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It is cold and snowy out, and we are
just getting through piles of real and virtual mail after the holiday break.
You may not be thinking about professional development or travel plans yet, but
the deadline for the ARLIS/NE Awards is THIS WEEK. That's right, January 16,
2010.
If ever there was a time to apply for an ARLIS/NE Award it would be now, with
institutional support for conferences and professional development being cut
and/or eliminated. Think about your plans for the coming year (including
the ARLIS/NA conference in
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 a 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 ARLIS/NA & ARLIS/NE 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 2009 Travel award is January 16, 2009.
Winners will be notified in February 2009.
Please send applications via mail or email to:
Gabrielle V L Reed
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Wolfgang M. Freitag Award
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 2009 Wolfgang Freitag Professional Development Award
is January 16, 2009. Winners will be notified in February 2009.
Please send applications via mail or email to:
Sarah Dickinson
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(please put ARLIS/NE in the subject heading of the email)
The Elmar Seibel Scholarship
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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Gabrielle Reed
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