Mar 23 DEADLINE for Vormelker-Thomas Student Award to attend SLA Annual
Friday, March 23, 2007
Deadline for Vormelker-Thomas Student Award to attend SLA conference in Denver
The award, co-sponsored by the News Division and ProQuest, is a $1,500 stipend to assist students attending their first Special Libraries Association Annual Conference. The 2007 Annual Conference will be June 3-6 in Denver, Colorado.
Selection criteria:Â
1. Applicants must be members of the Special Libraries Association when they apply for the stipend.
2. Applicants must be attending their first SLA conference.
3. Applicants must be graduate students or December 2006 graduates interested in a career in news librarianship.
4. Applications must include:
* a word-processed essay (500-1,000 words) addressing an issue in news librarianship
* a letter of reference from a news librarian, a news editor, or a faculty member
* a resume
* a list of course work undertaken
* a statement of professional goals
* a statement of what the applicant expects to gain from attending the conference
Contact person:Â Email applications to Emily Glenn at ee_glenn@yahoo.com
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- Sep. 10 - Using New Technologies to Market Library Services(43 days)
- Sep. 17 - Annual Business Meeting(50 days)
- Oct. 5 - Open Source in Libraries: Freedom and Community(68 days)
- Nov. 3 - Developing a Marketing Model(97 days)
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