Dear colleagues,
The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA)
<https://www.arlisna.org/> Travel Awards Subcommittee welcomes applications
to ARLIS/NA Virtual Conference Attendance Awards
<https://arlisna.org/about/awards-honors/64-conference-travel-awards>.
Successful applicants will receive free registration to the ARLIS/NA
virtual conference taking place May 11-13, 2021
<https://www.arlisna.org/2021-conference-home>. Please note that these
awards have been temporarily restructured for the 2021 virtual conference
in response to the pandemic. Applications are due by March 19, 2021 through
this application: https://forms.gle/5w3tudJNS6GeHXpt6
Full details below. Please get in touch with Travel Awards Subcommittee
chair, Marianne Williams at [log in to unmask] if you have any questions.
Awards open to current ARLIS members:
Conference Attendance Award
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.
Awards Open to All Eligible Applicants
Howard Karno Award
Number of awards given will depend on what registration category the
awardees fall into
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.
Student Conference Attendance Award
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.
-
At least 50% of the student awards will be awarded to individuals who
meet the criteria of the Student Diversity Award
-
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).
-
Conference mentorship and onboarding will be available for awardees,
facilitated with the Diversity and Inclusion Committee
-
Be one of the following:
-
U.S. resident and a member of a racial/ethnic group as defined by the
U.S. Census Bureau: African American/Black; Latino/Hispanic,
Asian/Pacific
Islander, or American Indian/Alaska Native
-
Canadian resident and of aboriginal identity, as defined in the
Canadian Employment Equity Act ("aboriginal peoples" means
persons who are
Indians, Inuit, or Métis)
-
Canadian resident and a member of a visible minority, as defined by
the Canadian Employment Equity Act (members of "visible minorities" means
persons, other than aboriginal peoples, who are non-Caucasian in race or
non-white in colour)
All the best,
The ARLIS/NA Travel Awards Subcommittee
Marianne Williams (chair)
Maryke H. Berber
Courtney Baron
Patricia Gimenez
Megan Lotts
Ian McDermott
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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]
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
