Library Technician Research Award

The Library Technician Research Award ( previously the Dunn & Wilson scholarship ) provides the recipient/s with an opportunity to undertake a particular project of relevance to the role of library technicians in the broad library and information profession. The award proposal can be made by an individual financial library technician member or a group of financial library technician members.

The award is a biennial award of up to $5,000 (currently presented at the biennial library technicians conference) and is open to all financial Library Technician members of ALIA.

Award recipients are required to:

• Present the Library Technician Research Award topic at the ALIA Library Technicians Conference or equivalent event. The presentation should include a report on the project, detailing the project's outcomes, benefits to the individual and the profession.
• Prepare a comprehensive scholarly report on their studies, suitable for publication as a journal article.
• Provide ALIA National Library Technicians Group Committee a six monthly report detailing the progress made since inception of the previous report, including reconciliation of expenses to date. The report will then be forwarded to the ALIA Research Committee for information.

In awarding the Library Technician Research Award, ALIA reserves the right to make broad adjustments to the proposed project to ensure optimal relevance for the association and library technician roles and practices.
Nominations will be considered by a selection committee, which will include a representative of the ALIA Research Committee, for recommendation to the Board of Directors.

Nominations are now open for 2013

This award proudly sponsored in 2009 by Charles Sturt University

This award also sponsored in 2009 by Blackwell