LIS Scholarship Opportunities

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.

SLA Business & Finance Division with ISI Emerging Markets offers an International Travel Award to attend SLA Annual 2012

The SLA Business and Finance Division, with the sponsorship of ISI Emerging Markets™, is offering one award in the amount of US$ 2,000, plus complimentary registration to one CE course offered by the Business & Finance Division, to a business information professional from a developing country to help cover expenses at the 2012 SLA Annual Conference, to be held in Chicago, Illinois, USA, July 15-18, 2012.

For information about this award, download the International Travel Award application or go to: http://bf.sla.org/category/announcements/

Questions and submissions should be directed to Awilda Reyes, Chair, International Travel Award Committee, atareyes@wcupa.edu.

Awilda Reyes

Chair, International Travel Award Committee

SLA Business & Finance Division

Francis Harvey Green Library

West Chester University of Pennsylvania

West Chester, PA 19383

Medical Library Association offers Cunningham Memorial International Grants for people from outside the US to attend MLA ‘13

Cunningham Memorial International Grants- Apply Today!

Instead of the traditional Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship, for 2013 only, grants of up to $2,000 are being awarded for medical librarians outside of the United States and Canada to attend the combined MLA ‘13, 11th International Congress on Medical Librarianship (ICML), 7th International Conference of Animal Health Information Specialists (ICAHIS), and 6th International Clinical Librarian Conference (ICLC) May 2013 meeting in Boston, MA. These grants are supported in part by the 11th ICML. A grant application form for use only during this grant cycle is available atwww.mlanet.org/awards/grants/. Please follow grant submissions instructions on the form.  The deadline for submission is April 1, 2012.  For additional questions, contact Lydia Collins, Cunningham jury chair, at lydia@pitt.edu

Apply Now for ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group’s InfoShare Membership Award

The ASIS&T International Information Issues Special Interest Group (SIG-III) is pleased to announce that for 2012 we will be able to sponsor another group of deserving information professionals from developing countries for complimentary ASIS&T memberships (the financial burden of which would otherwise be prohibitive).

We are soliciting nominations of candidates for the InfoShare Membership Award. 

Please include a Curriculum Vitae and a brief description of why this person is deserving of membership, including their willingness to promote ASIS&T within their networks and build relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations. Awardees will be decided by a vote of the SIG-III officers at the end of 2011.  All Curriculum Vitae will be kept private, viewable only by SIG-III officers.  

Each membership award will be for one year, with the possibility of renewal for a second year if the new member proves to be a strong advocate for ASIS&T in their home country during the course of the year. Awardees will be asked to submit a report on their activities by next year’s Annual Meeting, which may include, but are not limited to:
a. sharing ASIS&T publications that they receive (the Bulletin of ASIS&T and JASIS&T) with other colleagues
b. promoting the SIG-III paper contest among their colleagues
c. serving as a contact/coordinator for ASIS&T members traveling to their area who may be able to speak about ASIS&T and information science
d. having the ability to strengthen the relationships between ASIS&T and the national/regional organizations, and 
e. sponsoring lectures on information science topics in their area on behalf of ASIS&T

We look forward to welcoming new members to ASIS&T from across the globe, especially from countries that have never been ASIS&T members or have limited ASIS&T membership, with your help.  Please start thinking about candidates among your networks and send your nominations of deserving candidates to Abebe Rorissa (arorissa@albany.edu) or Devendra Potnis (dpotnis@utk.edu) or Fatih Oguz (F_oguz@uncg.edu).

Deadline for all nominations is December 23, 2011.

Thank you and best wishes for the upcoming months and we hope to see you in Baltimore, Maryland in October to celebrate the 75^th anniversary of ASIS&T!

Abebe Rorissa
Devendra Potnis

Fatih Oguz
InfoShare Program
SIG-III
ASIS&T

InfoShare page: http://www.asis.org/SIG/SIGIII/index.htm

ASIS&T 2012 Annual Meeting (Baltimore, Maryland: October 26-31, 2012): http://www.asis.org/conferences.html(conferences page)