ARLIS/Southern California Chapter Student Travel Award applications are now being requested. The Southern California Chapter of ARLIS/NA is currently inviting applicants for the Student Travel Award. This year $400 will be awarded to support and encourage involvement in ARLIS activities by helping to defray the costs of attending the 2008 ARLIS National Conference in Denver, Colorado. Letters of applications are due by Friday, February 22nd 2008 and the winners will be notified by Monday, March 3rd 2008. Eligibility: 1.)Membership. Applicants must be members in good standing of both ARLIS/NA and the Southern California Chapter [Note: Southern CA membership forms can be sent along with the award application - membership is free to students! For a copy of the chapter's membership form see http://www.arlis-sc.org/membership.html]. 2.) Financial need. Only applicants who receive partial or no institutional funds towards conference attendance will be considered (We strongly encourage folks who do not receive full funding to apply). 3) Eligible applicants include students registered in the MLIS program at UCLA and the MLIS programs at SJSU San Jose/CSU Fullerton. Selection will be weighted toward those applicants who best fulfill the following guidelines: 1.) Are attending the ARLIS National Conference for the first time, and/or 2.) Are actively participating in the conference in such roles as speaker, moderator, recorder, workshop attendee, etc. Conditions of the award: 1.) Award winner must commit to attending the Chapter meeting at the conference. 2.) Award winner must submit a written conference report for publication in the Chapter newsletter, Canvas. This report will include an account of the recipient's personal conference experiences and how the award contributed to his/her professional development. To apply for the awards: Please email or mail a letter of application to Skye Lacerte, Chair of the Travel Awards Committee by Friday, February 22nd 2008, briefly outlining your reasons for attending the conference as well as a short biographical statement listing employment history, educational background, professional activities, and how much funding you will be receiving from your institution (please limit information to a maximum of 2 pages). Winners must confirm in writing that they are able to meet the requirements of conference attendance. The travel awards will be presented to the winners at the ARLIS/SC Chapter meeting in Denver (date and place to be determined). Skye Lacerte Processing Archivist MOCA The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles 250 S. Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012 tel 213/621-1783 fax 213/620-8674 [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.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 (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask]