Travel stipends for 2011 SLA Conference

Notices of two separate stipend awards!

PAM Travel Stipend for attending SLA conference

The SLA-PAM Professional Development Committee is pleased to announce that IOP Publishing is once again sponsoring four conference travel stipends to help new librarians with the expenses of attending the SLA Annual Conference.  The stipends aim to accelerate the advancement of new librarians entering science/technology librarianship by mentoring them to access educational and professional opportunities within the SLA.   This is the third year running that IOP Publishing and the PAM Division have proudly offered these travel stipends.

The selected recipients will each receive a $1,000 stipend to assist in defraying the cost of attending the 2011 SLA conference in Philadelphia, PA in June, 2011. Learn more about the IOP Travel Stipend Award today and nominate yourself, or someone you know.

Eligibility

• Applicants should be recent graduates of a library science program.
• Applicants should have less than 3 years of professional library information experience.
• Applicants must work in a library focusing on one or more of the PAM disciplines (physics, astronomy, mathematics, or computer science) or act as a library’s subject specialist for one or more of these disciplines.
• Applicants should be first-time attendees of the SLA annual conference, or first-time attendees in a PAM discipline.

The committee reserves the right not to grant any of the four awards if not enough applications meet all eligibility requirements and adhere to all the application procedures.

Only applicants who meet all the eligibility requirements at the time of application are submitted to the SLA-PAM review committee for travel stipend consideration.

Candidate Expectations

• Candidate must attend the SLA Annual Conference the year the award is given.
• Candidate must attend the PAM business meeting and breakfast.
• Candidate should be willing to attend PAM sessions and events at the Annual Conference and participate in a group photo session administered by SLA.

Application Procedure

Prepare a brief letter (approximately 750 words),  answering the questions:

• How do you meet the criteria?
• What do you hope to gain from attending the 2011 SLA conference?
• How do you expect/hope to be involved with the PAM division?

Submit current curriculum vitae OR resume.

Applications can be submitted via email to Nedelina Tchangalova at [email protected]  (subject line should begin with PAM Travel Stipend). Applications will be accepted until February 1, 2011.

Notification

Applicants will receive notification of award status by March 1, 2011. The award check will be presented at the PAM business meeting and breakfast.

The PAM Division is deeply grateful to IOP Publishing for their continued involvement with and support of librarians at the SLA conference, and most especially for their generous commitment to the professional development of young science librarians.

Another stipend award program:

Early Career Conference Awards

LMD is joining the Business & Finance, Legal, and Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Divisions in co-sponsoring four Early Career Conference Awards with SLA Europe.  Winners will attend the 2011 SLA Annual Conference and INFO-EXPO in Philadelphia, 12-15 June 2011.  Applications are welcome from LIS students and early-career professionals (first 5 years post-qualification) based in Europe. 

For more information about this award and details about the application process go to: http://www.sla-europe.org/2010/11/15/sla-europe-early-career-conference-awards-2011/.  The closing date for applications is 31 Jan 2011.

Comments

[Chanel J12]

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[Stefan]

Thanks for taking the time to post these pics. What an inrldeibce weekend. My mind is still reeling from all the great energy and information we absorbed. I'm looking forward to another trip to Bend. Hopefully we could meet up for a beer. Also if you are ever back in PDX, don't be afraid to hit me up either. Until next time, cheers!