Scholarships

• Annual Fellowship Program - new in 2011
• BIALL Annual Study Conference Scholarship - no longer offered
• The Lynn Pollack Memorial Scholarship
• Pacific Libraries Scholarship - no longer offered - it was replaced by the Pacific Assistance Award in 2011

Annual Fellowship Program

The ALLA Annual Fellowship aims to provide current members of ALLA with an opportunity to attend a professional development event from one of the following programs:

• AALL (American Association of Law Libraries)
• BIALL (British & Irish Association of Law Librarians)
• CALL (Canadian Association of Law Libraries)
• IALL (International Association of Law Libraries)
• IFLA(International Federation of Library Associations & Institutions)
• JSI (Joint Study Institute)
• NZLLA (New Zealand Law Librarians’ Association)

ALLA will fund $3000 to cover registration, travel, insurance and accommodation expenses.

Annual Fellowship Application Form 2011

Annual Fellowship Program Guidelines and Selection Criteria

The 2011 Annual Fellowship Committee comprises Leanne Cummings, Michael coates and Lisa Sylvester.

Message from the National President 9 May 2011

I am very pleased to announce that Debbie Bennett, Manager of NSW Law Courts Library, is the first recipient of the ALLA Fellowship Scholarship. Congratulations Debbie!

The National Executive and the Selection Committee would like to thank all the applicants for taking the time to apply and we encourage them to do so again next year.

Debbie has selected the IALL conference, to be held in Kuala Lumpur in December 2011. I look forward to reading about Debbie's adventures in a later edition of the Australian Law Librarian.

Regards
Naish Peterson
ALLA President

Scholarship Recipients

BIALL Annual Study Conference Scholarship

Please note that this scholarship will not be offered from 2011 - it has been replaced by the Annual Fellowship Program.

An annual scholarship awarded to a financial member of the ALLA to attend the British and Irish Association of Law Librarians (BIALL) annual conference.

The 2010 Scholarship recipient is Tracey Vitnell, the Library Manager for Gilbert + Tobin in New South Wales. Tracey attended the 2010 BIALL conference "Risks and Opportunities" which was held in Brighton, UK, 10-12 June 2010.

The 2010 Scholarship was sponsored by Justis. Justis has donated AU$3000 towards travel and accommodation costs. BIALL registration fees are waived.

BIALL Scholarship 2010 Guidelines & Selection Criteria

The 2010 BIALL Scholarship Committee includes:
Petal Kinder;
Jeannine Goasdoue;
Merrilyn Evans; and
Leanne Cummings.

Scholarship Recipients

Lynn Pollack Memorial Scholarship - 2011

Lynn Pollack was a strong role model for many law librarians. She was inspirational in her dedication to her profession. She encouraged and supported her colleagues, taking an interest in their careers.

As a tribute to Lynn’s memory the Australian Law Librarians’ Association (ALLA) has established a scholarship to assist new law librarians and library technicians in their professional development. The scholarship gives a new law librarian or technician the opportunity to attend the Australian Law Librarians’ Conference.

The scholarship provides:

• registration to the conference (provided gratis by the Division hosting the conference) and $500.00 for a scholarship winner who resides in the state or territory in which the conference is held; or
• registration to the conference (provided gratis by the Division hosting the conference) and $1000.00 for a scholarship winner who does not reside in the state or territory in which the conference is held - in order to assist the applicant with airfares and accommodation.

Guidelines and Application details

The 2011 Lynn Pollack Scholarship Committee comprises James Butler, Cindy Martin and Lianne-Forster-Knight.

Message from the ALLA President on 17 August about the 2011 winner:

It is with great pleasure that I announce that David Furler from the Law Institute of Victoria is this year's winner of the Lynn Pollack Scholarship award. David has been a great contributor to ALLA behind the scenes and both the selection committee and the National Executive are thrilled to award David this scholarship.

Thank you to those who took the time to apply and we encourage all eligible members to take advantage of this scholarship opportunity and to apply next year.

Kind regards

Naish Peterson

ALLA President

Scholarship Recipients

Pacific Libraries Scholarship

Please note that this scholarship is no longer offered - it was replaced by the Pacific Assistance Award in 2011.

Established in 2001 the Pacific Libraries Scholarship is awarded annually by the Australian Law Librarians' Association (ALLA) to law librarians and law library staff from the Pacific Islands.

2010 Scholarship

ALLA is very pleased to announce that the 2010 recipient is Ms. Leutu Leuluaialii, who is the Law Librarian at the Attorney-General's Office in Samoa. The scholarship gives the recipient the opportunity to:

• attend a three day work placement from Monday 27 September 2010 – Wednesday 29 September 2010; and
• attend the 2010 Australian Law Librarians’ Association and New Zealand Law Librarians’ Association Joint conference, Thursday 30 September – Friday 1 October 2010. Visit the conference website for details at
  http://crosscurrents.org.au

The work placement and conference will be in Melbourne. The work placement program will be tailored in consultation with the successful applicant.

The Scholarship includes one economy return airfare, accommodation, meal allowances and visa costs.

The 2010 Pacific Islands Scholarship Committee includes:
Naish Peterson;
Narelle Leonard;
Sue Coates; and
a representative from the Victorian Division

Scholarship Recipients