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> > 1. [tla] Re: PAM Travel Stipend for attending 2012 SLA conference > > -------- Original Message -------- Subject: PAM Travel Stipend for > attending 2012 SLA conference Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2012 11:35:12 -0500 From: > Margaret Lam <[log in to unmask]> <[log in to unmask]> Reply-To: > [log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask] > > **Please excuse cross postings** > > PAM Travel Stipend for attending 2012 SLA conference > The SLA-PAM Professional Development Committee is pleased to announce that > IOP Publishing is once again sponsoring four conference travel stipends to > help new librarians with the expenses of attending the SLA Annual > Conference. The stipends aim to accelerate the advancement of new > librarians entering science/technology librarianship by mentoring them to > access educational and professional opportunities within the SLA. This is > the fourth year running that IOP Publishing and the PAM Division have > proudly offered these travel stipends. > The selected recipients will each receive a $1,000 stipend to assist in > defraying the cost of attending the 2012 SLA conference in Chicago, IL in > July, 2012. Learn more about the IOP Travel Stipend Award today and > nominate yourself, or someone you know. > > Eligibility > > - Applicants must be recent graduates of a library science program. > - Applicants must have less than 3 years of professional library > information experience. > - Applicants must work in a library focusing on one or more of the PAM > disciplines (physics, astronomy, mathematics, or computer science) or act > as a library’s subject specialist for one or more of these disciplines. > - Applicants must be first-time attendees of the SLA annual > conference, or first-time attendees in a PAM discipline. > - International applicants must be eligible to travel to the United > States and must be available to participate in US-based PAM activities > throughout the year. > > The committee reserves the right not to grant any of the four awards if > not enough applications meet all eligibility requirements and adhere to all > the application procedures. > Only applicants who meet all the eligibility requirements at the time of > application are submitted to the SLA-PAM review committee for travel > stipend consideration. > > Candidate Expectations > > - Candidate must attend the SLA Annual Conference the year the award > is given. > - Candidate must attend the PAM business meeting and breakfast. > - Candidate must be willing to attend PAM sessions and events at the > Annual Conference and participate in a group photo session administered by > SLA. > - Candidate must be available to participate in US-based PAM > activities throughout the year. > > > Application Procedure > > 1. Prepare a brief letter (approximately 750 words), answering the > questions: > - How do you meet the criteria? > - What do you hope to gain from attending the 2011 SLA conference? > - How do you expect/hope to be involved with the PAM division in > the short and long term? > 2. Submit current curriculum vitae/ resume. > > Applications can be submitted via email to Nedelina Tchangalova at > [log in to unmask] (subject line should begin with PAM Travel Stipend). > Applications will be accepted until February 25, 2012. Late applications > cannot be considered. > > Notification > Applicants will receive notification of award status by March 17, 2012. > The award check will be presented at the PAM business meeting and > breakfast. No money transfer will be made in case the award recipient can’t > attend the conference for any reason. > The PAM Division is deeply grateful to IOP Publishing for their continued > involvement with and support of librarians at the SLA conference, and most > especially for their generous commitment to the professional development of > young science librarians. > > Selection Committee Members: > Sharice Collins, Vice President, Marketing, IOP Publishing, Inc. > Nisa Bakkalbasi, PAM Chair > Ruth Kneale, Past PAM Chair > Nedelina Tchangalova, PAM Professional Development Chair >