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.
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Please submit applications for the 2009 Caroline Backlund Professional
Development Award Committee Chair, Sally Sims Stokes, at
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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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