Travel Grants

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS BY
SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION
DIVISION OF MUSEUMS, ARTS AND HUMANITIES
TRAVEL GRANT
TO ATTEND THE 102nd SLA ANNUAL CONFERENCE
IN PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, USA JUNE 12-15, 2011

The Division of Museums, Arts and Humanities (MAHD) of SLA will reimburse travel and accommodation expenses up to $1,500.00 US for a professional librarian from a developing country to attend the SLA Annual Conference. The awardee will also receive free registration to the conference and to all MAHD ticketed events. The award recipient will be expected to attend all MAHD programs and events.

ELIGIBILITY
The applicant must be presently working, or have worked within the past two years, in a special or museum library with subject focus in the arts or the humanities. Librarians working in other disciplines cannot be considered.
   Applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of a developing country.
   Applicant must indicate the amount and source of additional funding which, combined with the Travel Award, will permit them to cover their expenses to attend the Annual Conference.
   Applicant must prepare a brief presentation (10 minutes in length) on one’s home institution or special research project pertinent to arts and humanities, which will be delivered at a MAHD meeting at the SLA Conference.

DEADLINE FOR APPLICATION December 31, 2010
   The application should include a current CV, including all contact information, education, and previous library experience.
   The applicant will write up to 500 words of narrative in English to address the following:
Description of home institution’s mission
How attendance may benefit the applicant at his/her home institution
How the experience may be shared with colleagues in home country
Previous attendance at professional conferences
Topic of presentation to share at SLA conference.

APPLICATION ADDRESS: Please return the completed application to Martha McPhail before December 31, 2010 by email attachment to mmcphail@mail.sdsu.edu.

NOTIFICATION: The successful applicant will be notified by January 31, 2011.
For additional information about SLA, see http://www.sla.org . For information about the Division of Museums, Arts and Humanities, see http://www.sla.org/division/dmah .

Awards Committee