Awards

• Prenax - ALLA Outstanding Achievement Award
• Ted Glasson Australian Law Librarian Award
• ALLA Certificate of Appreciation
• Pacific Assistance Award - new in 2011

Prenax ALLA Outstanding Achievement Award

The ALLA Outstanding Achievement Award  (formerly known as the Australian Law Librarian of the Year Award) was established in 2006. The award recognises and celebrates the dedicated work and achievement conducted by Law Librarians. The award was an initiative of the retired Legal Library Services(LLS) founder Brian Murray and is continued by Prenax Ltd www.prenax.com who joined forces with LLS in 2008.

• 2010 Nomination Form
• Nominations close 20 August 2010

The 2010 Prenax Award Panel includes:
James Butler;
Marisa Bendeich; and
Dorothy Shea

Ted Glasson Australian Law Librarian Award

The Ted Glasson Australian Law Librarian Award is sponsored by the Australian Law Librarian (ALL) the official journal of the Australian Law Librarians' Association. An annual award of $250.00 will be presented for the best feature length article published in the Australian Law Librarian.

• Read the 2011 award winning article
• Award Procedure

The 2011 Ted Galsson Award Panel includes:
Dorothy Shea;
Merrilyn Evans; and
Anne Heritage.

ALLA Certificate of Appreciation

This certificate will be awarded to a member of the Australian Law Librarians’ Association who has made a significant contribution to ALLA or to the profession of law librarianship generally in 2011-12.

This may include:

• contributed towards an objective of the Association eg conducting a professional development session at a Divisional or National event
• participated on an ALLA initiative or project (Divisional and or National)
• served as an ALLA committee member (Divisional and or National)
• represented ALLA at a forum or event

Vendors may also nominate for the Certificate.

Nominations will be considered by the National President and the President or a representative from each Division.

Presentation of Certificates

• Recipients will be awarded their certificate at their local Divisional meeting/event at a date to be determined by the Divisional President.
• Recipients will be recorded in the National President’s Report tabled at the Annual General Meeting.

Nomination Form

• Nominations close 20 August 2012

Pacific Assistance Award

In 2011 the former Pacific Scholarship became the Pacific Assistance Award.

This monetary award will provide an opportunity for a Pacific Law Library staff member, such as a library manager, librarian or library assistant, to improve capacity within their library workplace and therefore benefit the library and the law and justice sector agency they work in.

For example, the award could be used to:

• Purchase textbooks for the collection and/or subscription to legal databases;
• Purchase essential equipment such as a printer, digital camera, scanner and/or hard drive;
• Purchase bookshelves and/or furniture; or
• Invest in professional development such as improving legal research skills or gaining a librarianship qualification.

Three Assistance Awards may be granted each year:

• One Assistance Award of $1500
• One Assistance Award of $500
• A one year subscription to the Australian Law Librarian journal

The application form and award guidelines are available below.

Pacific Award Guidelines

Pacific Award Application Form (PDF version)

Pacific Award Application Form (MS Word version)

Pacific Assistance Award 2012

Announcement by the ALLA President, Lisa Sylvester, on 18 September 2012:

"I am pleased to announce that the successful applicant who was awarded the Pacific Islands Law Libraries assistance award for 2012 was the University of the South Pacific. The amount of the award is $1500 which will be provided for the following:

'Use the funds to expand the law collection at Laucala, placing emphasis on purchasing reference works and recent treatises in the areas offered by USP. Subject areas needing enhancement include environmental law, health law, equity, and company law.'

On behalf of ALLA we thank Julie Reynolds for taking the time to apply on behalf of USP."