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Dear colleagues,

The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Travel Awards Subcommittee welcomes applications to ARLIS/NA Virtual Conference Attendance Awards. Successful applicants will receive free registration to the ARLIS/NA virtual conference taking place May 11-13, 2021. 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