[Libs-Or] Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship

[Jacqueline Partch]

Now is the time to get lost in a good book (or a few thousand of them)!

Applications for the Bechtel Fellowship are now being accepted.

The *Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship* provides a grant up to $7,500 to a
qualified children's librarian to spend up to four weeks reading and
studying at the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature of the
George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville. The
Baldwin Library contains a special collection of 130,000 volumes of
children's literature published mostly before 1950. The fellowship is
endowed in memory of Louise Seaman Bechtel and Ruth M. Baldwin.

The application and more information can be found at
*http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/bechtel
<http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/bechtel>*

The deadline for submitting materials is *October 15, 2023*.

For any questions about the award/application, please contact ALSC
Professional Recognition and Scholarships Committee Co-Chairs, Elizabeth
Burns  (eburns at njstatelib.org) and Mary Schreiber (schreiberalsc at gmail.com)


*Jackie Partch**Youth & Family Services Librarian*
Multnomah County Library
971.500.1733
*she/her/hers*
Work schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30-5
*multcolib.org <http://www.multcolib.org/>*
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