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Thanks to the generosity of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, the Art Libraries Society of North America is in the third of a six-year grant to fund an initiative for international travel to promote the exchange of ideas and information among art librarians. This grant will support bringing select arts information professionals together at annual conferences that will enhance connections that can lead to national and international projects and initiatives. The award will provide funding to assist European librarians and art information professionals to attend the annual conference of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) and for ARLIS/NA members to attend the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA) Art Libraries Satellite Meeting and other European art library conferences. In 2016, ARLIS/NA will meet with the Visual Resources Association for a joint conference in Seattle, Washington (state) from March 8-12, 2016 and IFLA will hold the Art Libraries Satellite Meeting in Chicago, August 9-11, 2016. In order to allow for travel to conferences taking place throughout the entire year of 2016, applications will be accepted in two rounds. *Round 1 Applications:* for travel by Europeans to the ARLIS/NA+VRA Joint Conference <http://www.arlisna-vra.org/seattle2016/index.php> or by ARLIS/NA members to European meetings before May 1, 2016. Deadline for Round 1: applications must be received via email no later than December 21, 2015 Notification for Round 1 awards will be by January 15, 2016.* Round 2 Applications:* or ARLIS/NA Members to attend meetings between May and December 2016 Deadline for Round 2: applications must be received via email no later than February 28, 201 Notification for Round 2 awards will be by March 31, 2016. Please consult the /ARLIS/NA Samuel H. Kress Foundation Award for International Travel/ webpage for detailed information and application requirements: https://arlisna.org/about/awards-honors/171-samuel-h-kress-foundation-award-for-international-travel On behalf of the Executive Board of the Art Libraries Society of North America, I offer my deep thanks to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation and its President, Max Marmor, for funding the remarkable initiative that will benefit art information professionals on both sides of the Atlantic. Carole Ann Fabian ARLIS/NA Past President ARLIS/NA Grants Program -- Carole Ann Fabian Director, Avery Architectural and Fine Arts Library Columbia University Libraries 1172 Amsterdam Avenue MC0301 New York, NY 10027 212-854-3068 Web:http://library.columbia.edu/indiv/avery.html News:https://blogs.cul.columbia.edu/avery/ -- Project Director, Built Works Registry builtworksregistry.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~