ARLIS/NA Mid-Atlantic Chapter
2016 Caroline Backlund Professional Development Award
Deadline: Monday, January
4, 2016
NOTE EARLY DEADLINE!*
Purpose
ARLIS/NA Mid-Atlantic
will present a professional development award of $500.00 to a chapter member in
support of attending the 44th Annual ARLIS/NA Conference, to be held jointly
with the Visual Resources Association (VRA) Conference in Seattle, Washington, March 8-12,
2016. This award is intended to help chapter members become more involved
in ARLIS/NA at the national level.
Eligibility
An award applicant must
have been a member of ARLIS/NA for at least one year, and must be a current,
dues-paying member of both ARLIS/NA Mid-Atlantic and ARLIS/NA. All ARLIS/NA
Mid-Atlantic members—including those who have transferred from other chapters—who
meet the above criteria are eligible for the award. Those who have never
attended the national conference; those who have attended past conferences; all
who will be participating in the conference as speakers or presenters, as
session/program moderators, as moderators of a section, division or roundtable;
all who will be serving on committees, are welcome to apply, as are chapter
members who have no specific role in the conference program.
The winner will submit a
brief written report to the chapter's Award Committee after the conference, and
will be welcome to make a report to the chapter membership at a chapter meeting,
and/or through a posting on the chapter web site.
Deadline
& process
Applying is quick and
easy. Each applicant for the award should submit
(1) a letter of 250–500 words describing his or her role in the
conference (if applicable), the benefits anticipated from conference
attendance, and a description of all funding expected from the applicant's
institution or other sources;
(2) a current résumé or CV, not to exceed two pages.
Please submit
applications for the 2016 Caroline Backlund Professional Development Award to
the Committee Chair, Sally Sims Stokes, at [log in to unmask]&soc_src=mail&soc_trk=ma" id="yiv8990900681yui_3_16_0_1_1449077234665_42681" class="yiv8990900681">[log in to unmask] To help ensure receipt, please cc [log in to unmask]
*Time-stamp deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. MONDAY, JANUARY 4, 2016. This change from the standard deadline
of Jan. 15 has been approved due to
early conference dates for 2016.
Good luck to all applicants!