PROJECT TEAM AT HUDDERSFIELD UNIVERSITY
WINS DAPHNE CLARK PRIZE

A project team based at Huddersfield University has won the 1998  Daphne
Clark Prize. The Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) awards the
Prize annually for excellence in practitioner based  research.  The project
team, led by Margaret Weaver, examined the effects of using supplied
classification numbers and subject headings on throughput, cost, and subject
retrievability of new acquisitions.    The project used some interesting and
novel methodologies for benchmarking processes,  analysing scatter, and
evaluating subject strings.   The Prize will be presented to Margaret Weaver
on behalf of the team at the AGM of the Library and Information Research
Group (LIRG) in Wednesday 17th. March 1999.   Other members of the team were
Eileen Hiller, Ian Jennings, Jennifer Brook, Heather Moreton, and Elizabeth
Jolly.   This is the second award of the Prize - the previous winner was
Neil Jacobs of Sussex University Library for a study of the use of Internet
resources by researchers at the University.

Entries are still being accepted for the 1999 Daphne Clark Prize.  The Prize
is worth £250 and is for research by practitioners which has made a useful
and timely contribution.  Entries will be judged each year by a panel made
up of members of the Library and Information Research Group.  The judging
panel will look for evidence of successful innovation based upon sound and
transferable research methods.  The Prize is intended to encourage the use
of sound methodologies in practitioner based library and information
research and to encourage wider dissemination of small studies conducted by
practitioners.

Entries are acceptable from any individuals or staff teams who have
conducted practitioner based research.  Their employer can also nominate
candidates.   Entries should consist of a short summary (2000-5000 words) of
the research activity, method, and outcomes.  This could be the report of
the study supplemented by a brief description of how the research was used.
Any sort of research project can be nominated but externally funded projects
are not eligible.  The research must have been completed within the last two
years.  Applications should include the name of the candidate(s), a contact
address, and a brief CV.   Candidates may be required to provide further
evidence of the work undertaken (eg working papers, reports, committee
papers etc) if required.

Prize winners will be asked to submit a short report describing their
research within three months of receiving the Prize.  This will be published
in the Group's journal, Library & Information Research News or publicised as
considered appropriate by the judging panel.  If the research findings have
been previously published, then the report submitted for Library and
Information Research News must demonstrate originality.

The closing date for applications is 31st. January 1999 and it is expected
that the prize winner will be announced at the Group's AGM in March.
Applications should be sent to Philip Payne, Chair, Library & Information
Research Group,  Leeds Metropolitan University, Learning Support Services,
Calverley Street, Leeds LS1 3HE (telephone 0113 283 5966, fax 0113 283 3123,
email [log in to unmask])


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