[Asis-l] LACASIS Margaret McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship

[Hogarth, Margaret]

Subject: 
LACASIS announces 2004 Margaret McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship 
Competition 

Details: 
2004 Margaret McKinley Memorial 
Student Scholarship Essay Competition 

The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science
and 
Technology (LACASIS) is sponsoring the Thirteenth Annual Student 
Scholarship Essay Competition. This Competition, first established in
1992, 
and renamed in memory of the late Margaret McKinley in 1993, is intended
to 
encourage students in Librarianship and Information Science Programs to 
consider the benefits of participation in the activities of professional

societies. 

AWARD: The winner will receive reimbursement funding up to US $1,000 for

registration, airfare, and hotel expenses to attend the ASIST 2004
Annual 
Meeting, "Managing and Enhancing Information: Cultures and Conflicts"
and a 
one-year membership in ASIST. Two runners-up will receive one-year 
memberships in ASIST. 

ELIGIBILITY: All students enrolled in Library and Information Science 
Programs, including those graduating in spring 2004 at universities
within 
the areas represented by the Los Angles Chapter of ASIST (Hawaii, 
California, Australia, and New Zealand) are eligible to enter.
Membership 
in ASIST is not required to enter the Competition. 

TO ENTER: Compose an essay that addresses the following question:  "What

specific benefits do I expect to derive from attending the ASIST 2004 
Annual meeting?  How will I integrate these benefits into the start of
my 
new career?"  Check the ASIST 2004 Meeting Web page for more details 
http://www.asis.org/Conferences/AM04/. 

Essays should not exceed 500 words or two typed, double spaced pages.
Do 
not identify yourself or your school on the essay.  Submit the essay
with a 
separate cover sheet listing your name, address, email, telephone
number, 
and school by the deadline of May 31, 2004.  Essays may be submitted by 
postal mail, email, or fax to: 

Aura Lippincott 
UCLA Anderson School 
Rosenfeld Library 
110 Westwood Plaza, Suite E202 
Box 951460 
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1460 

Email: alippinc at library.ucla.edu 
Fax: 1-310-825-6632 

A panel of LACASIS members will judge the essays.  Winners will be
notified 
by July 31, 2004. 
__________________________________ 
Aura Lippincott 
Instructional Technology Librarian 

Tel: 310-206-6589 
Email: alippinc at library.ucla.edu 
Email: aura.lippincott at anderson.ucla.edu 

Rosenfeld Management Library 
The Anderson School at UCLA 
110 Westwood Plaza, Box 951460 
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1460 




Margaret Hogarth 
mhogarth at fullerton.edu 
(714) 278-2975 
Interim Library Web Coordinator, 
Cal State Fullerton Pollak Library, PL 274 
P.O. Box 4150
800 North State College Blvd.
Fullerton CA 92834-4150