Purpose: to promote professional development by supporting participation in the ARLIS/NA Annual Conference in 2024.
Eligibility
• Applicants must be a member of ARLIS/NA and ARLIS/NA MOQ to attend the conference.
• Applicants must be unable to receive full institutional funding for travel to the conference.
• Preference is given to applicants who are first-time attendees and/or who are involved in the conference program, i.e. presenting a paper, serving as moderator or recorder of a session, serving on an ARLIS/NA committee, etc.
• The award is open to all members, including student members; however, members of the professional development awards committee are excluded.
• The award may not be given in the same year to the winner of an ARLIS/NA Travel Award.
• The recipient has the choice to either contribute a text to MOQDOC related to the conference, or to give a public presentation about their conference experience in the context of a MOQ activity.
To apply: Please send a resume and a letter of intention by e-mail including the following:
• your library experience
• your ARLIS experience
• any other information that you feel is relevant to assess your needs
• the extent to which you and your employer can contribute financially to the travel and living expenses.
The submissions will notably be evaluated in regards to your contribution—current and planned—to the activities of the chapter, as well as the demonstrated link between your participation in the conference and achieving your professional objectives, as well as your planned implication within ARLIS.
Criteria that will be evaluated by the Professional development committee by order of importance:
• active contribution to ARLIS/NA or ARLIS/NA MOQ;
• demonstrated need;
• benefits for ARLIS/NA and/or ARLIS/NA MOQ;
• previous participation at the ARLIS/NA conference;
• contribution to the conference;
• previously obtained travel grants.
To apply or for more information, please contact: John Latour and Mélanie Massé of the ARLIS/NA MOQ Professional Development Awards Committee.
All applications must be received by March 5, 2024. The award winner will be notified by March 15, 2024.