Legal Research

BIALL Awards and Bursaries

Every year BIALL offers a number of Bursaries and Awards, which members can apply for and nominate individuals for. Please do support our partners and colleagues by nominating them for an award, alternatively you could reward yourself, by applying for one of our overseas or annual conference bursaries.

Awards to recognise achievement and good practice:

• BIALL Supplier of the Year *NEW* this year
• Legal Journals Award
• Wallace Breem Memorial Award
• Wildy BIALL Law Librarian of the Year

Bursaries to attend an overseas conference, such as:

• Association of American Law Libraries
• Canadian Association of Law Libraries
• Joint Study Institute
• Australian Law Libraries Association
• International Association of Law Libraries

Or any other appropriate overseas conference or event

Bursaries to attend our annual conference in Brighton in June:

• General bursaries open to all members
• Student bursaries
• Kluwer Law International sponsored award (by invite) for an European law librarian
• Legal Library Services sponsored award for to assist a law librarian from outside Europe and North America
• President?s bursaries for retired and life members
• Sweet & Maxwell bursary

All members are welcome to apply, and if you're currently looking for a new post, this might be a great opportunity to get a bursary and network at the conference.

Other awards and bursaries

• Alex McVitty Memorial Award to support a City University student who wishes to develop a career in law librarianship
• Betty Moys Fund to enable members to make professional visits overseas

Check the BIALL website for further information and dates when awards are opened for this year, or email the Chair of the Awards and Bursaries committee.

Full post as published by The BIALL Blog on February 05, 2010 (boomark / email).