The Scholarship
ACRL-OR will award two scholarships to the ACRL Washington and Oregon Joint Fall Conference (Oct. 25-26, 2007) at the Pack Forest Conference Center in Eatonville, Washington. The scholarship will cover the registration fee for the conference, which includes room and board, and a $30 remittance to assist in covering travel expenses.
The Criteria
Applicants must be:
* A member of OLA or willing to join before the conference
* A librarian working in a library in Oregon or a student in an ALA-accredited library program who lives in Oregon
* A first-time attendee of Pack Forest
The Process
Download and complete the scholarship application (MS Word format) at http://www.olaweb.org/acrl/scholarshipapp.doc
Applications due: September 14, 2007
Applicants need to:
* Write an essay, not to exceed 500 words, that describes your interest in academic libraries and in the theme of the conference. The theme of the conference is: “The Visible Librarian : Establish Your Presence on Campus.”
* Provide a resume with your application.
* Submit via email attachments all application materials. MS-Word files preferred.
Deadline
Applications are due September 14, 2007. Scholarship recipients will be announced by October 5, 2007.
ACRL Scholarship Web page: http://www.olaweb.org/acrl/scholarship.htm
Address applications and questions to:
Elizabeth Breakstone
University of Oregon
541-346-1656
ebreak@uoregon.edu
OR
Garrett Trott
Corban College
Tel: 503-589-8116
gtrott@corban.edu
To the web crew:
The blog is really coming along!
The word “scholorships” was misspelled under the tag cloud. Could someone please fix that?
Keep up the good work,
Gordon Turner
Gordon –
Thanks for catching that – I’ll fix it (though it might take a bit to show up)