ARLIS/DC-Maryland-Virginia Chapter2004 Caroline Backlund Professional Development Award Purpose ARLIS/DC-MD-VA will present a professional development award of $500 to a chapter member to attend the 2004 Annual ARLIS/NA Conference in New York. This award is intended to help members become more involved in ARLIS/NA at the national level. Eligibility An award applicant must have been a member of ARLIS/NA for at least one year, and must be a current, dues-paying member of ARLIS/DC-MD-VA and ARLIS/NA. All ARLIS/DC-MD-VA members are eligible for the award. The chapter's officers, members who have never attended the national conference, and those who will be participating in the conference as speakers, session/program moderators, moderators of a section, division or roundtable, or serving on committees are especially encouraged to apply for the award. The winner will make a report to the chapter membership at a chapter meeting (or through a posting on the chapter web site). Deadline & process Applicants for the award should submit a letter describing their participation in the conference (if applicable), the benefits anticipated from conference attendance, and a description of all travel funding expected from the applicant's institution or other sources. Please include a current resumé. Postmark deadline for applications is February 18, 2004. Applications may be submitted to the 2004 Caroline Backlund Professional Development Award Committee Chair by either e-mail to [log in to unmask] (preferred if your email system will support attachments) or by US Mail, Fed Ex, or UPS to this address: Sally Sims Stokes, 8000 Park Crest Drive, Silver Spring, MD 20910. 01/29/04 --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free web site building tool. Try it! __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]