About the Award
DLINE Incorporation,
UK and India, the publisher of the collection of international journals in Science and Technology, and the Society for Information Organization in UK seek potential research projects with sound themes for the 2013
DLINE Outstanding Research Awards.
Award-winning entries will receive a cash prize of $500 (or currency equivalent), a certificate, a winners' logo to attach to correspondence and the opportunity of publication in the DLINE journal - either as a full paper or a short paper.
The DLINE Award recognizes library and information science researchers who have made
extensive and innovative contribution in the library and information science domain. Two prizes will be awarded in 2013.
Eligibility
- Library and Information Professionals from Third world countries who are currently employed in any recognised library are eligible to apply.
- There is no age limit to the award.
- Submissions must be related to the library and information science domain research.
- Both individuals and project teams may submit an application. Any awards to project team submissions will be divided equally among the members.
- Each student or project team may submit only one paper/project per award.
- Applicants must agree to have winning proposal featured on the library website and archived in the DLINE Repository.
The application deadline will be April 15, 2013.
Application Process
An application consists of the following: A proposal (maximum of 1000 words) which describes in detail the research strategy and the plan to do a piece of research (in any format). The proposals should be descriptive about the method the applicants like to use in the research process. Proposals for theoretical and survey research are strongly discouraged. The proposals should reflect innovativeness and methodological increments.
Proposals should be submitted by email to edprocess@dline.info
The Content of the Proposal
The proposal should clearly provide the aim and scope of the research including the description of the method, purpose, experiments, outcome and how the results will contribute to the domain. The proposals with theory or case studies are not supported in the award. The proposal need not at provide any data, but indicate what types of data will be given in the paper. The authors of the selected proposals will be asked to submit the final research study in the form of a full paper. Hence the proposal can be more descriptive but without any data or analysis.
Evaluation Criteria
The selection of the winner(s) of the award will be based primarily on the reviewers’ evaluation of how well the proposal demonstrates the following criteria:
- Extensive and innovative plan in library and information science domain.
- Evidence of significance in the research plan and inquiry that shows the strategy for the future.
- Language and presentation
- Originality in themes
For questions about the DLINE Research Award, contact edprocess@dline.info addressed to Dr. Simon Fong
