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ARLIS/NA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Awards

The Mid-Atlantic Chapter of ARLIS/NA presents two awards that are offered for its members to engage in professional development by attending conferences and meetings organized by the Society and the Chapter. The Chapter is delighted to present two travel awards to attend the 48^th Annual Conference of the Art Libraries Society of North America in St. Louis, Missouri, April 20-24, 2020.  The deadline for applications in December 7, 2019.

Caroline Backlund Award

This award was established in 2002 and is named in honor of Caroline Backlund (1920-2016) who had a distinguished career as an art librarian, educator, and author. Mrs. Backlund, a long-time chapter member, received the ARLIS/NA Distinguished Service Award for her contributions to the Society in 1989. The Backlund Award is intended to help student members of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter become more involved in ARLIS/NA at the national level. It is maintained through donations from chapter members. The chapter invites contributions in any amount, year-round.  The amount of the award is $750. The winner of the Backlund Award also serves on the Travel Awards Committee for one year following the award.

Washington Art Library Resources Committee Award

 

            The Washington Art Library Resources Committee (WALRC) comprised research libraries in the greater Washington, DC area. In 1981, WALRC published Art serials: union list of art periodicals and serials in research libraries in the Washington D.C. metropolitan area (edited by Carolyn S. Larson) which proved to be a very useful and popular publication. In 2018 WALRC, which had been inactive for many years, disbanded and the funds from the sale of the publication was transferred to the Chapter.

 

            The WALRC Award is intended for professional (i.e. non-student) members of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter become more involved in ARLIS/NA at the national level. Funding for the award is provided by income from WALRC invested accounts. The amount of the award is $1000.

 

Criteria

 

Award applicants must be a current member of ARLIS/NA and must be a current member of the ARLIS/NA Mid-Atlantic Chapter. Applications are encouraged from those who do not have institutional or outside funding or have never attended the national conference with additional consideration given to applications for members who will be participating in the conference as speakers, presenters, or in leadership positions.

 

Following the conference, the winner must submit a brief written report to the Travel Awards Committee within 30 days and is encouraged to make a presentation to the chapter membership at the next meeting and/or through a posting on the chapter web site.

 

 

Application

 

Applicants for the awards should submit a current résumé or curriculum vitae and a letter describing the benefits anticipated from conference attendance, their specific role in the conference (if applicable), and a travel budget including any expected funding from the applicant’s institution or other sources. 

 

The deadline for applications in December 7, 2019. Please send applications to

 

Gregory P. J. Most

Chair, ARLIS/NA Mid-Atlantic Chapter Travel Awards Committee

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Gregory P. J. Most

Chief, Department of Image Collections

Library

National Gallery of Art

Washington, DC  20565

 

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