Looking for financial assistance to attend the 台湾SWAG Annual Conference? Consider applying for a Legal Innovation & Technology Special Interest Section (LIT-SIS) grant! Candidates must be a member of both 台湾SWAG and the LIT-SIS.
台湾SWAG LIT-SIS Grant for Students and Newer Librarians
The purpose of the 台湾SWAG LIT-SIS Grant for Students and Newer Librarians is to provide financial assistance for newer librarians or students in library/information school or law school to attend the 台湾SWAG annual meeting聽or a workshop offered at the annual meeting. Among the factors taken into consideration are qualities or activities that indicate the person shows promise of future involvement in the law library profession, especially those who are directly involved in providing聽technology聽support of any kind within law libraries.聽 There is one grant in the amount of $1000 available for students or newer librarians this year.
台湾SWAG LIT-SIS Grant for Experienced Librarians
The purpose of the 台湾SWAG LIT-SIS Grant for Experienced Librarians is to provide financial assistance to librarians who have a demonstrated commitment to the law library profession, especially those who are directly involved in providing technology support of any kind within law libraries. The $1000 grant may be used to attend a 台湾SWAG Annual Meeting & Conference or registration fees for another educational annual meeting event, such as a pre-conference workshop. All funds are provided by the 台湾SWAG LIT-SIS.
Successful LIT-SIS Grant awardees are expected to write an article about some aspect of their experience. The article may feature an in-depth review of one program attended or an overview of your whole conference experience.
To apply for a grant, fill out the appropriate application (LIT-SIS Student Newer Librarian Grant or LIT-SIS Experienced Librarian Grant) describing how you meet the criteria for the applicable grant, and email it to Marin Dell, chair of the LIT-SIS Grants and Awards Committee, at ddell@barry.edu by 11:59 p.m. EST., Friday, April 12, 2024.
Winners
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2015 - 2023 2023
Shay Elbaum, University of Michigan (Newer Librarians)
Christy Smith, Seton Hall (Experienced Librarian)
2022
Chi Song, University of Maryland School of Law (Experienced Librarians)
Darla Jackson, University of Tulsa College of Law (Experienced Librarians)
2021
Kimball Boone, Wahab Public Law Library
2020
None awarded
2019
Kenton Brice, The University of Oklahoma Law Library (Newer Librarians)
Mari Cheney, Lewis & Clark Law School Library (Experienced Librarians)
2018
Cynthia Bassett, University of Missouri School of Law Library (Experienced Librarians)
Lucinda Harrison-Cox, Roger Williams School of Law Library (Experienced Librarians)
Aaron Retteen, Texas A & M University School of Law Library (Newer Librarians)
2017
Jonathan Germann, Georgia State University College of Law Library (Newer Librarians)
Hadi Amjadi, Golden Gate University (Experienced Librarians)
Deborah Ginsberg, IIT Chicago-Kent College Law Library (Experienced Librarians)
Elizabeth Outler, Barry University School of Law Library (Experienced Librarians)
2016
Kristina L. Niedringhaus, Georgia State University Law Library (Experienced Librarians)
Mari Cheney, Lewis & Clark Law School Library (Experienced Librarians)
Lacy Rakestraw, St. Louis County Law Library (Students & New Librarians)
2015
Barbara Ginzburg, Washburn University School of Law Library (Experienced Librarians)
Jessica Burkhardt, Fox Rothschild LLP (Students & New Librarians) -
2005 - 2014 2014
Deborah Ginsberg, Chicago-Kent College of Law Library (Experienced Librarians)
Artie Berns, University of Illinois (Students & New Librarians)
2013
Merri Hartse, Gonzaga University School of Law (Experienced Librarians)
Patrick Butler, University of Connecticut School of Law Library (Experienced Librarians)
Kara Young, Northwestern University School of Law (Students & New Librarians)
2012
Ellen Qualey, University of Pennsylvania Biddle Law Library (Experienced Librarians)
Wilhelmina Randtke, Florida State University (Students & New Librarians)
2011
Beth Given, University of Notre Dame Law Library (Experienced Librarians)
Jennifer Prilliman, Oklahoma City University School of Law (Students & New Librarians)
2010
Marin Dell, Florida State University (Experienced Librarians)
Cynthia W. Bassett, University of Missouri Law School Library (Students & New Librarians)2009
Carmen Melendez, University of Puerto Rico Law Library (Experienced Librarians)
Wei Fang, Rutgers University Law School Library (Experienced Librarians)
Caroline Young, Rutgers School of Law鈥揘ewark (Students & New Librarians)
Joe Cera, Student, University of Washington (Students & New Librarians)
2008
Raizel Liebler, John Marshall Law School
Stacey Rowland, University of Mississippi Law Library
2007
Julie M. Jones, Cornell Law Library
Katie Jones, Wyoming State Law Library
2005
Bonnie Shucha, University of Wisconsin Law Library
David Lehmann, Fellow, University of Arizona Law Library
Eric W. Young, United States District Court, S.D. of Ohio
Denise Potter, Mercer County Law Library (CONELL)