Umbrella 2013 award
LIRG<https://sites.google.com/site/lirgweb/home> is pleased to provide a bursary to cover registration at the CILIP<http://www.cilip.org.uk/Pages/default.aspx> Umbrella<http://www.cilip.org.uk/umbrella2013/pages/default.aspx> 2013 Conference on 2nd – 3rd July at the University of Manchester. The awards will cover the conference registration fee (£340 + VAT), one night’s accommodation at the George Kenyon Hall at the University, and attendance at the Conference Reception and Conference Dinner.
Keynote Speakers at the conference include: Roly Keating (Chief Executive, British Library) and Janice Lachance (CEO Special Libraries Association).
LIRG will be holding its AGM in Manchester on July 1st, the day before the start of the conference.
Applicants should provide a brief statement (up to 50 words) outlining how attendance at Umbrella 2013 will impact on their professional practice. The best statements (as judged by two LIRG committee members) will receive the bursary.
Closing date for applications: Friday 12 April.
Conditions: Applicants will be responsible for meeting their own travel, accommodation and subsistence costs. They will also be expected to produce a brief account of their experience at the Conference for the LIRG journal, Library and Information Research<http://www.lirgjournal.org.uk/lir/ojs/index.php/lir/index>.
To apply for the bursary, please email the following details to [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
Name
Email Address
Employer Details
Please include a statement on how attendance at the Umbrella 2013 conference will impact on your professional practice (50 Words Maximum).
Dr. Louise Cooke
Director of Postgraduate Programmes
Dept. of Information Science
Bridgeman Building 1.13
Loughborough University
Loughborough
LE11 3TU
UK
Tel. +44(0)1509 228058
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