ARLIS/NE Travel
Award
The purpose of this award is to encourage professional development by
supporting travel to the ARLIS/NA annual conference.
Two awards of $300.00 may be granted to members of ARLIS/NE to help to
defray the expense of attending the ARLIS/NA annual conference.
PURPOSE: To support the professional development of ARLIS/NE members.
ELIGIBILITY: Current ARLISNA & ARLISNE member. Applicant must be unable to
receive full institutional funding toward ARLIS conference travel. Preference
will be given to first time attendees and those who are participating in the
conference as speakers, moderators, session recorders, or serving as a
committee member.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE & DEADLINE: Please send a letter of application describing
your eligibility for the travel award. Include an estimate of conference
expenses and description of all travel funding expected from your institution.
Please include a current resume with your application. The deadline for
applications for the 2010 Travel award is January 16, 2010. Winners will be
notified in February 2010.
Please send applications via mail or email to:
Gabrielle V L Reed
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The Wolfgang M. Freitag Professional Development Award, named in honor of the
chapter's founding member, was instituted in 1992. Dr. Freitag served as Chief
Librarian of the Harvard College Fine Arts Library at the
PURPOSE: The original purpose of the Freitag Award was to support travel to the
annual ARLIS/NA conference. Since 1995, the scope of the award has been
expanded to aid and encourage the professional development of chapter members
by supporting research and publishing projects, continuing education, or other
objectives pertaining to art librarianship, as well as travel to conferences.
QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must be a member of ARLIS/New England for one full
year. The applicant cannot have received full funding from other sources for
the same project or objective. Award winners will report to the chapter upon
completion of the project or objective, either in writing to the president, or
at one of the chapter meetings.
AWARD: Chapter members have generously contributed to the Freitag Award fund
over the years and donations are always welcome. Currently, at least one award
of $500 is given each year.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE & DEADLINE: Applicants should send a letter
describing their project and financial need to the Award Committee. The
deadline for applications for the 2010 Wolfgang Freitag Professional
Development Award is January 16, 2010. Winners will be notified in February
2010.
Please send applications via mail or email to:
Sarah Dickinson
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The Elmar Seibel Scholarship was established in the summer of 2001 to honor
ARLIS/NE Life Member Elmar Seibel, a respected book dealer, bibliographer,
curator, and collector, and an esteemed friend to art libraries and art
librarians regionally, nationally, and internationally. Elmar Seibel is founder
and president of Ars Libri Ltd., in
An award of $500.00 may be granted to an aspiring art information professional
currently enrolled or accepted into a fully accredited
PURPOSE: The purpose of this award is to support and encourage future art
librarians by helping to defray student expenses (tuition, housing, books,
etc.)
REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate degree program in
Library and Information Science at
APPLICATION PROCEDURE & DEADLINE: Applicants should send a letter
describing themselves and their interest in art librarianship, with proof of
enrollment in or a letter of acceptance from one of the
Please send applications via mail or email to:
Sarah Dickinson
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ARLIS/NE in the subject heading of the email)
Gabrielle V L Reed
Public Services Librarian
617-879-7102