Mid-Atlantic Chapter of the Medical Library Association Scholar Award 2012

The Membership and Recruitment Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter (MAC) of the Medical Library Association invites new librarians to apply for a conference scholarship to attend the 2012 MAC Annual Meeting.

This year’s meeting will be part of the MLA Quad Chapter Meeting held at the Tremont Plaza Hotel in Baltimore, MD, October 13-16.

Award

One scholarship will be awarded. The selected recipient will receive complimentary conference registration, which includes most meals, lodging at the conference hotel, and a one-year MAC/MLA membership.

Eligibility Criteria:

Scholarship applicants must be:

• A MAC member with 5 or less years of post-MLS experience

• A first-time attendee at a the MAC/MLA Annual meeting

• Currently employed in a hospital or academic medical center library in the MAC/MLA region: District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Western Pennsylvania

• Willing to submit a one-page report detailing their experience and impression of the meeting to appear in MAC Messages Blog.

• Committed to attend ENTIRE meeting from October 13-16, 2012.

Submission Guidelines:

To be considered for this award, you must:

• Obtain a letter of recommendation from your supervisor or library director

• Submit an essay, NO MORE THAN 500 WORDS, describing your interest in participating in the 2012 Conference Scholar Program, your interest in health sciences librarianship, and how attending the MAC/MLA meeting will contribute to your professional development.

• Submit a current resume and cover letter.

Deadline for Submission

Applicants should email their completed applications to the MAC Conference Scholars Program at macscholars@gmail.com by Friday, August 24, 2012.

All scholarship applicants will be notified via e-mail by Friday, August 31, 2012.

Note: The selection committee requests that applicants not register for the MAC Annual Meeting until notified of their status to avoid the need for refunds.

Please contact Ryan Harris, MAC Membership and Recruitment Committee Chair, if you have any further questions, rharris@hshsl.umaryland.edu, 410-706-1315

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SLA Diversity Leadership Development Program Award 2012

SLA DLDP Award Applications due 11 April 2012

The SLA Diversity Leadership Development Program (DLDP) Award aims to accelerate the advancement and visibility of members who represent a diverse population of the Association by mentoring them for more leadership opportunities within SLA, to ensure that the Association remains vital, relevant, and representative of its diverse membership.

The DLDP awardee receives a $1,000 stipend to defray the cost of attending SLA 2012 in Chicago, as well as complimentary registration and specific ticketed events as appropriate. The awardee also will work with an SLA member mentor to assist the candidate in understanding the mechanics of how the Association works and the roles of the Association leaders.  Learn more about the DLDP Award today, and nominate yourself or someone you know. Deadline for applications is 11 April 2012.

 
Full description and eligibility criteria of the DLDP Award
http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/awardsrecognition/awardsdescriptions/dlpnomform/index.cfm

 
Nomination / Application Form
http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/awardsrecognition/awardsdescriptions/dlpnomform/dldpnomfrm.cfm

APALA Conference Travel Award 2012

Heading to the Anaheim this summer? Need help getting there? Apply for the APALA Travel Award.  The APALA Travel Award will provide $500.00 to support attendance at the 2012 American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference.  The Travel Award will fund one APALA member (librarian or library/information school student) to attend the conference and will be used to help cover registration and travel expenses.  We hope that you will apply for the award and encourage others that you know to do so as well.

The deadline is April 6, 2012.  The eligibility information, application requirements, and online application form can be found on APALA’s website— http://www.apalaweb.org/awards/travel-grant/

APALA membership information— http://www.apalaweb.org/membership/membership.htm  J

If you have questions please contact committee co-chairs: Safi Safiullah (ssafiullah@slcpl.org)and Gayatri Singh (gasingh@ucsd.edu)

Sincerely,

The 2012 APALA Travel Award Selection Committee:

Shalini Channapatna

Tassanne Chitcharoen

Jina Park

Safi Safiullah

Gayatri Singh

Michelle Wu

Miriam Braverman Memorial Prize from the Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG)

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS

Calling all Activist-Librarians-to-be!!

Are you an LIS student who has been a bit pre- #Occupied? Do you struggle with how to bring together your incipient librarianship and your quest for global justice?

Well, bring those passions together in a exemplary paper, get published, and go to ALA Annual!

The MIRIAM BRAVERMAN MEMORIAL PRIZE, a presentation of the

Progressive Librarians Guild (PLG), is awarded each year for the best paper

about some aspect of the social responsibilities of librarians, libraries, or

librarianship. Papers related to archivists, archives, and archival work are also

eligible.

The winning paper will be published in the Summer 2012 issue of Progressive

Librarian. The winner of the contest will also receive a $300 stipend to help

offset the cost of travel to and from the 2012 American Library Association

(ALA) Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA from June 21-26. The award will be presented at the annual PLG dinner at ALA.

Think you might be interested? Here’s the fine print.

1. Contestants must be library and/or information science students attending a graduate-level program in the United States or Canada.

2. Entries must be the original, unpublished work of the contestant, and must be written in English. Entries may not exceed 3,000 words, and must conform to MLA in-text citation style.

3. To facilitate the blind review process, each entry must include a cover sheet providing the contestant’s name, full contact information (address, phone number, e-mail address), name of the institution where the contestant is enrolled, and the title of the paper. No identifying information, other than the title, should appear on the paper itself.

4. Entries must be submitted electronically, in Microsoft Word or RTF format, to

bravermansubmissions@gmail.com. Entries must be received no later than 5:00 p.m. CST on international workers’ day, or May Day, May 1, 2012.

5. The $300 stipend is available only to help defray the cost of ALA conference attendance in 2012; if the winner of the contest is unable to attend, the money will remain in the Braverman Prize endowment fund and may be donated to a progressive cause at the discretion of the selection committee.

Any questions regarding the contest or the selection process can be directed to the chair

of the selection committee, Steve Lorenz at stevelorz@gmail.com. More information about Miriam Braverman and about the Progressive Librarians Guild is available athttp://libr.org/plg.

Digital Public Library of America West offers travel scholarships for students

On behalf of the Digital Public Library of America Steering Committee, I would like to invite you and your community to attend the DPLA’s second major public event, DPLA West<http://dp.la/get-involved/events/dplawest/>, taking place on April 27, 2012 in San Francisco. Convened by the DPLA Secretariat at the Berkman Center for Internet & Society and co-hosted by the Internet Archive and the San Francisco Public Library, the event will assemble a wide range of stakeholders in a broad, open forum to facilitate innovation, collaboration, and connections across the DPLA effort. DPLA West will also showcase the work of the interim technical development team and continue to provide opportunities for public participation in the work of the DPLA.

Limited scholarships to support participation in DPLA West are available for those who are traveling from distant areas. We heartily encourage your students to apply by Friday, March 2. Scholarship amounts will vary, but are intended to apply to travel and accommodation costs for out-of-town participants. Preference will be given to applicants who have not yet attended a DPLA event.

To apply, please fill out the short application via the scholarship page located on our site: http://dp.la/get-involved/events/dplawest/scholarships/

For more information about the DPLA and DPLA West, please visit the DPLA homepage: http://dp.la/

Warm regards,

Maura Marx
Director, DPLA Secretariat

Society for Scholarly Publishing Conference Travel Grant for students or new professionals 2012

34rd Annual Meeting in Arlington, VA, and membership for 2012.   The
travel grant program is designed to introduce students of publishing
and information science and early career publishing professionals to
the many educational and networking opportunities available at the
popular and informative SSP annual meeting.

Successful applicants will be granted free registration at the Annual
Meeting and will be eligible for reimbursement of up to $1,000 for
travel and lodging expenses incurred to attend the meeting.
Applications must be completed online (see the link to the online
form:

http://sspnet.org/Professional_Development/Travel_Grants/spage.aspx

The application deadline is March 18, 2012.  Grant awardees will be
selected and notified by March 31, 2012.

The SSP Board has developed several supporting programs that will help
grant awardees optimize their experience. Awardees will be paired with
mentors who hold senior management positions within SSP member
organizations. Mentors will help grantees plug into the educational
and networking opportunities available at the Annual Meeting.
Additionally, the meeting program will offer several opportunities
designed to engage those who are relatively new to the industry.


SSP Annual Meeting ­ May 30-June 1, 2012

The 34rd Annual Meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing will
be held at the Marriott Crystal Gateway, Arlington VA. This year’s
program theme is “Social, Mobile, Agile, Global: Are You Ready?”.
Join colleagues from around the world and get a step ahead of what’s
happening in scholarly publishing!

Meeting Highlights Include:

 *   Opening Keynote Presentations:
How Social Media Might Transform Scholarly Publishing, by Dan Cohen,
Associate Professor, Department of History and Art History and
Director, Roy Rosenzweig Center for History and New Media at George
Mason University;
The Business of Social and Mobile, by Larry Schwartz, co-founder and
President of Newstex

 *   Plenary Address:
The Rise of Networked Information, by Lee Rainie, Director of the Pew
Research Center’s Internet & American Life Project

 *   Pre-meeting seminars, offering in-depth discussions and practical
advice on areas of interest.
 *   Concurrent sessions, presenting new ideas and cutting-edge
information on a range of important topics in scholarly publishing.
 *   Exhibitors’ Marketplace, providing a central area to learn more
about new products, programs, services and solutions for your
scholarly publishing needs.
 *   Evening receptions, interactive lunches and many other networking
opportunities.

For more details of session abstracts, speakers, and hotel details,
see the SSP website at http://www.sspnet.org.
SSP is a dynamic membership organization, working to advance the
development of members through education and networking.

Freedom to Read Foundation Sponsors Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarships for Students 2012

Applications open for 2012 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship, sponsored by FTRF

The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) has opened applications for the 2012 Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship, which will enable a library school student or new professional to attend ALA’s 2012 Annual Conference, held June 21-26 in Anaheim, Calif.

The goal of the Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship is to advance two principles that Conable held dear: intellectual freedom and mentorship.

The scholarship provides for conference registration, transportation, housing for six nights and six days per diem. In return, the recipient will be expected to attend various FTRF and other intellectual freedom meetings and events at the conference, consult with a mentor/board member and present a report about their experiences.  The recipient also will be invited, although not required, to provide daily updates about his or her experience on the Freedom to Read Foundation blog.

The deadline for submitting an application for the 2012 Conable Scholarship is Friday, April 6; the award will be announced in May.

Who is eligible: Students currently enrolled in an ALA-accredited library and information studies degree programor an AASL-recognized master’s programs in school librarianship and new professionals (those who are three or fewer years removed from receiving a library school degree) are eligible to receive the Conable Scholarship. Those interested must submit an application that includes two references and an essay detailing their interest in intellectual freedom issues. Applicants also are required to attach a résumé. If the recipient is already registered for ALA’s Annual Conference, he or she will have the conference fee refunded.

To apply for the Gordon M. Conable Conference Scholarship, visit www.ftrf.org. For more information, please contact Jonathan Kelley at (800) 545-2433, ext. 4226 or jokelley@ala.org.

Gordon Conable was a California librarian and intellectual freedom champion who served several terms as president of the Freedom to Read Foundation. He was executive vice president for public libraries at Library Systems and Services (LSSI) in Riverside, Calif., and was responsible for management and performance of LSSI’s public library contracts, including the 30-branch Riverside County, Calif., system. He also served as director of the Monroe County (Mich.) Library System from 1988–1998. During his tenure there, he withstood an intense controversy over Madonna’s book “Sex.” Before that he was associate director of the Fort Vancouver Regional Library in Washington. For his efforts, Conable received the Freedom to Read Foundation Roll of Honor Award and the John Phillip Immroth Memorial Award for “intellectual freedom fighters.” In 1994 he was the first librarian recognized as Michigan’s Public Administrator of the Year. 

Following his unexpected death in 2005, his wife and FTRF created the Conable Fund, which provides funding for the Conable Scholarship.  To date, three Conable Scholarships have been granted.  To contribute to the Conable Fund, contact the Freedom to Read Foundation at (800) 545-2433, ext. 4226 or e-mail ftrf@ala.org.

The Freedom to Read Foundation, an affiliated organization of the American Library Association, was founded in 1969 to promote and defend the right of individuals to freely express ideas and to access information in libraries and elsewhere.  FTRF fulfills its mission through the disbursement of grants to individuals and groups, primarily for the purpose of aiding them in litigation, and through direct participation in litigation dealing with freedom of speech and of the press.

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Jonathan Kelley

Program Coordinator

Freedom to Read Foundation

50 E. Huron St.

Chicago, IL  60611

(312) 280-4226

(800) 545-2433 x4226 (toll-free)

(312) 280-4227 (fax)

jokelley@ala.org

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SLA IT Division Offers Joe Ann Clifton Student Award 2012

Submissions are now being accepted for the Joe Ann Clifton Student Award 2012 from the IT Division of SLA. This award is intended to promote participation in the SLA Annual Conference by an exceptional library science student.  The award recipient will receive a 1-year student membership in SLA and expenses to attend the annual conference in Chicago!  More information is available at:  http://bit.ly/CliftonSLA

Please share this announcement with any students who might be interested in submitting an award application.  Thank you!

—Beth Kraemer, SLA IT Membership and Awards Chair


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Beth Kraemer
Director of Emerging Technology
2-1 William T. Young Library
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0456
phone: (859)257-0500 x 2115
fax: (859)257-8379
kraemer@email.uky.edu
SL:  Alice Burgess

Rare Books & Manuscripts Section of ACRL offers first-time preconference scholarships

In partnership with the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of ACRL is offering scholarships to subsidize first-time preconference attendance by professional librarians and qualified paraprofessionals and students.

RBMS is committed to increasing diversity in its membership and the special collections and archival professions. Accordingly, several preconference scholarships have been designated for applicants of underrepresented ethnic and racial groups. For more information about the RBMS commitment to diversity, please visit the RBMS website<http://rbms.info/committees/diversity/index.shtml>.

Full and partial scholarships will be awarded. Full scholarships include a waiver of the preconference registration fee (up to $280 for professional and paraprofessional ACRL members, and $125 for full-time student members) plus a travel and accommodation stipend of $700. Partial scholarships provide complimentary registration and may or may not include a stipend.

Eligibility: All candidates must meet one of the following criteria: 1) be currently enrolled in a library, information science, or archival studies program; 2) be a graduate of such a program; or 3) be currently employed as a paraprofessional in a rare books, special collections, or archival capacity. Candidates must also be members of ACRL who have not previously attended an RBMS preconference and who do not have sufficient institutional support to attend.

Deadline: All applications must be received by midnight PST on March 30, 2012.

To apply: Candidates must complete an online application form<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/53HTWN8>. We recommend you view the form, prepare your answers and then return to the form to complete it. Answers for the longer questions may be cut and pasted into the form.

Requirements: Scholarship recipients are required to attend the whole preconference and complete the conference evaluation. To help us ensure the ongoing improvement of the scholarship program, all scholarship winners will be required to submit a post-conference evaluation letter by July 29, 2012.

Notification: All applicants will be notified on or before April 27, 2012.

Scholarships for the 2012 International Conference of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums

Scholarships Available for 2012 International Conference of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums, March 1 Application Deadline

Thursday, March 1 at 5 p.m. CST is the receipt deadline for scholarships to the June 4-7, 2012 International Conference of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museums at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma. Qualified applicants must work with a tribal archive, library, museum or cultural center, or be enrolled full-time in a museum, library, archival, or Native Studies related program. Awards are primarily based upon the extent to which an applicant is likely to benefit from the conference and financial need. Scholarships range from $250 to $750 and may include registration fees and three-nights shared lodging. Travel typically is not covered, but will be considered Funding for scholarships is provided by the Institute of Museum and Library Services. Approximately 100 scholarships will be awarded. To apply, visit the Association of Tribal Archives, Libraries, and Museum’s website at www.atalm.org.