ACRL Image Resources Discussion Group

Are you a student or early-career librarian/archivist who self-identifies as racialized or Black, Indigenous, Person of Color (BIPOC)? Do you have a project/internship in mind that you would like to get paid for? 

The ARLIS/NA Compass Award provides $3,000 USD for a project-based internship that entails a minimum of 100 hours of work to see a project through to completion at an institution of your choice. The internship will take place in the 2025 calendar year. The award also provides a one-year ARLIS/NA membership, an ARLIS/NA chapter membership, and funding for attendance at the annual ARLIS/NA conference.

Now is your time to apply! Please visit the Compass Award website for more information about the Compass Award, including details about the application process. 

The application deadline has been extended! Submissions are now due on October 1, 2024.

We look forward to reading your submissions, 

The Compass Award Subcommittee

Kai Alexis Smith (co-chair)

Chloe Misorski (co-chair)

Shira Loev Eller

Stacy Brinkman

Fannie Ouyang

Emma Metcalfe Hurst

Marty Miller

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ARLIS/NA 2024-2025 Compass Award 

Submissions Due: October 1, 2024

The Compass Award supports a project-based internship that provides financial and professional support to new and early-career colleagues in the arts information field. The award is open to individuals who self-identify as racialized and/or Black, Indigenous, Person of Color (BIPOC). The internship will broaden their perspectives and experience in the field of art, architecture, special collections, and museum libraries and archives. 

To apply, please submit the following as a multipage PDF: 

• Resume 
• Statement of Eligibility and Purpose (500-600 words) 
• Unofficial transcript 
• Optional: A brief letter of support and availability from your project-based internship supervisor, if you have liaised with one already. 

The Compass Award includes: 

• $3,000 USD to complete a project-based internship
• A one-year membership to ARLIS/NA
• An ARLIS/NA chapter membership
• Subsidized attendance to the ARLIS/NA annual conference

For more information about the award, please visit the Compass Award website.