Subject: Apply now for the ARLIS/NA Conference Attendance and Travel Awards!
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 52nd annual conference in Pittsburgh, PA on April 2-5, 2024. Applications are due January 10, 2024 by midnight EST through this form: https://forms.gle/WoDRB2RoewNmxUQw9.
Full details below. Please get in touch with Travel Awards Subcommittee chair, Maggie Portis, at mportis@pratt.edu if you have any questions.
Awards Open to Current ARLIS Members
Conference 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 Applicants
Student Diversity Award for Conference Attendance (1 award/$1200)
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). To be considered for the award, applicants must meet the following criteria:
· Be enrolled as a graduate student in Library Studies or Information Studies or recently graduated (within 12 mos. of graduation)
· 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
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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
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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)
· Be interested in career in art librarianship/visual resources
A mentor from the ARLIS/NA Diversity Committee, who will facilitate the recipient's attendance at the Conference, will be assigned to the recipient of the award prior to 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 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 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). 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.
Applicants will be notified by the end of January.
All the best,
The ARLIS/NA Travel Awards Subcommittee
Maggie Portis (chair)
Stephanie Beene
Tess Colwell
Katharine Keller
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Stephanie Beene
Fine Arts Librarian for Art, Architecture and Planning
University of New Mexico
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