Nominations for VALA travel scholarships and the VALA award for innovative use of information technology close on the 27th of October. The VALA award is open to all libraries and information centres in Australia. It is presented every two years and applications implemented between July 2006 and June 2008 are eligible.

The travel scholarships include overseas travel to research library automation and are worth up to A$13,000.

Guidelines are available on the VALA website : VALA Awards 2008