ILA/ACRL

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  • ILA Conference Scholarship

    ILA Conference Scholarship

    The Awards Committee of ILA/ACRL invites applications for a scholarship to attend the Iowa Library Association Annual Conference on October 1-3, 2025, in Sioux City, IA. The scholarship will cover the registration fee and up to $200 in travel, hotel, and meal expenses.

    Applicants must fall into at least one of the following three categories:

    1. Paid members of ILA/ACRL, working full-time in an Iowa academic or research library, and either: attending their first Iowa Library Association Conference, or have worked in an Iowa academic or research library for fewer than three years.
    2. Library science students.
    3. Support staff working in an Iowa academic or research library (part-time or full-time).

    Student and support staff applicants do not have to be paid members of ILA/ACRL. Previous ILA Fall Conference scholarship recipients are NOT eligible.

    Please submit this application form, including an essay no longer than 250 words, describing your interest in the scholarship and how you believe the scholarship will benefit your professional development. The scholarship recipient will be selected by the Awards Committee based on the quality of the essay.

    The deadline to submit an application is August 27, 2025. The selected recipient will be notified by September 9, 2024.

    Questions? Please contact Lisa Martincik, University of Iowa, Awards Committee Chair.

    — Thank you for your applications!

    — The 2025 ILA/ACRL Awards Committee (Alyssa Grigsby, Debra Lowman, Lisa Martincik, McKenzie Reimer, and Emily Simmons)

  • Announcing the Mary Hammond Iber ILA/ACRL Spring Conference Scholarship winner

    Announcing the Mary Hammond Iber ILA/ACRL Spring Conference Scholarship winner

    Congrats to Zane Collett!

    About the scholarship:

    The Mary Hammond Iber Spring Conference Scholarship helps to fund attendance at the ILA/ACRL and IPAL Spring Conference. This year’s conference was held at the Cowles Library, Drake University on May 28-29, 2025.

    About the winner:

    Zane Collett is a U2G (undergraduate-to-graduate) student in the School of Library and Information Science at the University of Iowa, where they are focusing on academic libraries, cataloging, and reference. They recently completed their undergraduate studies also at the University of Iowa where they received a B.S. in mathematics and a B.A. in linguistics. Zane hopes to combine all of these facets into a library career where they can leverage their math background to better assist those with similar interests.

    In their words: 

    “As my first professional conference, this was my first opportunity to engage with people who do what I want to do. They not only implicitly affirmed my desire to be an academic librarian through their actions and discussions but also explicitly made me feel that this was my place. Through this conference, I found a community of individuals who believe in intellectual freedom and helping others in the same way I do. Finally, this conference has made me excited about librarianship in a way I have not since being admitted to library school.”

  • Deadline Extended: Mary Iber Spring Conference Scholarship Award

    Deadline Extended: Mary Iber Spring Conference Scholarship Award

    Headshot of Mary Iber

    The ILA/ACRL Awards Committee invites applications for the Mary Iber Spring Conference Scholarship Award on this form.

    Mary Hammond Iber was an exceptional librarian, mentor, and friend.  A librarian and archivist at Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa, she died unexpectedly on January 2, 2014. Mary was known for her kind, creative, and helpful nature and her vibrant approach to life.

    To honor her commitment to continuous learning and growth, Iowa ACRL makes available the Mary Hammond Iber Spring Conference Scholarship. The scholarship will help fund attendance at the Iowa ACRL and IPAL Joint Spring Conference, May 28-29 at Drake University in Des Moines. The scholarship will cover the registration fee and up to $200 in travel, hotel, and meal expenses.

    Applicants must be either:

    1. Paid members of Iowa ACRL working full-time in an Iowa academic or research library, and either:
      • attending their first Iowa ACRL Conference, or
      • have worked in an Iowa academic or research library for fewer than three years.

    ==OR==

    1. 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 Iowa ACRL.

    Previous Iowa ACRL Spring Conference scholarship recipients are not eligible.

    Submissions are due Tuesday, April 11, 2025.

    The winner will be notified by Wednesday, April 30, 2025. Questions? Please contact the Awards Committee Chair, Lisa Martincik.