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This year the ARLIS/NA-TC-Chapter is pleased to offer a $400 award for professional development to enhance the professional development of early, mid, and late career ARLIS/NA members by supporting attendance at the ARLIS/NA annual conference in St. Louis, Missouri, on April 20-24, 2020 <https://arlisna.org/stl2020/>, ARLIS/NA regional chapter meetings <https://www.arlisna.org/organization/chapters>, enrollment in the Summer Educational Institute for Visual Resources and Image Management <https://seiworkshop.org/>, or a one-year membership to ARLIS/NA for first-time members <https://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna>. Eligibility Applicants for the award must be current ARLIS/NA <https://www.arlisna.org/join.taf> and ARLIS/NA-Twin Cities chapter members at the time of application. Applicants who receive partial or no institutional funding toward the cost of attending a conference will be given priority. Preference is given to chapter officers, conference speakers, moderators, ARLIS/NA committee members, students, and first-time attendees, but all are encouraged to apply. A person who receives an award will not be eligible to apply for another award until after 3 years. Timeline and Process Applications are due on December 20, 2019. Applicants seeking the $400 award are asked to present a letter (via e-mail) to members of the Award Committee. The letter should include a statement of qualifications, the amount of expected institutional funding, proposed conference program involvement, and expected benefits or outcomes. This award is intended to cover the cost of a single member-rate early registration to the ARLIS/NA conference plus fees for at least one workshop or tour, or registration for similar ARLIS/NA affiliated assemblies. Please send letters of application to the head of the travel award committee, Beth Goodrich at [log in to unmask] . Administration of the Award The Award Committee will review all applications and select a recipient. The recipient will be informed and asked to accept or decline the award in writing. If the first choice award recipient declines, an alternative person from the applicant pool will be selected and offered the award. Upon receiving written acceptance of the award, the ARLIS/NA-TC Secretary/Treasurer will send the recipient a check four to six weeks prior to the start of the conference. Award recipients are asked to write a brief conference recap <http://twincities.arlisna.org/travel-awards/> for the chapter web site and give a short presentation at the first chapter meeting following the conference. -- *Your ARLIS/NA-TC Chapter Officers* Beth Goodrich, Chair Meg Black, Vice-chair Lizzy Tegeler, Secretary/Treasurer Ginny Moran, Past Chair -- Ginny Moran, MLIS Fine Arts & Humanities Instruction & Research Librarian DeWitt Wallace Library/Macalester College [log in to unmask] http://bit.ly/GinnyApptHours she/her/hers ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 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] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~