CDL-NASIG seeks applicants for its 2011 awards

From: Lynn Sipe <lsipe_at_usc.edu>
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2010 14:45:58 -0800
To: COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu
From:
"Landesman, Betty (NIH/OD/ORS) [E]" <landesb_at_ors.od.nih.gov>

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The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) is pleased to announce 
that applications are open for its 2011 grants, awards, and scholarships 
to be awarded at the 2011 Annual Conference being held in St. Louis, 
Missouri, June 2-5, 2011. Established in 1985, NASIG is an international 
organization committed to promoting communication and sharing of ideas 
among all people working with or concerned about serial publications. 
More information about NASIG is available at http://www.nasig.org 
<http://www.nasig.org/>

*NASIG Conference Student Grant*

  Grants for qualifying students to attend the NASIG annual conference, 
covering cost of registration, three nights lodging, and travel within 
North America. For more details, please visit the following page:

http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_studentgrant.cfm

*Serials Specialist Award*

  Awards for promising paraprofessionals, covering cost of conference 
registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America.

For more details, please visit the following page:

http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_specialist.cfm

*Marcia Tuttle International Award*

A $3,000 grant for an individual working in the serials information 
chain to fund appropriate activities in fostering international 
communication and education.  For more details, please visit the 
following page: http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_tuttle.cfm

**

*Horizon Award*

  Awards for promising new serials professionals, covering cost of 
conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North 
America.  Recipients will also be invited to serve on a NASIG committee.

For more details, please visit the following page:

http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_horizon.cfm

*Fritz Schwartz Education Scholarship*

A $3,000 scholarship and conference travel grant for a graduate student 
demonstrating excellence in scholarship and the potential for 
accomplishments in a serials career.  For more details, please visit the 
following page: http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_schwartz.cfm

*Rose Robischon Scholarship, underwritten by Swets Information Services*

  A scholarship awarded to a serials professional lacking funds for 
travel. The scholarship covers the cost of conference registration, 
three nights lodging, and travel within North America.

For more details, please visit the following page:

http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_robischon2.cfm

*John Merriman Joint NASIG/UKSG Award, UK delegate underwritten by 
Taylor & Francis*

A $6,000 award supports two people, one from each association, and 
consists of travel to the sister conference, and accommodations for the 
duration of the conference. The purpose of this conference-swap is for 
people working at a practical level in e-resource management to learn 
and share experience at the UKSG and NASIG annual conferences.

For more details, please visit the following page:

*http://www.nasig.org/about_awards_merriman.cfm*

The application deadline for all of the above-listed awards is *January 
18, 2011*. For details about the awards offered by NASIG, please visit 
http://www.nasig.org/about_awards.cfm

Betty Landesman
Awards & Recognition Committee, NASIG
Digital Resources and Metadata Coordinator
National Institutes of Health Library
Building 10, Room 1L05
10 Center Drive, MSC1150
Bethesda, MD   20892-1150
Phone:  301-496-3527
Fax: 301-402-0254
E-mail: landesb_at_mail.nih.gov <mailto:landesb_at_mail.nih.gov>
_http://nihlibrary.nih.gov/ <blocked::http://nihlibrary.nih.gov/>_.
Received on Thu Dec 16 2010 - 03:01:30 EST