*For Immediate Release ** * * * January 15, 2011.* *The Mountain West Chapter of ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America) is pleased to invite applications for the *Winberta Yao Travel Award.* The recipient of the *Winberta Yao Travel Award *will receive up to $500 to help cover registration/travel expenses to support attendance at the joint VRA* +*ARLIS/NA annual conference, “Collaboration: Building Bridges in the 21st Century,” taking place in Minneapolis, Minnesota from March 24-28, 2011. (Conference URL: http://www.vra-arlis2011.org/ ) Applicants must be a current ARLIS/NA-MW and ARLIS/NA member living in the Mountain West region -- including Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming.** Application instructions and additional details about the award can be found at the *Winberta Yao Travel Award*<http://arlisna-mw.lib.byu.edu/travel.html>page. (URL: http://arlisna-mw.lib.byu.edu/travel.html) *****2011 Applications are due:* Friday, February 4**** Please refer inquiries and applications to: Carrie McDade University of Utah [log in to unmask] ARLIS/NA-MW Travel Award Committee Carrie L. McDade C. Alexandria Caster -- C. Alexandria Caster Knowledge River Scholar and Master's Candidate Graduate Assistant, Special Collections Intern, Tucson Museum of Art Research Library School of Information Resources and Library Science University of Arizona [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/join.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~