1. [tla] Re: PAM Travel Stipend for attending 2012 SLA conference
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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
- 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?
- 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