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Please apply now for ARLIS/NE members: ARLIS/NA Travel Award The purpose of this award is to encourage professional development by supporting travel to the ARLIS/NA annual conference. Two awards of $500.00 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: Applicants must be a member of ARLIS/New England for one full year and a member of ARLIS/NA. The 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 a speaker, moderator, session recorder or serving as a committee member. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Please send a letter of application describing your eligibility for the travel award. Include an estimate of conference expenses and a description of all travel funding expected from your institution. Please include a current resume with your application. Please send to: Gabrielle Reed, ARLIS/NA President: [log in to unmask] Elmar W. Seibel Scholarship The Elmar W. 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 esteemed friend to art libraries and art librarians regionally, nationally, and internationally. Elmar Seibel is founder and president of Ars Libri Ltd., in Boston, a company that has since 976 served as a resource for scholars, librarians, collectors, and artists. An award of $500.00 may be granted to an aspiring art information professional currently enrolled or accepted into a fully accredited New England school of library or information science. Awards may be granted to more than one applicant, if funds permit. PURPOSE: The purpose of this award is to support and encourage future art librarians by helping to defray student expenses (tuition, housing, materials, etc.) REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate degree program in Library and Information Science at Simmons College, the University of Rhode Island, or Southern Connecticut State University and must be working toward a career in an art library or related setting. APPLICATION PROCEDURE & DEADLINE: Applicants should send a letter describing themselves and their interest in art librarianship, with proof of enrollment in or an acceptance letter from one of the institutions listed above. Awards will be given on a rolling basis throughout the year. Please send to: Gabrielle Reed, ARLIS/NA President: [log in to unmask] Wolfgang Freitag Professional Development 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 Fogg Art Museum from 1964 to 1991, and as lecturer and senior lecturer in bibliography and art historiography at Harvard from 1967 to 1991. A charter member of ARLIS/NA, he was elected president of the organization in 1980 and received its Distinguished Service award in 1990. Wolfgang Freitag exemplified the highest standards of the profession and served as an inspiration to us all. PURPOSE: The purpose of the award is 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. A total of $1,000 in award funding will be distributed to one or more applicants during the calendar year. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Applicants should send a letter describing their project and financial need. Please send to: Gabrielle Reed, ARLIS/NA President: [log in to unmask] Gabrielle V L Reed Public Services Librarian Morton R. Godine Library Massachusetts College of Art and Design w. 1-617-879-7102 m. 401-440-1852 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~