Dear ARLIS/DC-MD-VA Chapter Members,
The deadline for the 2009 Caroline Backlund Professional Development
Award for conference travel has been extended to 11:59 PM on Wednesday,
March 4. Applying is quick and easy! More information about the award
follows.
Best regards,
Karen O'Connell
Chapter Chair
ARLIS/DC-Maryland-Virginia Chapter
2009 Caroline Backlund Professional Development Award
Purpose
ARLIS/DC-MD-VA
will present a professional
development award of $500.00 to a chapter member to attend the
2009 Annual ARLIS/NA Conference in Indianapolis. 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 who meet
the above criteria are eligible for the award. This
includes those who have never attended the national conference, and
those who will be participating in the conference as speakers; as
session/program moderators, as moderators of a section, division or
roundtable; or who will be serving on committees.
The
winner will submit a brief written report to the chapter's Award
Committee after the conference, and will be welcome to make a report to
the chapter membership at a chapter meeting (or through a posting on
the chapter web site).
Deadline
& process
Applying
is quick and easy. Each applicant for the award should submit
(1)
a letter of 250-500 words describing his or her 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;
(2) a current résumé
or CV, not to exceed two pages.
Please
submit applications for the 2009 Caroline Backlund Professional Development Award
Committee Chair, Sally Sims Stokes, at [log in to unmask]">[log in to unmask]
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Time-stamp deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m.WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4,
2009.
Good luck to all applicants!
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