Planning on attending ARLIS/NA in Minneapolis? We’d love to help you get there.
The ARLIS/Southeast chapter is pleased to offer the ARLIS/SE Professional Development Travel Award in the amount of $500. One-year memberships at the individual level to both ARLIS/NA and ARLIS/SE are also included if the recipient has not previously joined either organization.
Application deadline is Monday, February 21st.
Purpose: The Award's purpose is to cultivate a talented, dedicated, and educated group of professionals for the ARLIS/NA organization as well as the ARLIS/SE chapter. Funds from this award may be used to pay for travel, lodging, registration and meals associated with professional development activities at the annual ARLIS/NA conference.
Eligibility:
· Applicants must currently reside in the geographic area served by the ARLIS/SE chapter (Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, Puerto Rico, South Carolina, Tennessee, and the U.S. Virgin Islands). Membership in ARLIS/SE and ARLIS/NA at the time of application is not required, although preference will be given to current ARLIS/SE members.
· Applicants must also currently be either employed in the field of art librarianship and/or visual resources curatorship, or enrolled in an educational program leading to a graduate degree.
· Current students, individuals beginning their professional career within the field of Art Information in the past five years, and paraprofessionals who are becoming active in ARLIS/NA or ARLIS/SE for the first time are eligible.
· Any individual meeting these criteria may apply for the award; however, first-time attendees are given preference.
· Recipients of the award may not reapply in future years.
Application criteria and form may be found here:
http://arlisse.wordpress.com/82-2/
Questions about the award should be directed to Kathy Edwards, [log in to unmask]
ARLIS/SE Professional Development Travel Award Committee:
Kathy Edwards
Heather Koopmans
Kathy Edwards
Reference & Collection Development Librarian
Emery A. Gunnin Architecture Library
112 Lee Hall
Clemson University
Clemson, SC 29634
864.656.4289