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*** Apologies for cross posting *** LIRG and JIBS Students Prizes The Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) and the JIBS User Group JIBS) each award a student prize each year for an outstanding research-based project. Both prizes will be for a Postgraduate dissertation or a final year Undergraduate project. The LIRG student prize will be awarded for a research based project on any LIS topic. The JIBS student prize will be restricted to the area of library information systems, bibliographic databases or other electronic technologies and how such resources or technologies are being developed or exploited; practical projects that exploit such technologies may also be submitted. Each School of Library and Information Studies is invited to nominate one of their student's projects for each prize. A student project may be submitted for both prizes but no single project will be given both prizes The closing date for submission is the 20th July 2014 Further details on the prizes and how to submit are now available:- LIRG Prize: http://www.cilip.org.uk/get-involved/special-interest-groups/research/awards/pages/studentprize.aspx JIBS Prize: http://www.jibs.ac.uk/ Georgina Tarrant Library and Information Research Group Christine Christine Irving” To prosper in the Digital Age, people must become masters of information.” C. Stern (2003) *Information Skills for a 21st Century Scotland www.therightinformation.org/ <http://www.therightinformation.org/>* Information Literacy and Lifelong Learning:Policy Issues, the Workplace, Health and Public Libraries