ACQflash: ER&L 2014 Travel Grants Announcements

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Date: Wed, 15 Jan 2014 14:00:25 -0800
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The Electronic Resources and Libraries is pleased to announce the 
continuation of two different travel awards supporting 4 attendees to 
this year's 9th Annual ER&L Conference in Austin, TX March 16-19: 2014 
DLF/CLIR + ER&L Cross-Pollinator Travel Awards and 2014 Taylor & 
Francis/ ER&L Student Travel Grants

*****2014 DLF/CLIR + ER&L Cross-Pollinator Travel Awards*****

The Digital Library Federation (DLF), a program of the Council on 
Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is pleased to support a travel 
grant for the Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference in Austin, 
March 16-19, 2014.

The purpose of this grant is to extend a unique opportunity to attend 
ER&L to a library professional who would not typically come to the 
Electronic Resources & Libraries Conference but who can identify a 
connection with their work. The goal of the DLF/CLIR +ER&L TRAVEL AWARD 
is to bring a cross-pollinator –a library professional to ER&L who can 
provide unique perspectives to our work and share a vision of the 
library world from their perspective — to the conference. The travel 
grant includes a conference registration, air travel costs, and housing 
in Austin.

Application Requirements: Applicants will be required to supply contact 
information as well as to indicate to how access to the ER&L conference 
may assist the applicant in achieving an expansion of their professional 
horizons. It is important for the applicant to describe what he or she 
can uniquely bring to the conference. The winning applicant must be able 
to travel to Austin.

Eligibility:The applicant should be a practicing library professional 
seeking more exposure on the trends in e-resources and digital services 
who has not attended ER&L and is willing to share their perspective to 
the ER&L community. The winning applicant will receive conference 
registration, air travel costs, and housing up to $2200 per winner.

Accepting Grant Applications TODAY – Friday, February 14, 2014

SUBMIT NOW: http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/presenters/crosspollinator

*****2014 TAYLOR & FRANCIS/ ER&L STUDENT TRAVEL GRANT*****

Taylor & Francis Group and ER&L are sponsoring travel grants for two 
students traveling to ER&L in Austin, Texas. The travel grant includes 
conference registration, air travel costs, and housing totaling $1500 
per winner. “We are pleased to sponsor the library and information 
science student travel grant award for the second consecutive year to 
attend the 2014 ER&L Conference. Taylor & Francis Group embraces 
librarianship, and we want library and information science students to 
gain further awareness about the important trends and issues which exist 
in the industry. ER&L opens up a forum for discussion on many scholarly 
topics by publishers, vendors, and librarians alike. Our hope is that 
the students awarded the grant will find the Conference to be meaningful 
and relevant,” states Elyse Profera, Associate Library Marketing 
Manager, Taylor & Francis Group, Philadelphia.

 From ER&L: We are pleased to offer an opportunity for 2 students to 
attend ER&L 2014 with support from the Taylor & Francis Group. The goal 
of the ER&L Conference is to bring together information professionals 
from libraries and related industries to improve the way we collect, 
manage, maintain, and make accessible electronic resources in an 
ever-changing online environment. We do this once a year at an in-person 
and virtual conference. We encourage library students to join us at the 
Electronic Resources and Libraries Conference in Austin, TX on March 
16-19. Good luck, students!

Eligibility: This grant is open to currently enrolled students wishing 
to attend ER&L 2014. Student applicants will be required to supply 
contact information as well as to answer a questions related to how 
access to ER&L can assist the applicant in achieving professional and 
academic goals. US and International applicants welcome!

Accepting Grant Applications Now – January 28, 2014

SUBMIT NOW: http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/presenters/tandfstudent
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REGISTER NOW-- 
http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/conference-info/2014register

VIEW ACCEPTED SESSIONS by Track -- 
http://www.electroniclibrarian.com/2014/erl14-sessions-by-track

ER&L 2014 KEY DATES
January 24 | Full Program w/ Presentations Times Available
Jan 28 | T&F Student Travel Award Application Deadline
Feb 14 | 2014 DLF/CLIR + ER&L Cross-Pollinator Travel Awards
Feb 20 | Regular Registration Closes
Mar 16-19 | ER&L 2014 in Austin, Texas or Online
March 19 | ER&L Workshops
Mar 20-21 | LTG Summit (Learn more: http://www.ltgsummit.org/)

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