The Awards Committee of ILA/ACRL announces the availability of a scholarship to attend the Iowa-ACRL Spring Conference, March 18, 2011, at Central College, Pella, Iowa. The scholarship will cover the registration fee and up to $100 in travel, hotel, and meal expenses.

Applicants must be either:

1) Paid members of ILA/ACRL, working full-time in an Iowa academic or research library, and either:

•  Attending their first ILA/ACRL Spring Conference, or
•  Have worked in an Iowa academic or research library for fewer than three years.

OR

2) Library science students and/or support staff working in an Iowa academic or research library. Student and support staff applicants do not have to be paid members of ILA/ACRL.

Previous Iowa ACRL Spring Conference scholarship recipients are NOT eligible.

Iowa ACRL 2011 Spring Conference Scholarship Application

Name:

Address:

Telephone: 

Email: 

Current Position: 

Previous Position(s): 

Education: 

Reason for Eligibility:

Essay (up to 500 words):

Please submit the application and essay describing your interest in the scholarship and how you believe the scholarship will benefit your professional development. Scholarship winners are selected by the Awards Committee on the quality of the essay.

The chair of the ILA-ACRL Awards Committee should receive your application and essay no later than February 22, 2011.  The successful applicant will be notified by March 1.

Send application and essay to:

Mary Iber, Awards Committee Chair
Consulting Librarian for the Sciences
Cole Library, Cornell College
620 Third Street SW
Mount Vernon, IA 52314 

Or email to: miber@cornellcollege.edu

Awards Committee members: Mary Iber, Rachel Fleming, Karen Lehmann, Joyce Meldrem, Laurel Whisler, and Kris Stacy-Bates