NASIG 2001 Student Grant Awards: Call for Applicants (Anne McKee) ERCELAA@ctrvax.Vanderbilt.Edu 05 Dec 2000 17:21 UTC
Date: Tue, 05 Dec 2000 09:48:34 -0700 From: "Anne E. McKee" <mckeea@LINDAHALL.ORG> Subject: NASIG 2001 STUDENT GRANT AWARDS: CALL FOR APPLICANTS Comments: To: Ill-l <ill-l@listserv.acns.nwu.edu>, Colldv-l <colldv-l@usc.edu>, Autocat <autocat@listserv.acsu.buffalo.edu>, ARL Discussion group <arl-ejournal@cni.org>, libref-l <libref-l@listserv.kent.edu>, LIS serials-UK <lis-serials@jiscmail.ac.uk>, pacs-l <pacs-l@listserv.uh.edu>, serialst <serialst@LIST.UVM.EDU>, tsig-l <tsig-l@acadiau.ca> Original-recipient: rfc822;ERCELAA@CTRVAX.VANDERBILT.EDU Please post. Thank you! Anne E. McKee, M.L.S. NASIG Member at Large and Publicist email: mckeea@lindahall.org *************************************************** 2001 NASIG CONFERENCE STUDENT GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) is currently seeking candidates for student grants to attend the Sixteenth Annual Conference to be held at Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas on May 23-26, 2001. Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain - anyone working with or concerned about serials. For more information about NASIG, please see the NASIG web page at http://nasig.org/. Through the granting of these awards, NASIG desires to encourage participation in the serials information chain by students who are interested in pursuing some aspect of serials work upon completion of their professional degrees. Each year the annual conference is held on a different college or university campus, where the various segments of the serials community (including publishers, vendors, and librarians) meet in an informal setting to network and share information. The conference includes the presentation of papers, panels, workshops, tours, and social events. SCOPE OF AWARD: Recipients are expected to attend the entire conference and submit a brief written report to NASIG, which will be excerpted, for publication in the NASIG Newsletter. Expenses for travel, registration, meals, and lodging will be paid by NASIG. Each recipient will also receive a year's membership in NASIG. ELIGIBILITY: Students who are currently enrolled at the graduate level in any ALA accredited library school, who do not already have an ALA accredited degree, and who have expressed an interest in some aspect of serials work, are eligible. Applicants must be full- or part-time students at the time of application. In order to accept an award, a recipient must not be employed in a position requiring an ALA accredited degree, or on leave from such a position, at the time of acceptance of the grant. Equal consideration will be given to all qualified applicants, with preference given to those earning their degrees the year of the conference. Students do not have to be NASIG members to apply, and they must not have earned their degrees earlier than the end of the school year prior to the NASIG conference. Applicants must not have attended a previous NASIG conference. APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Application forms will be available after November 15, 2000, in ALA accredited library schools, through the NASIG Web Page, in this issue of the NASIG Newsletter, and from Kay Johnson, Co-Chair, Awards and Recognition Committee. Completed applications should be sent to: Kay G. Johnson Co-Chair, NASIG Awards & Recognition Committee 306 Hodges Library University of Tennessee Knoxville, TN 37996-1000 Phone (865) 974-6913 Fax (865) 974-0551 E-mail: johnsonk@utk.edu The award announcement and application form are also available on the web at: http://www.nasig.org/public/timedated/studentgrant.html APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications must be postmarked/faxed by JANUARY 31, 2001. Applications postmarked/faxed after this date will not be considered. AWARD NOTIFICATION: Award recipients will be notified by March 12, 2001.