Category: Awards, Grants, and Scholarships – Non-HSLI

RAILS Grants Available to Academic Libraries

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(via Gwen Gregory, University of Illinois at Chicago) Some grants available to RAILS libraries are below. Continuing Education (CE) Grant Opportunities Expanded RAILS is pleased to announce that grant opportunities to fund continuing education events are now open to RAILS libraries, networking groups, and library consortia. To qualify, CE events must be made available to…

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Call for Proposals: Center for the Future of Libraries 2018 Fellowship

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(via Miguel Figueroa-Director, Center for the Future of Libraries) The American Library Association’s Center for the Future of Libraries invites applications for its Fellowship program. The Future of Libraries Fellowship will provide an individual or group with a stipend of $10,000 to advance new ideas and perspectives for the future of libraries through the creation of a public product –…

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University of Chicago’s Natasha Owens Receives ALCTS First Step Award

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(via Keri Cascio, ALCTS Executive Director) The Association for Library Collections & Technical Services (ALCTS) congratulates Natascha Owens, serials cataloger at the University of Chicago Library, as the recipient of the 2018 First Step Award – a Wiley Professional Development Grant presented by the ALCTS Continuing Resources Section (CRS). The award will be presented on Saturday,…

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MLA Hospital Libraries Section Seeking Nominations for Professional Recognition and Catch a Rising Star Honors (Deadline 4/15)

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(via Keydi O’Hagan, Jersey College – Teterboro Campus) Want to honor a hospital library colleague for being the best of the best? The creme de la creme? Our MVP? It’s easy! Just nominate the person for one of the following awards! Professional Recognition Award DEADLINE: April 15, 2018 Award presented to outstanding HLS members. Individuals…

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Call for Proposals: Carroll Preston Baber Research Grant Award (Deadline Extended to Feb. 19)

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(via Lauri Rebar, Florida Atlantic University) Do you have a project that is just waiting for the right funding? Are you thinking about ways that libraries can improve services to users? The American Library Association (ALA) gives an annual grant for those conducting research that will lead to the improvement of services to users. The…

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Call for Nominations: ACRL Instruction Section Featured Teaching Librarian (Deadline March 2)

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(via Sara Scheib, University of Iowa) Do you know someone who is an amazing teaching librarian? If yes, consider nominating them as a Featured Teaching Librarian! If you’re an amazing teaching librarian, consider nominating yourself. The ACRL Instruction Section Teaching Methods Committee wants to highlight excellent teaching librarians. Several times during the year, the committee…

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Reminder: Deadline to Apply for 2018 NASIG Awards is Feb. 9

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(via NASIG) One more week to apply for NASIG’s 2018 grants, awards, and scholarships, to be awarded at the 33rd Annual Conference being held in Atlanta, GA. June 8-11, 2018! The application deadline for the awards listed below is February 9, 2018. PROFESSIONAL/PARAPROFESSIONAL AWARDS Birdie MacLennan Award An award for a mid-career professional, covering conference registration, three nights…

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Call for Applications: MLA Hospital Libraries Section Professional Development Award (Deadline March 9)

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(via Ene Belleh, The University of Pennsylvania Health System) The Professional Development Committee of the Medical Library Association’s Hospital Libraries Section invites HLS members to apply for a Professional Development Award. If a HLS member has had an abstract or poster accepted by MLA for the 2018 meeting, that member would qualify. The funding could…

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