Last Call for 2011 LIRG Research Award of £2000 Apologies for cross-posting 2011 LIRG Research Awards - closing date is 13 May 2011. The purpose of the Award is to encourage research and innovation in library and information science. Particular attention will be paid to proposals intended to improve the accessibility, retrievability and usefulness of information. The maximum value of the Award is £2000. The Award may be used to defray research expenses (e.g. 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. See http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/research/awards/pages/lirg-research-award.aspx for full details. The 2010 LIRG Research Awards winner Kathleen Irvine, Subject Librarian, Highland Health Services Library, University of Stirling is reporting on her research in health information services ‘Prioritising research and dissemination: a Delphi study of NHS Highland midwives’ at Umbrella on Wednesday 13th July. Alan Poulter - LIRG Awards and Prizes Dept of Computer and Information Sciences University of Strathclyde mailto:[log in to unmask] http://www.cis.strath.ac.uk/cis/staff/index.php?uid=ap tel: 0141 548 3911 The University of Strathclyde is a charitable body, registered in Scotland, with registration number SC015263