There’s a little more than a month left to nominate yourself--or someone else--for one of the many achievement awards and conference travel grants offered by the Reference and User Services Association (RUSA), the division of ALA representing librarians and information service professionals in reference, collection development, readers advisory, genealogy and resource sharing.

The deadline for almost all of our nominations is Dec. 15, 2011. We offer a multitude of professional achievement awards, as well as a few conference travel grants—the list of awards is so long, it’s too many to include here!

More info is available on the RUSA blog: http://rusa.ala.org/blog/2011/11/14/nomination-deadline-dec-15/
Or visit the RUSA awards web page: http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/awards/index.cfm

Of note: the amount for the STARS/Atlas Systems Mentoring Award has increased to $1,250! This travel grant provides funds for travel to ALA’s Annual Conference for a library practitioner who is new to the field of interlibrary loan/document delivery or electronic reserves, and who has daily, hands-on involvement in the areas of borrowing, lending, document delivery, electronic reserves, material delivery, or resource sharing.

**THANKS IN ADVANCE for forwarding this information along to any other distribution lists or colleagues that would find it of interest!!**

Liz F. Markel, M.A.

Marketing & Programs Manager

Association of Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies (ASCLA)

Reference and User Services Association (RUSA)

The American Library Association // 50 E. Huron Street // Chicago, IL  60611

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Find our divisions online at    www.ala.org/rusa    &    www.ala.org/ascla

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