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The NZLLA / Legal Library Services Travel Fund has been established to assist New Zealand Law Librarians’ Association (NZLLA) members with travel within or outside New Zealand. The fund is generously supported by Legal Library Services Limited. In each calendar year, NZLLA may award grants to its members from the resources of the fund for any of the following purposes:

• to further the continuing professional education of the recipient;

   

• to contribute to the knowledge and development of law librarianship in New Zealand; or

   

• to further the aims of the New Zealand Law Librarians’ Association.

  The total amount available for each year's awards is expected to be at least $1,000 but the exact amount available will be confirmed at the time of the calls for applications. A maximum of half of the total amount will be awarded in the first funding round. The funds remaining will be awarded in the second funding round.

  There will be two funding rounds in each calendar year: the first in April and the second in August. Closing dates for applications will be the Friday of the second week of April and August respectively. Further information about award criteria and how to apply is available here.

  2008 The winner of the 2008 NZLLA / LexisNexis International Scholarship, was  Kate Anthony . Kate is the Librarian at the Parliamentary Counsel Office.   

  2007 winner - Alistair Jenkin, Bell Gully who attended The BIALL 38th Annual Study Conference and Exhibition

  3. NZLLA / LexisNexis International Scholarship

  In 2004, thanks to the initiative by Past President Dougal McKechnie, the NZLLA / LexisNexis International Scholarship was established with the generous support of LexisNexis New Zealand.

  The scholarship is intended to foster international communication and education through activities involving an aspect of legal information management or law librarianship. The scholarship provides an opportunity for a member to represent and network on behalf of the NZLLA, as well as enhance their knowledge and understanding of issues and trends facing the legal information sector.

   

  2006 winner - Margaret Greville, who attended the 2006 Joint Study Institute Righting the World: Freedoms and Obligations in a Regulated Society held in Oxford, England on 10th–13th August 2006. Margaret's report is available here: Report on the JSI: The 2006 Oxford Joint Study Institute in the shadow of terrorism.

   

  2005 joint winners - Lisa White, Bell Gully and Karen Willyams, University of Canterbury. 24th Annual Course on International Law Librarianship,  Italy, September 2005.

   

  2004 winner - Louise Hall, Inland Revenue. AALL conference in Boston.

   

  4. NZLLA Prize for Best Student in INFO 548

   

  This prize of $500 is awarded to the best student undertaking the Law Librarianship elective (INFO 548) of the Master of Library and Information Studies programme at Victoria University of Wellington.  It was established in 2007 and it is intended that the prize be awarded each year that the elective is held (currently every two years).

   

  The prize winner is selected on the basis of their performance against the following criteria:  

   

  • Overall marks
  • Substantive contribution to class discussions
  • Attendance at classes

  The award is administered by the Victoria University of Wellington Foundation.

  2007 winner - Chris Owen.

   

   

   

  

   

  Presentation of the 2007 NZLLA Prize for Best Student in INFO 548. From left to right: Alistair Jenkin (NZLLA Vice President), Brenda Chawner (Victoria University of Wellington), Chris Owen, Jane Treadwell (2007 INFO 548 Course Co-ordinator)

  Chris Owen's response was: "I'm grateful to the New Zealand Law Librarian's Association for sponsoring this award. Educational opportunities like the INFO 548 course are important for both new librarians entering the profession, and experienced librarians looking to keep on top of the latest developments in the field. I have already had the chance to apply some of the things I learned on the course to my job at Simpson Grierson."  

   

  4. Other conference reports

  Alan Edwards attended the 2006 BIALL conference. His report is here.  

   

  5. Awards

  In 1997 the NZLIA awarded the New Zealand Law Librarians' Group, a Letter of Recognition. These are awarded to individuals or organisations who have rendered special or significant service to the NZLIA.

  The award read:-

   

   

   

   "In recognition of their initiative in successfully petitioning Parliament's Regulation Review Committee for changes relating to the publication of and public accessibility to parliamentary and government information, including statutes and regulations.

   

   

   

   

   

  The Regulation Review Committee adopted the bulk of the Groups' recommendations. As a direct result, government policy in relation to to access to government information in support of an informed democracy has been influenced to the benefit of libraries, the profession and the public of New Zealand."

   

   

   

   

   

  In the same year Pat Northey was also awarded a personal Letter of Recognition.

   

   

   

   

   

  Hers reads:-

   

   

   

   

   

  "In recognition of her sustained activity in improving access to official and legal information and her contribution to the development of law librarianship in New Zealand.

   

   

   

  Over a long career providing information services to the legal profession, Pat has campaigned effectively for improved and wider access to information produced by Parliament and government agencies, as well as better access to New Zealand court decisions. Earlier in her long-standing career many initiatives Pat undertook were ground-breaking in terms of New Zealand law librarianship. Recently she has worked with the New Zealand Law Librarians' Group to successfully lobby Parliament on information access issues."

   

   

   

   

  (1997) 217 Library Life 4. held at Sheffield, England on 14th–16th June 2007.