ERMD Student Award

The ERMD Student Award recognizes a student who is especially interested in pursuing a career as an information professional dealing with environment and resource management issues. A $1,000 award will be given to a student enrolled in an ALA accredited master's degree program. This award is meant to promote both current and future involvement in and commitment to the library and information science profession prior to, during, and after the master's program.

To be considered for the award, a student must be an SLA member and write a 300-500 word essay describing his or her interest in the issues facing information professionals in the environment and natural resources fields. Essays should be labeled with the student's name, contact information, and educational institution. Deadline for receiving submissions is February 29, 2008. Please send submissions via email to Judy Bolstad at jbolstad@library.berkeley.edu.

The award will be presented at the SLA Annual Conference in June. The winner is encouraged, but not required, to attend the annual conference.