The purpose of the FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians is to provide financial assistance to ensure the presence and participation of a foreign librarian at the AALL Annual Meeting.  Foreign attendees enrich AALL events by sharing global perspectives for the benefit of all participants.

 

    The FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians for the July 10-13, 2010 Annual Meeting in Denver, Colorado, provides the following support:

 

   1. A waiver of the AALL Annual Meeting full registration fee.

 

   2. A grant of a minimum US $2,000 to assist with accommodations and travel costs.

 

    Note: The FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians recipient will be responsible for supplementing the Schaffer Grant funds with other sources if necessary.

 

 

   Qualifications: An applicant must be a law librarian or other professional working in the legal information field, who is currently employed in a country other than the United States.  An applicant must be in a position of significant responsibility for the dissemination, preservation, and/or organization of legal information.  An applicant may be from any type of law library (public, law firm, corporate, academic, court, etc.).  An applicant  who would not otherwise have the opportunity to attend the AALL Annual Meeting is invited and encouraged to apply. 

 

    The Grant Committee will not consider applications from individuals who have previously received the FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians.

 

 

    Selection Criteria:  The Grant Committee will evaluate an application on the basis of the foreign law librarian’s ability to add to our knowledge of law, legal information, and law librarianship from a foreign perspective. The Grant Committee may give preference to an applicant from an under-represented country or region, to someone who demonstrates financial need, or to an applicant who has never attended an AALL Annual Meeting

 

    In order to ensure diversity, the Grant Committee will endeavor not to select recipients from the same country as FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians recipients of the previous three years.

 

 

    Grant Recipient Responsibilities: At the conference, the FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians recipient will be expected to share his or her knowledge and experience with other law librarians by making a presentation, participating in a panel discussion, or taking questions from the audience at an FCIL-sponsored meeting or event. After the conference, the FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians recipient agrees to write a short article or report (1-2 pages in length) for the Fall 2010 issue of the FCIL newsletter.  The recipient is welcome to propose alternate or additional means of sharing his or her knowledge.

 

 

    Details regarding the FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians, as well as the application form, can be found at the link below:

    http://www.aallnet.org/sis/fcilsis/grants.html

                                                                       

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