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The ARLIS/Texas-Mexico Chapter invites applications for its 2005 Lois Swan Jones Professional Development Award. The membership voted at the Chapter meeting in October to fund one travel stipend to the national conference in Houston with an award of $500. The sum can be used by a conference participant to defray the costs of registration, transportation, or lodging and dining. Information on the award, and application procedures follows below, or--with a list of past recipients--at the chapter web site http://www.arlis-txmx.org/awards_fellowships/awards_fellowships.shtml. Applications are due January 21, and the winner will be announced by the 29th of the month. Questions can be directed to award committee members Merriann Bidgood, Margaret Ford, or John Hagood. Please send your application to John, by mail c/o National Gallery of Art, 2000-B South Club Drive, Door 7, Landover, MD 20785-3230, or by e-mail attachment to [log in to unmask] The award honors Lois Swan Jones, Professor Emerita of Art History at the University of North Texas, and charter member of the ARLIS/Texas-Mexico Chapter. Professor Jones is the author of several standard works on art research methods and recipient of the ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award. Her enthusiasm, commitment to education, and love of art history serve as a model for art information professionals. Purpose of the Award: To support and encourage the participation of an ARLIS/Texas-Mexico chapter member in the ARLIS/NA annual conference, by helping to defray conference expenses. Eligibility: 1. Applicants must be members in good standing of both ARLIS/NA and the ARLIS/Texas-Mexico chapter. Student members are encouraged to apply. 2. Only applicants who receive partial or no institutional funding toward the ARLIS/NA annual conference will be considered. Procedures for Applicants: Applicants submit a letter of application and a current curriculum vitae to the award committee. The letter should include a statement of qualifications, the amount of expected institutional funding for conference attendance, and proposed conference program involvement. Previous recipients of the award are eligible. The committee will consider the merits of an individual's application independently of past decisions. Selection Factors (preference will be given to): 1. First-time ARLIS/NA annual conference attendees. 2. Applicants who are actively participating in the conference, in such capacities as a speaker, moderator, recorder, or committee member. Conditions of the award: 1. Award winners must commit to some level of conference involvement--which could include, but is not limited to--participation as a speaker, moderator, committee member, recorder, or volunteer with the local arrangements committee. (Contact the Houston conference Program committee members for suggestions) 2. Award winners must write a report of conference activities and experiences for the chapter newsletter, The Medium. This report should include an account of how the award helped the recipient's professional development. __________________________________________________________________ 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]