizabeth Gadd of Loughborough University for a study on copyright
clearance issues relating to Higher Education Libraries
*John Cullen (Institute of Technology, Tallaght) for his work on the Irish
market for library and information work
The Award may be used to defray research expenses (eg travel, postage
costs) to fund attendance at high level meetings or to fund a study tour.
However, a clear overall aim for the research must be stated: visits for
general professional development will not be considered.
There is no application form, and proposals may be made in any suitable
form. As guidance, it is suggested that the following should be included:
*A description of the proposed research, including a title, the
objective(s), the methodology, the expected timescale, and any other
related work (by the proposer or others)
*A financial projection, including all anticipated expenditure, which will
be used as the basis on which any award if assessed. Where it is proposed
to use funding from other sources to supplement the Award this should be
clearly stated. Proposers should note that Elsevier/LIRG Award should be
the principal source of funding for the research.
*Curriculum vitae of proposer
Proposals must reach the LIRG Awards and Prizes Officer, Noeleen Cookman,
David Haynes Associates, Signet House, 49-51 Farringdon Road London EC1M
3JP
Telephone: 020 7242 4849 Fax: 020 7242 4858
[Email: [log in to unmask]]
by 31st. October 2001. Informal discussion of proposals is welcomed.
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