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Dear Colleagues, The ARLIS/NA Travel Awards Subcommittee is pleased to announce that Travel Award applications are open for the 47th annual ARLIS/NA conference, to be held in Salt Lake City, March 26 - 30, 2019. Handy links: * Conference Travel Awards website<https://www.arlisna.org/about/awards-honors/64-conference-travel-awards> (includes link to application form) * Salt Lake City Conference website<https://arlisna.org/saltlakecity2019/index.php> Application deadline for all conference travel awards: Monday, November 26, 2018, 12:00 pm EST Awards Open to Current ARLIS/NA Members: Conference Attendance Award ($1000) Eligibility: Individual member who serves as a committee member, group moderator, and/or chapter officer. Purpose: To encourage participation in ARLIS/NA by assisting conference attendance by committee members, chapter officers, and moderators, of divisions, sections, and round tables. Student Conference Attendance Award ($1000) Eligibility: Student members who are active participants in ARLIS/NA and are currently enrolled in an accredited graduate program in Library Studies and/or Information Studies or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation). Purpose: To encourage participation in ARLIS/NA by assisting students considering a career in art librarianship or visual resources to attend the annual ARLIS/NA conference. Awards Open to All Eligible Applicants: Student Diversity Award for Conference Attendance ($1000) Eligibility: Students from a traditionally under-represented group who are currently enrolled in an accredited graduate program in Library Studies and/or Information Studies or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation). Purpose: To encourage multicultural students considering a career in art librarianship or visual resources to participate in the activities of ARLIS/NA. Howard Karno Award ($1000) Eligibility: Art librarians residing in Latin America or Art Librarians residing in North America working with significant Latin American art/architecture research collections or researching subjects or themes related to Latin American art/architecture. Purpose: To encourage professional development of art librarians who work to advance the study of Latin American art through interaction with ARLIS/NA colleagues and conference participation. Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Attendance ($1000) About: Sponsored by the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) the Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Attendance is given annually in honor of the founding of ARLIS/NA and its first president. The Art Libraries Society of North America was founded in 1972 by a group of art librarians attending the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago at the initiative of Judith Hoffberg. Eligibility: Students who are currently enrolled in an accredited graduate program in Library Studies and/or Information Studies or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation). Purpose: To encourage students considering a career in art librarianship or visual resources to participate in the activities of ARLIS/NA. Please forward this announcement to others who might benefit from attending the ARLIS/NA conference, and feel free to contact me with any questions! Sincerely, Ashley Peterson Travel Awards Subcommittee Chair ______________ Ashley Peterson Research & Instruction Librarian W. Van Alan Clark, Jr. Library School of the Museum of Fine Arts at Tufts University 230 The Fenway Boston, MA 02115 617-627-0015 [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~