Scholarships and Awards in the LIM Programmes

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Scholarships and Awards   Nora Bateson Scholarship   Cliff Collins Award   A. K. Elliot Memorial Scholarship   Macaskill Memorial Scholarship   Dorothy Neal White Scholarship   Susan Price Scholarship   Jean Wright Award   General VUW Scholarships Scholarships for Māori Prizes in LIS   Christina Beal Memorial Prize in LIS   LIANZA Prizes       Mary Fleming Prize       David Wylie Prize   Rosemary Smith-Horton Award in LIS   Swets Information Services Prizes   InfoSpecs Database Prize   Emerald Research Project Prize

Scholarships and Awards

Further information on all scholarships is available from the Victoria University Scholarships website. Enquiries and applications should be directed to the Programmes Director.

Nora Bateson Scholarship

The scholarship was established as a result of a bequest by Mr Archie Dunningham, former City Librarian at Dunedin Public Library, in honour of Miss Nora Bateson, Director of the NZ Library School from 1948-1953. The scholarship enables current MIS students or new MIS graduates to undertake a further term of study at an overseas university, or undertake an internship at an overseas library. The study programme proposed by the student shall be approved by the selection panel for the scholarship. In making the award the selection panel shall take into account the academic excellence of the candidate, their record of achievement in the MIS, and their commitment to the profession.

Applications should be accompanied by a letter giving as much detail as possible of what you intend to do, what costs you're trying to cover, and what benefits you see coming back to the NZ LIS profession. Further details here.

Cliff Collins Award

This trust fund was established in 1980 as a memorial to the late C.W. Collins who was Librarian to Canterbury College and later the University of Canterbury from 1934 to 1971. The income from the trust shall be used to make one or more annual grants to a graduate or graduates of the University of Canterbury undertaking the MIS.

Provided an adequate academic standard has been attained, selection will be based on academic merit and financial need. Further details here.

A. K. Elliot Memorial Scholarship

This scholarship arises from a bequest under the will of Miss Agnes King Elliot, former President of the New Zealand Library Association, who died in 1982. Applicants should be enrolled in a full-time Master of Arts degree in Information Studies, and should intend to pursue a research topic in the field of librarianship in New Zealand. Further details here.

Hector Macaskill Memorial Scholarship in Children's Librarianship

Established by the Trustees of the National Library, applicants should be enrolled for a Master of Arts degree in Information Studies, and should intend to pursue a research topic in the field of library service or literature for children and young people. Further details here.

Dorothy Neal White Scholarship

The scholarship is open to students in the MIS, MA and PhD programmes and its purpose is to assist postgraduate studies and to encourage students to use the Dorothy Neal White Collection in their research. This is located in the National Library of New Zealand, and is a research collection of children's books that were enjoyed by young New Zealanders during the century before 1940. Further details here.

Susan Price Scholarship

The scholarship shall be awarded to a student enrolled in a Masters or PhD programme at Victoria University who intends to undertake research that will make use of the Susan Price Collection. The Collection, in the National Library of New Zealand, is a research collection of quality children's books published mainly in Britain, America, Australia and New Zealand from the 1930's until the present day. Further details here.

Jean Wright Award

An award administered by the National Library for librarians working in rural public libraries, to be used towards all or part of fees charged for courses of study in accredited library studies programmes in New Zealand. Contact the National Library for information.

General VUW Scholarships

The VUW scholarships website contains a number of general awards that Information Studies students may be eligible for. Some examples include:

• Victoria Graduate Award  
• Susan Byrne Memorial Scholarship
• NZFGW Graduate Scholarship
• Lady Stout
• J. L. Stewart
• Kathleen Stewart

Scholarships for Māori

Māori Education Trust

There are also a number of scholarship made available by the Māori Education Trust for Māori Graduates from specific regions, or studying in specific subject areas of benefit to Māori (some of these include libraries and heritage collections). Information is available from the Scholarships Officer at Victoria University (Scholarships-office@vuw.ac.nz) or from the Maori Education Trust website.

Philippa and Morvyn Williams Scholarships

The Philippa and Morvyn Williams scholarships are available each year to candidates "whose study is likely to assist assist in the revitalisation of Maori language, culture and heritage, or the promotion of the Maori language teaching or the empowerment of Maori women". Financial hardship is a criterion in deciding the award.

Tu Horomata scholarships

Targeted Māori scholarships are available at postgraduate level for Victoria University students with academic potential for study. They are intended to help retain and up-skill Māori students at Masters level in subject areas where they are currently under represented. Further information and nomination forms are available here.

Prizes in Library and Information Studies

Christina Beal Memorial Prize

This prize arises from a fund donated in 1993 by colleagues, friends, and family in memory of Christina Beal and in recognition of her contribution over 25 years to Library and Information work in Canada, Britain and New Zealand. She was the first Librarian to be appointed at the Commerce Commission in Wellington, where she established the library. The prize shall be awarded annually by the Academic Board to the student enrolled in INFO 528 Research Methods for Information Management Environments who, in the opinion of the Programmes Director, is the best student of the year and worthy of the award.

LIANZA Prizes

Mary Fleming Prize

This Prize is provided annually by LIANZA in memory of Mary Fleming (1908-64), Senior Lecturer in Cataloguing at the New Zealand Library School 1946-64.

1. The prize shall be known as the Library and Information Association of New Zealand Aotearoa Mary Fleming Prize and will be awarded by the Academic Board to the student attending the class in INFO 546 Bibliographic Organisation who in the opinion of the Programmes Director is the best student of the year and is worthy of the award.
2. The Prize shall be of the value of $250. Part of the prize money shall be spent on a book, or books, and each book shall bear a suitable bookplate.

David Wylie Prize

This Prize is provided annually by LIANZA in memory of the former University Librarian David Wylie (1925-85), and in recognition of his long concern with education for Librarianship.

1. The prize shall be awarded by the Academic Board, on the recommendation of the Programmes Director and the University Librarian, to the student who is judged to have completed the best piece of written work on an aspect of library and information studies, and to be worthy of the award.
2. The prize shall be of the value of $250 or such other sum as the LIANZA shall decide. Part of the prize money shall be spent on a book, or books, and each book shall bear a suitable bookplate.

Rosemary Smith-Horton Award in LIS

This prize was established in 1982 by Mrs Rosemary Smith for students in the Master of Information Studies. The prize shall be awarded annually to the student attending the class in INFO 525 Digital Technologies for Information Professionals who in the opinion of the Programmes Director is the best student of the year and worthy of the award. Each prize shall be of the value of $100. Part of the prize money shall be spent on a book, or books, and each book shall bear a suitable bookplate.

Swets Information Service Prizes

These prizes are provided annually by Swets Information Services for students in the Master of Information Studies.

Swets Information Services Prize in Management

One prize of $100 shall be awarded annually by the Academic Board to the student enrolled in the classes in INFO 521 who, in the opinion of the Programmes Director, is the best student of the year in the class and is worthy of the prize.

Swets Information Services Prize in Reference

One prize of $100 shall be awarded annually by the Academic Board to the student enrolled in the classes in shall be awarded annually by the Academic Board to the student enrolled in the classes in INFO 523 who, in the opinion of the Programmes Director, is the best student of the year in the class and is worthy of the prize.

InfoSpecs Database Prize

One prize of $100 shall be awarded annually by InfoSpecs, NZ agents for the DB/TextWorks software used in the database assignment in INFO 527. InfoSpecs will select a database to award this prize from a selection of the best assignments submitted for INFO 527.

Emerald Research Project Prize

This prize will be awarded annually by Emerald Group Publishing Ltd (UK) for the best piece of research in INFO 580. The prize, $200 in book tokens and a certificate, will be presented at the LIANZA Conference.

The Emerald Research Project Prize will be for appropriateness and application of methodology in particular, and for the overall quality of the project in general. Emerald Publishing Group will view all entries selected by a committee of the School of Information Management, with a view to possible publication in an Emerald journal. Enquiries should be directed to Professor Gary Gorman.