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MLIS Scholarships and Awards

Scholarships are posted as we receive them. Any past deadlines will be updated when new ones are provided as some schoalrships occur annually.

Scholarships with whose deadlines have passed:

Student Governance Organization Professional Development Fund

Funds are available for currently enrolled MLIS students in good academic standing for professional development activities. These funds are available for extra-curricular activities, such as leadership development, gathering and presenting academic research, and broadening students' overall understanding of and engagement with current LIS issues and practices.

Eligible Activities:

Conference expenses, including registration fees and travel up to $200 per student per year;
Events and special projects, such as speakers, forums or materials related to LIS in general or to a specific area of study;
Students who are presenting at a conference are eligible for larger grants.

Students who attend a conference, forum, seminar or similar professional event are required to post comments about their experience to the student-accessible blog at http://lissgo.blogspot.com.

Students who have presented at a conference or organized an event with LIS funds are required to meet with the SGO to share information and experiences. When appropriate, grantees may be asked to present at an LIS event or post a presentation to the MLIS website. Download the guidelines and form here. Forms can be dropped off in the SGO mailbox: mailbox #1 in the MLIS Student Lounge.

Application deadline: 60 Days before the first day of conference, or April 20 for summer conferences such as, the ALA Annual Conference and IFLA.

APALA Scholarship

http://www.apalaweb.org/awards/scholarship.htm

The Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association Scholarship will Provide financial assistance to a student of Asian or Pacific background who is enrolled, or has been accepted into a master's or doctoral degree program in library and/or information science at a library school accredited by the American Library Association (ALA).For more information, click here

Application deadline: April 30, 2008

The Roger K. Summit Scholarship

Applications are now being accepted for Dialog's Roger K. Summit Scholarship for library and information science students in North America. Interested students should start the process immediately: the deadline is April 30 and the process cannot be completed overnight!

The $5,000 award will be presented at the SLA Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington, June 15-18, 2008. The award is named in honor of Dr. Roger K. Summit, founder and chairman emeritus of Dialog, for his outstanding contributions to the field of information science.

The application is available at http://gep.dialog.com/scholarship/application.shtml. For more information, please contact Allison Evatt at allison.evatt@thomson.com.

Application deadline: April 30, 2008

The Grieg Aspnes Memorial Award

Library and Information Science students, either full-time or part-time, are invited to apply for an award of up to $2,000.00 and complimentary membership in the Special Libraries Association and the Minnesota Chapter of SLA. Only one such award will be granted annually and is limited to students who will graduate in December 2008 or later. Open this Word file for more information on qualifications and how to apply.

Application deadline: May 19, 2008

American Society for Information Science and Technology (ASIS&T) Announces Student Grant

The ASIS&T Special Interest Group on Scientific and Technical Information Systems is offering a $1,000 grant to a library and information science student, with an interest or background in chemistry or chemical engineering, to defray the cost of attending the 2008 ASIS&T annual meeting. This money has been made available through a grant from Chemical Abstracts Service, a division of the American Chemical Society. For more information, click here.

Application deadline: JUne 1, 2008

Special Libraries Association Scholarships

The Special Libraries Association (SLA) is pleased to provide the SLA Scholarship Program. This program consists of awards for graduate study leading to a Master's Degree, graduate study leading to a Ph.D., and for post-M.L.S. study. Contents

Leading to a Master's Degree
SLA Scholarships
Affirmative Action Scholarship

Leading to a Ph.D
Institute for Scientific Information (ISI) Scholarship
Plenum Scholarship

Post-M.L.S. Study
Mary Adeline Conner Professional Development Scholarship

For more information, go here.
Application being accepted: January 1-September 30, 2008

Gerd Muehsam Annual Award (ARLIS/NA)

Sponsored by the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) the Gerd Muehsam Award is given annually to recognize excellence in a graduate student paper or project on a topic relevant to art librarianship. This award was established to honor the memory of Gerd Muehsam (1913-1979), distinguished scholar, teacher, and art bibliographer, whose support of and dedication to ARLIS/NA was an inspiration to her colleagues and students.

The Award Winner will Receive:

$500.00
Up to $300.00 travel reimbursement to attend the ARLIS/NA 36th Annual Conference in Denver, Colorado, May 1-5, 2008
Registration fee to this Conference
A one year membership to ARLIS/NA

Visit the ARLIS/NA web site at www.arlisna.org. For more information on the award go here.

Application deadline: November 19, 2007.

EBSCO ALAConference Sponsorship

EBSCO ALA Conference Sponsorship provides ten $1,000 awards for actual reimbursed expenses to help librarians attend ALA's Annual Conference. To apply for this award, applicants be ALA members and librarians that not supervise another professional librarian. The award is donated by EBSCO Subscription Services. For more information and application information please visit here.

Application deadline: December 1, 2007

LITA Scholarships in Library and Information Science

The Library and Information Technology Association (LITA), a division of the American Library Association, is pleased to announce that applications are being accepted for Scholarships as follows:

LITA/Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship (sponsored by Informata.com) for $3,000
LITA/LSSI Minority Scholarship for $2,500
LITA/OCLC Minority Scholarship for $3,000

Application deadline: March 1, 2008

Spectrum Scholarship sponsored by ALA

Librarianship is one of the most diverse professions you can find. Today's librarians are information specialists, Internet guides, educators, public administrators, children's services specialists, reader's advisors--the choices and career directions are boundless. However, it is a reality that library staff do not always reflect the communities they serve. Spectrum specifically addresses the underrepresentation of librarians of color within the current workforce. To this end, over 415 students from traditionally underrepresented groups have received scholarships, leadership training, professional networking and mentoring in order to build a diverse pool of talented and trained individuals reflective of the populations served by all libraries. If you would like to join this extraordinary group and you are committed to best serving your own diverse community, a Spectrum Scholarship can position you for success.

Application deadline: March 1, 2008

The St. Kate's Special Libraries Student Group Scholarshp

Do you need $$ to attend the 2008 SLA Annual Conference in Seattle, WA??

The St. Kate's SLA Student group would love to help you attend the 2008 SLA Annual Conference in Seattle, WA June 15-18, 2008. This scholarship is open to a current MLIS student at St. Kate’s who is a member of SLA, the student group and will be attending the Annual conference for the first time.

Don't let the SLA member requirement discourage you - a student membership is only $35/year and you will have valuable access to resources, meetings and networking! $35 too much? Sponsorships are available for student membership.

Please apply for this scholarship by submitting an essay of no more than 1,500 words by March 1st. Additional information, included directions on submission, is at http://units.sla.org/StudentGrps/ucsc/confschol.shtml

For Additional information regarding the conference, check out http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/ac2008/index.cfm

Application deadline: March 1, 2008

The Special Libraries Association Business and Finance Division

The Special Libraries Association Business and Finance Division is offering student stipend awards to help cover expenses at the 2008 SLA Annual Conference in Seattle, WA, June 15-18, 2008. The Division will award student stipends and professional grants for a total of up to six $1,200 awards. The enclosed announcement details the entry requirements and application procedures. Please post or distribute copies of the following announcements to the students who are interested in careers in business libraries. Feel free to post on student listservs or websites: http://units.sla.org/division/dbf/division_awards_desc.html Please note that applicants should be membersof the SLA Business & Finance Division by March 1, 2008 to be eligible for consideration. Students can join online at the following website: http://www.sla.org/content/membership/index.cfm. Information about the SLA Business and Finance Division is at: http://www.slabf.org.

Application deadline: March 1, 2008

Special Libraries Association Engineering Division

Inspec is sponsoring for library school students the award of a $1200.00 travel stipend toward payment of expenses incurred while attending the annual Special Libraries Association conference in Seattle, WA, June 15-18, 2008. The Inspec Award will be given to the qualified student who submits an essay of three or less double spaced typed pages that is judged to be the best essay submitted describing

"Because of all the electronic resources licensed by your Library, you've been mandated to drastically reduce your physical collection over the next three years. Describe your strategy for accomplishing this challenge, how you would address it with your loyal walk in clientele, and a methodology for marketing your 'new' (basically virtual) library."

Qualifications for Entering Award Competition:
1. Be a student member of the Special Libraries Association.
2. Be attending his or her first SLA Conference.

Special Instructions:
1. Give your full name, address, telephone number, e mail address, and a statement, on one page, of your qualifications, as given above, for entering the award competition. Include the name of your library school.
2. Type your full name (without any additional personal information) at the top of each essay page. Double space the typing on all pages.
The recipient of the Inspec Award will be notified by April 1.

Submit Entries for the award to:
Bette Finn, SLA Engineering Division Awards Committee
Georgia Tech Library and Information Center
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, Georgia 30332 0900
Phone: (404) 894 1790 Fax: (404) 894 8190
Email: bette.finn@library.gatech.edu

Application deadline: March 3, 2008. Go here for more information on this stipend.

2008 CALA Scholarships

The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) is pleased to announce the availability of the 2008 CALA Scholarships:

The CALA Scholarship of Library and Information Science

They are posted on the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) website at http://www.cala-web.org.

Application deadline: March 15, 2008

MLIS Scholarship

Each winter semester, the faculty of the MLIS program at the College of St. Catherine will be awarding a scholarship to an especially deserving student. The scholarship award is for $1000.00 to be directly deposited into the recipient's student account. Students who have at least 18 credits by the end of the term are invited to apply. Applications should include the student's resume, unofficial transcript, and a letter addressing the following criteria:

Demonstrated leadership abilities in academic and/or extracurricular activities;
Overall academic achievements; and
Potential for leadership and commitment to the profession.

Applications should be submitted to the MLIS Office Manager. The award will be presented at the MLIS graduate reception on April 21. Download a pdf version here.

Application deadline: April 14, 2008