[Libs-Or] 2024 ACRL OR Fall Conference Scholarship application is open

[Nichols, Jane M]

Colleagues,

ACRL-OR awards two scholarships annually to help attend the <https://acrloregon.org/conferences/acrl-or-fall-conference-2024/> 2024 ACRL Oregon and Washington Joint Fall Conference<https://acrloregon.org/conferences/acrl-or-fall-conference-2024/>. This year, the Oregon chapter is hosting the 1-day conference on October 25 at Reed College in Portland. We welcome applications<https://forms.gle/bt4faGuPRweLHKqW8> for this scholarship: https://forms.gle/bt4faGuPRweLHKqW8

How can the scholarships be used?
The scholarship covers the registration fee (in person or virtual) and lodging for the conference.

Who is eligible?
This scholarship is designed for those who live and/or work in Oregon. For those who live and/or work in Washington, please refer to the ACRL-WA site for conference scholarship information. Those meeting at least one of the criteria below are eligible to apply.  Each criteria met will be awarded points in the evaluation process (see below under how the application will be evaluated).

  1.
First-time attendee of the joint conference
  2.
ACRL-OR member
  3.
MLIS student in an ALA-accredited program who lives in Oregon
  4.
Paraprofessional employee in an Oregon academic library
  5.
Part-time or temporary employee in an Oregon academic library
  6.
Applicant from diverse cultural/ethnic background and/or historically marginalized group
  7.
Applicant employed at institution or in position serving under-represented groups
  8.
Applicants employed at community or technical college or applicant employed at smaller or rural institutions with limited funding

Who is not eligible?
Those who do not live and/or work in Oregon.
Those who meet none of the criteria described above.
Those who have received a Fall Conference Scholarship in the past.

How will applications be evaluated?
A point system will be used to rank applicant eligibility based on the criteria above.  In addition, application essays will be evaluated for:

  1.
Financial need.
  2.
Interest in the conference theme/program.
  3.
Plans to apply knowledge gained at the conference.

Deadline:
The deadline for the 2024 Fall Conference Scholarship applications is Friday, September 20.  Applicants will be notified shortly after the application period closes. Registration for the ACRL Oregon and Washington Joint Fall Conference is open until September 30th.

For more information, please contact:
Jane Nichols, 2024-25 President ACRL OR
jane.nichols at oregonstate.edu


Jane Nichols, MLIS (she/her/About pronouns<https://medium.com/@mrsexsmith/dear-cis-people-who-put-your-pronouns-on-your-hello-my-name-is-nametags-78c047ed7af1>)
Associate Professor | Interim Resource Acquisition & Sharing Department Head
https://library.oregonstate.edu/staff/nichojan
Oregon State University Libraries & Press
jane.nichols at oregonstate.edu
541.737.7269
Oregon State University in Corvallis, OR is located within the traditional homelands of the Marys River or Ampinefu Band of Kalapuya. Following the Willamette Valley Treaty of 1855 (Kalapuya etc. Treaty), Kalapuya people were forcibly removed to reservations in Western Oregon. Today, living descendants of these people are a part of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde Community of Oregon (https://www.grandronde.org<https://www.grandronde.org/>) and the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians (https://ctsi.nsn.us<http://www.ctsi.nsn.us/>). Learn about land acknowledgements<https://guides.library.oregonstate.edu/land-acknowledgments>.

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