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The International Association of Law Libraries each year makes available financial assistance to enable law librarians who are normally unable to benefit from Association activities to attend the Annual Course in International Law Librarianship that forms the annual conference of the Association. Information about the conference is on the IALL Website.
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Benefits
- The conference registration fee is waived
- A grant of up to US$1,500 to assist with accommodation and travel costs
- membership of IALL for one year (including journal) without charge
IALL offers three bursaries to attend its Conference comprising the following benefits:
Applications
The bursaries are usually advertised in late February or early March each year and applications are invited at that time. Please do not send applications before 1st March. The deadline for 2008 applications to be received is May 15 and all applications will be considered after that date.
Application should normally be by typed letter with full contact details to:
Chair, IALL Scholarships Committee
Bergen University Library
Law Library
N-5020 Bergen
NORWAY
Email: halvor.kongshavn@ub.uib.no
Please give the following information:
- A full resume/curriculum vitae including:
- Name and qualifications
- Full contact details including email if available
- Details of present job
- Present and past employers
- Membership of professional associations
- Attendance at conferences
- Your reasons for wanting to attend this conference, the expected benefits and how you intend to disseminate those benefits.
- A reference from your employer including permission to attend the conference.
- Name and qualifications
2008 Deadline
Applications must be received by May 15th .
Report
Recipients will undertake to write a report for publication by IALL by the end of the year of the conference.
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Selection Guidelines
- Applicants do not need to be members of the Association.
- Applicants should be in current employment in librarianship with significant legal context to their work. The bursaries and scholarships are not designed for students or those not currently in employment.
- Preference will be given to:
- applicants who demonstrate promise and are likely to make a significant contribution to the profession of law librarianship;
- applicants who cannot otherwise afford to attend;
- applicants who have not received an IALL bursary or scholarship before;
- applicants who have not attended a conference outside their own country / region or studied or worked outside their own country before.
- IALL bursaries are not open to officers or members of the Board of the Association.
Award
The President in consultation with the Board of Directors of the Association will decide on awards. The Association may make no awards, vary the amount of the awards or make additional awards within the above limit. The Association's decisions on the award of bursaries are final and no correspondence will be entered into.
Enquiries
Enquiries can be made in writing to:
Chair, IALL Scholarships Committee
Bergen University Library
Law Library
N-5020 Bergen
NORWAY
Email: halvor.kongshavn@ub.uib.no