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The ARLIS/NA Travel Awards Committee is pleased to announce the following Travel Awards for attending the 38th Annual Art Libraries Society of North America conference to be held in Boston, MA on April 23-26, 2010 (http://www.arlisna.org/boston2010/index.html).  For more information and the application form, please visit http://www.arlisna.org/about/awards/awards_index.html.  The application form can be found at: http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/arlisnatravel.

 

The deadline for applying is March 1, 2010 (11:59PM Eastern Standard Time). 

 

Conference Travel Awards Open to Current ARLIS/NA Members:

 

• Conference Attendance Award ($750)
• Eligibility: Individual members who serve as committee members, group moderators, and chapter officers.

 

• Merrill Wadsworth Smith Travel Award in Architecture Librarianship ($750)
• Eligibility: ARLIS/NA members who are actively, but not necessarily exclusively, involved with the field of architecture in visual and/or print collections including librarians, visual resources curators, archivists, and students.

 

• AskART Conference Attendance Award ($1,000)
• Eligibility: Members who are actively involved in the field of American art through reference, research, bibliographic work, the overseeing of significant art research collections, or who are researching subjects or themes related to American art.

 

• Student Conference Attendance Award ($750)
• Eligibility: Student members who are active participants in ARLIS/NA and are currently enrolled in an accredited graduate program in Library Studies and/or Information Studies or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation).

 

Conference Travel Awards Open to All Eligible Applicants:

 

• Howard & Beverly Joy Karno Award ($1,000)
• Eligibility: Art librarians residing in Latin America or Art Librarians residing in North America working with significant Latin American art/architecture research collections or researching subjects or themes related to Latin American art/architecture.

 

• Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Attendance ($750)
• Eligibility: Students who are currently enrolled in an accredited graduate program in Library Studies and/or Information Studies or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation).

 

• Student Diversity Award for Conference Attendance ($750)
• Eligibility: Students from a traditionally under-represented group who are currently enrolled in an accredited graduate program in Library Studies and/or Information Studies or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation)

 

If you have any questions about the Travel Awards, please contact Jennifer Friedman, Chair, Travel Awards Committee ([log in to unmask]).

 

With warm regards,

 

The Travel Awards Committee

Jennifer Friedman, MIT, Chair (2008-2010)
Cheryl Costello, Pratt Institute (2008-2010)
Laine Gabel, Ontario College of Art and Design (2009-2011)

Naomi Niles, Metropolitan Museum of Art (2008-2010)

 

 

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Jennifer Friedman, Collections Manager and Public Services Librarian

Rotch Library of Architecture and Planning, Bldg 7-238

MIT, 77 Massachusetts Ave, Cambridge, MA  02139

T: (617) 258-5595  F: (617) 253-9331