The Awards Committee of ILA/ACRL announces the availability of a scholarship to attend the ILA Fall Conference, October 15-17, 2008 in Dubuque, Iowa. The scholarship will cover the registration fee and up to $100 in travel, hotel, and meal expenses.
Applicants must fit one of the following categories:
1) Paid members of ILA/ACRL, working fulltime in an Iowa academic or research library, and either:
- Attending their first ILA/ACRL Spring Conference OR
- Have worked in an Iowa academic of research library for fewer than three years.
2) Library science students and/or support personnel working in an Iowa academic or research library. Student and support personnel applicants do not have to be paid members of ILA/ACRL.
Previous scholarship recipients are not eligible.
Please submit the application and a 500-word 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 August 25 (see address, email, and fax information below). The successful applicant will be notified by September 1.
Download application form
Jean Donham
Wartburg College
Vogel Library
100 Wartburg Blvd
Waverly, IA 50677
Fax: 319. 352.8312
Phone: 319.352.8462
Committee members are:
Selina Lin, University of Iowa,
Chris Neuhaus, University of Northern Iowa
Rebecca Routh, University of Iowa,
Robert Van Rennes, University of Iowa,