The scholarship ($2,000) aims to enhance career development opportunities by attendance at major national or international conferences on aspects of the development of digital information provision and access. It is open to UNSW Library staff or post-graduate students or junior academic staff, working in a field relevant to the delivery of innovative information services. Library staff applicants must be professional staff in on-going employment at the UNSW Library. Student applicants must be currently undertaking post-graduate study in a field relevant to the delivery of services at the UNSW Library. Academic staff applicants must be working in a similar field and must be employed by UNSW in Level A or B academic positions. Grant applicants should be proposing to attend a conference in the twelve-month period July to June immediately following the closing date for applications. Applications will be assessed on the basis of career development potential, reasons for proposed attendance at the nominated conference and the potential benefits to be returned to UNSW.
Applicants proposing to deliver papers or poster sessions at a conference will be well regarded. Consideration of the award as a joint grant will be given to applicants proposing to make a joint conference paper presentation.

Applications close 30 June.

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The first recipient of the UNSW Library Richard d'Avigdor Conference Grant is Maude Frances, Research Resource Manager at the National Centre in HIV Social Research. Maude will be giving a presentation at the American Society for Information Science & Technology (ASIS&T) Annual Meeting, Providence Rhode Island in November.

Maude's presentation at the conference will be based on research into the information practices of people with chronic illness. Her research objectives include developing a comprehensive understanding of how people with chronic illness use digital and print information sources. Maude comments that "by informing research and practices of health and information professionals, researchers and students, the research will enable more appropriate and targeted service delivery."