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 Program Guidelines and Selection Criteria

Message from the ALLA National Vice President, 3 April 2012

I have great delight in announcing that Amanda Surrey has been awarded the fellowship for 2012. Amanda works with BHP Billiton as the Manager of Group Legal. She was particularly interested in the AALL conference as there are significant developments in the globalisation of law and merging of law firms and publishers; also the movement into the mobile world and its challenges that the profession is facing. Amanda has been an ALLA member for 15 years, with contributions in various activities since 1997 in State and National level. She has worked as editor of the Victorian newsletter, Convenor of the Victorian 2003 conference and more recently as co-convenor of the 2006 conference.

Amanda has agreed to tweet and blog about her experience and insight from AALL (American Association of Law Libraries) conference which she is  attending. I will let you know closer to the event details on how to locate Amanda's tweets and blog.

On behalf of the Committee we thank everyone who submitted applications as they were of a high standard.

Regards

Lisa Sylvester

National Vice President, Australian Law Librarians' Association

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Please note that this scholarship will not be offered from 2011 - it has been replaced by the Annual Fellowship Program.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