Hello,
ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA (ARLIS/NA) is offering three awards for current library school students and/or recent graduates to attend our annual conference. This year the conference is being held in Denver, May 1-5, 2008. Would you please post the attached notice to your student mailing list and perhaps also on a bulletin board where students can be made aware of the awards. Deadline for applications is January 31, 2008.
Thank you.
Aprille C. Nace and Michele Laing
ARLIS/NA Travel Awards Committee 2008
ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA (ARLIS/NA)
The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) is offering three student awards for conference attendance to the Society’s 36th annual conference to be held in Denver, Colorado from May 1-5, 2008.
STUDENT CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE AWARD (1 award/$750.00)
Eligibility: Student members who are active participants in ARLIS/NA and are currently enrolled in an accredited graduate program in Library Studies and/or Information Studies or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation).
Purpose: To encourage participation in ARLIS/NA by assisting students considering a career in art librarianship or visual resources to attend the annual ARLIS/NA conference.
JUDITH A HOFFBERG STUDENT AWARD FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE
(1 award/$750)
Sponsored by the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) the Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Attendance is given annually in honor of the founding of ARLIS/NA and its first president. The Art Libraries Society of North America was founded in 1972 by a group of art librarians attending the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago at the initiative of Judith Hoffberg.
Eligibility: Students who are currently enrolled in an accredited graduate program in Library Studies and/or Information Studies or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation)
Purpose: To encourage students considering a career in art librarianship or visual resources to participate in the activities of ARLIS/NA.
STUDENT DIVERSITY AWARD FOR CONFERENCE ATTENDANCE (1 award/ $750)
Eligibility: Students from a traditionally under-represented group who are currently enrolled in an accredited graduate program in Library Studies and/or Information Studies or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation)
Purpose: To encourage multicultural students considering a career in art librarianship/visual
resources to participate in the activities of ARLIS/NA
Detailed information on the 2007 ARLIS/NA Travel Awards is available at:
http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/awards_index.html
Applications can be submitted via mail, e-mail, fax, or the online application form (preferred) at:
https://mcphersonclarke.powweb.com/forms/arlisna/conftravel_app.html
More information on the ARLIS/NA conference is available at:
http://arlisna-mw.lib.byu.edu/denver2008/