News Library Grad Students: Want $1500 to Attend SLA?
Hey LIS graduate students and recent grads interested in news librarianship: want $1500 to help fund your first trip to the Special Libraries Association Annual Conference? Members of the Vormelker-Thomas Student Stipend Award Committee eagerly await your applications! Complete application instructions are at: http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/about/vormelker2008.htm.
Selection Criteria:
- Applicants must be members of the Special Libraries Association when they apply for the stipend.
- Applicants must be attending their first SLA conference.
- Applicants must be graduate students or December 2007 graduates interested in a career in news librarianship.
- 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
- Applications must be e-mailed no later than Wednesday, April 16 at 5 p.m.
Yes, it seems like applying for the award is a lot of work, but it’s worth it. The money really helps defray the cost of the conference and the award looks pretty on a resume. Few people apply, so your chances of winning are very good. Past winners include a lot of folks who go on to do great things for news librarianship.
