Dear colleagues,
The Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) Travel Awards Subcommittee is now accepting applications for the ARLIS/NA Conference Attendance and Travel Awards to support attendance at the ARLIS/NA 51st Annual Conference in Mexico City, Mexico, on April 18-21, 2023. Applications are due January 20, 2023, by 8 pm EST through this form: https://forms.gle/9xYvQzC1ZqwCXJ348. New for the 2023 conference:
- Each travel award is $1200, an increase of $200 over past awards!
- The conference attendance and travel awards will be presented as cash to the recipient, eliminating the post-conference reimbursement process. Thanks to the ARLIS/NA board for approving this change to make travel awards more equitable.
Full details are below.
Awards Open to Current ARLIS MembersConference Attendance Award (1 award/$1200)
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. The recipient will write a brief post-conference report evaluating their conference experience.
Student Conference Attendance Award (1 award/$1200)
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. The recipient will write a brief post-conference report evaluating their conference experience.
Awards Open to All Eligible ApplicantsStudent Diversity Award for Conference Attendance (1 award/$1200)
Eligibility: Students from a traditionally under-represented group currently enrolled in an accredited graduate program in Library Studies and/or Information Studies or who have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation). To be considered for the award, applicants must meet the following criteria:
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- Be enrolled as a graduate student in Library Studies or Information Studies or have recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation)
- Be interested in a career in art librarianship/visual resources
- Be one of the following:
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- 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 or
- Canadian resident and of aboriginal identity, as defined in the Canadian Employment Equity Act ("aboriginal peoples" means persons who are Indians, Inuit, or Métis) or
- 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)
A mentor from the ARLIS/NA Diversity Committee, who will facilitate the recipient's attendance at the Conference, will be assigned to the award recipient before the Conference. The recipient will write a brief post-conference report evaluating their Conference experience.
Purpose: To encourage multicultural students considering a career in art librarianship or visual resources to participate in the activities of ARLIS/NA.
Howard Karno Award (1 award/$1200)
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 the professional development of art librarians who work to advance the study of Latin American art through interaction with ARLIS/NA colleagues and conference participation. The recipient will write a brief post-conference report evaluating their conference experience.
Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Attendance (1 award/$1200)
Sponsored by the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA), the Judith A. Hoffberg Student Award for Conference Attendance is given annually in honor of the founding of ARLIS/NA and its first president. The Art Libraries Society of North America was founded in 1972 by a group of art librarians attending the American Library Association annual conference in Chicago at the initiative of Judith Hoffberg.
Eligibility: Students 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 students considering a career in art librarianship or visual resources to participate in the activities of ARLIS/NA. The recipient will write a brief post-conference report evaluating their conference experience. Deliberations are expected to be complete by January 27, 2023.
Please contact Travel Awards Subcommittee chair Courtney Stine, at courtney.stine@louisville.edu if you have any questions.
All the best,
The ARLIS/NA Travel Awards Subcommittee:
Courtney Stine (chair)
Stephanie Beene
Jenna DuFour
Giana Ricci
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Stephanie Beene
Fine Arts Librarian for Art, Architecture and Planning
University of New Mexico
She/Her/Hers
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