ANLTC / Swets Research Award

The objective of this funding award, which is offered biennially, is to encourage practitioner-based research among librarians in ANLTC member libraries.  The award is generously supported by Swets Information Services.  Funding can be used to defray research expenses such as travel, visits, attendance at meetings or other activities directly related to the research project.

Entries are welcomed from librarians, in ANLTC member libraries, currently engaged in or wishing to undertake a research project. Research may be on any topic of relevance to the individual or their library.   Research proposals which have applicability to other ANLTC libraries will be particularly welcome. The judging panel will be looking for an awareness of reflective practice and evidence-based practice, along with sound research methodology.

ANLTC / Swets Research Award 2012: closing date 30 March 2012, competition and entry details here.

2009:   the Award went to Caleb Derven, University College Dublin, for his proposal Evaluating Services and Specifications for Reading List Systems.

2007:   the winner was Siobhan Dunne, Dublin City University for her study, Local Community Engagement: extending the role of the academic library to meet the university’s mission.

ANLTC Library Assistant Poster Competition  2012

To promote and support staff development, ANLTC is offering a prize of a two-hundred euro One4All voucher to an individual library staff member or group of staff at Library Assistant and equivalent grades.   The poster can be on any theme related to academic libraries.

Suggested themes, competition rules, entry details and a Poster Toolkit document is available from ANLTC here; the closing date is 30 March 2012.

Entries should be e-mailed to your local ANLTC representative and the winning entry will be selected by a panel of judges, which will include a representative from CONUL. Up to four runner-up awards may be given.

Previous Awards
To promote and support staff development, ANLTC offered the Library Assistant Bursary to an individual library staff member at Library Assistant or equivalent grade.  An award of up to €1,500  could be spent on travel, study, attendance at a conference or seminar or other relevant activities.  Recent winners were:

2009:   Maud Conry, National University of Ireland Galway -  E-book Update in Irish Academic Libraries – an Overview

2007:  Marie Cullen, National University of Ireland Maynooth – The British Library Digital Object Management Programme

2004:  Petra Shurenhofer, University College Dublin (report); joint runners-up, Andrea Mullen, St. Angela’s College, Sligo (constituent college of National University of Ireland Galway) and Louise Walsworth-Bell (National University of Ireland Maynooth)

2001:  Avril Patterson, University College Dublin (report); runner-up, Cecilia Kehoe, National University of Ireland Maynooth (report)

1997:  Irene Hennigan, Dublin City University