Call for Nominations (Sage Library Support Staff Travel Grant)

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Date: Thu, 15 Sep 2005
From: Rhonda Marker (Rutgers univ.) <rmarker_at_rci.rutgers.edu>
Subject: Call for Nominations (Sage Library Support Staff Travel Grant)

NOMINATIONS SOUGHT FOR 2006 SAGE LIBRARY SUPPORT STAFF TRAVEL GRANTS

The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) is 
pleased to announce that nominations are being accepted for the 2006 
Sage Library Support Staff Travel Grants. Underwritten by a generous 
contribution from Sage Publications, the Library Support Staff Travel 
Grants (six to be awarded) make it possible for library support staff to

attend the American Library Association (ALA) Annual Conference to be 
held in the summer of 2006.

The travel grants cover the expense of attending the conference, 
including airfare, three nights lodging, and conference registration, up

to $1,000 for each recipient. Library Support Staff who currently are 
employed in a full time support staff position, have a minimum of three 
years of experience in an area of technical services (acquisitions, 
cataloging, collection development/management, preservation of library 
materials, serials), and have not previously attended an ALA annual 
conference are eligible for the grants. Applicants need not be members 
of ALA or ALCTS in order to be eligible.

Successful candidates will be required to submit a brief report 
describing their experiences at the annual conference. This report will 
be published in the post-conference issue of the /ALCTS Newsletter 
Online/ and also will be shared with the sponsor. The ALCTS Membership 
Committee will provide mentoring for each recipient.

To apply, send a letter, brief resume and a short statement (ca. 250 
words) outlining why attending the 2006 ALA Annual Conference would be 
beneficial. A letter of support from the applicant's supervisor, 
indicating the employer's support for the application also is required. 
Applications and the supervisor's letter must be submitted in electronic

format, with all parts emailed as Word attachments. Please send all 
documents to: Dale Swensen, Sage Jury, dale_swensen_at_byu.edu. For 
questions, please contact Harriet Lightman, chair, Sage Jury, 
h-lightman_at_northwestern.edu.

*The deadline for nominations and supporting materials is December 1, 
2005. *Successful candidates will be announced on the ALCTS Web site 
beginning February 1, 2006. The ALCTS office will coordinate travel 
arrangements and registration. For additional information on the grants,

visit the ALCTS Web site at http://www.ala.org/alcts.


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