The Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) awards a student prize each year for a research-based projects .This year JIBS will also be awarding a prize. Both prizes will be for a Postgraduate dissertation or a final year Undergraduate project.
The LIRG student prize will be awarded for a research based project on any LIS topic. The JIBS student prize will be restricted to the area of library information systems, bibliographic databases or other electronic technologies and how such resources or technologies are being developed or exploited, practical projects that exploit such technologies may also be submitted.
Each School of Library and Information Studies is invited to nominate one of their student’s projects for each prize. A student project may be submitted for both prizes but no single project will be given both prizes.
The closing date for submission is the 14 July 2010.
Further details on the prizes and how to submit are now available:
LIRG Prize: applicants should be residents of the UK or Ireland.
JIBS Prize: applicants should have been residents of the UK or Ireland whilst on their course.
Please see the website for guidelines and details of the submission procedure.

The Library and Information Research Group (LIRG) is pleased to announce the call for the 2010 Research award. The deadline for submissions is Friday 26th February 2010. The Award is for £2000.
LIRG welcomes proposals from all sectors of the profession, and particularly invites practitioners to apply, either as sole applicants, or in collaboration with academic or independent researchers. Applications from academics in library and information science departments are also welcomed and proposals which are submitted in partnership with practitioners are particularly welcome. Applicants should be residents of the UK or Ireland.