ARLIS/Mountain West Chapter - Winberta Yao Travel Award
The ARLIS/Mountain West chapter is ple!
ased to
offer the Winberta Yao Travel Award for assistance to attend:
Transcontinental Perspectives: ARLIS/NA in the Canadian Rockies
the 34th annual ARLIS/NA conference to be held in Banff, Alberta, Canada, May 5-9, 2006.
This travel award was established in honor and recognition of Art Librarian Winberta Yao, a co-founder and the first president of ARLIS/AZ (Arizona). Winberta Yao worked at Arizona State University from 1975-1997, although her interest in forming a chapter of ARLIS began earlier, while she was working at the Phoenix Art Museum. ARLIS/AZ, established in 1975, became ARLIS/MW (Mountain West), when the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming joined the chapter in 1997. Montana joined the chapter in 2003.
Purpose: To encourage chapter and conf!
erence
participation by supporting travel expenses for attendance at the ARLIS/MW annual conference or the ARLIS/NA annual conference.
Award amount: up to $700.00.
Eligibility: Current ARLIS/MW member living in the Mountain West region including Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, Wyoming and Montana. Applicants must receive partial or no institutional funding toward ARLIS conference travel.
Award criteria: Preference is given to applicants who are first-time attendees, and to those who are participating in the conference as a speaker, panel member, session moderator or reco!
rder of a
session, or serving on an ARLIS/NA committee.
Conditions of the Award: Award winner must write a report of conference activities and experiences for the chapter newsletter, Mountain Ledger. This report should include an account of how the award helped the recipient's professional development.
To apply for an award, submit:
- A letter of application indicating the conference for which the applicant seeks funding and addressing relevant eligibility and award criteria. The application should include a description of interest and expectations of the conference and its relevance to the applicant's
professional development.
- An estimate of conference expenses
- A one page resume listing employment history, educational background, and professional activities. Include preferred mailing address, telephone number, FAX number, and e-mail address.
Application guidelines are posted on the ARLIS/MW website at http://www.lib.byu.edu/arlismw/travel.html
Deadline for applications: February 10, 2006.!
Successful applicant will be notified at least 6 weeks prior to the conference.
Send letter of application and resume to:
Allison Colborne, Winberta Yao Travel Award Committee
Art Librarian – Chase Art History Library
College of Santa Fe
1600 St. Michael’s Drive
Santa Fe, NM 87505-7634
