EBSCO offers five scholarships to attend 2010 ALA Midwinter Meeting
(and seven scholarships to annual)
CHICAGO - The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO are
partnering to offer five scholarships for librarians to attend the 2010
ALA Midwinter Meeting in Boston. The meeting takes place Jan. 15-19,
2010, and offers an opportunity for continuing education, meetings and
interaction with colleagues.
Each EBSCO scholarship will be in the
amount of $1,500, and one of the five scholarships will be awarded to a
first-time conference attendee. The scholarship money is to be used for
conference registration, travel and expenses.
Deadline for Midwinter entry is Nov. 23, 2009, The deadline for the Annual Conference Scholarship entry is December 1, 2009. Application information can be found at: www.ala.org/ala/awardsgrants/awardsrecords/ebscosponsorship/ebscosponsorship.cfm.
Midwinter Scholarship recipients will be notified no later than Dec. 15, 2009.
To apply, candidates must complete the application criteria and submit an essay that answers the following question: “What do you believe to be the biggest challenge in managing electronic resources in libraries today, and what solutions do you envision?” Essays and applications will be judged by a jury designated by ALA.
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