Folks, FYI, as far as student conference funding
is concerned, here's how our UK colleagues
encourage student conference participation.
Best,
Janine Henri
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>Subject: Art Libraries Society (ARLIS) conference student award
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>ARLIS Conference Student Award
>
>ARLIS offers a single fully-funded place at its
>annual conference for a full-time or part-time
>student working for a first degree or
>post-graduate qualification in librarianship and
>information studies. This year's conference:
>
>THROUGH THE LOOKING-GLASS:
>Meeting the skills challenge
>St Catherine's College, Oxford, 15-18 July 2004
>
>offers, as always, a wide-ranging and topical
>programme of presentations and interactive
>sessions. The theme of staff development aims
>to assist art and design librarians to confront
>the challenges we all face in a rapidly changing
>professional environment. Topics such as
>Knowledge management and knowledge mapping;
>Advanced teaching skills for librarians; Web
>content authorship and Mentoring are intended
>not only to introduce recent developments and
>theories in the information profession but also
>to assist delegates in their ongoing career
>development choices.
>
>Speakers have been invited from a variety of backgrounds, including:
>Mary Canavan, Director of Human Resources at the British Library
>Irja Laamanen, Director of Information Services
>for the Finnish Institute of Occupational Health
>Nick Willard, ASLIB
>Sue Hill of Sue Hill Recruitment
>Antony Brewerton from Oxford Brookes University
>Tim Wilson Keeper, Department of Western Art, Ashmolean Museum
>
>Oxford is the home of Britain's oldest
>University, and this ancient and beautiful city
>has a great deal to offer anyone interested in
>art, design, architecture and libraries! Study
>visits and receptions will include The Bodleian,
>the Ruskin digitisation project at the
>Ashmolean, St John's College Library and Garden
>Room and Modern Art Oxford.
>
>Designed by Danish architect Arne Jacobsen, and
>described by Pevsner as "a perfect piece of
>architecture", St Catherine's College allows
>delegates to enjoy the benefits of modern
>facilities, whilst being a short walk from the
>dreaming spires of traditional Oxford.
>
>
>To apply for the award, please submit the following (4 copies of each):
>
>A completed application form (copies available
>on the ARLIS web site: www.arlis.org.uk or from
>the Administrator at the address below); the
>deadline for receipt is Friday 28th May 2004.
>A résumé listing educational background,
>employment history and professional activities.
>
>The winner must confirm in writing that he/she
>is able to meet the requirement of conference
>attendance. The recipient will be expected to
>submit a post-conference report to the Council
>of ARLIS/UK & Ireland.
>
>It is not a prerequisite of the Award that the
>applicants are members of ARLIS.
>
>The decisions of the Council of ARLIS/UK &
>Ireland and its Grants Panel shall be final, and
>no correspondence regarding these shall be
>entered into. The Council of ARLIS/UK & Ireland
>reserves the right to make no award if no
>suitable application is received.
>
>Application papers should be returned to:
>Elspeth Hector, Hon. Treasurer, ARLIS/UK & Ireland, National Gallery Library
>Trafalgar Square, London WC2N 5DN. T: 020 7747
>2830. E: [log in to unmask]
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