[Asis-l] Final Call: 2004 Margaret McKinley Scholarship

[Hogarth, Margaret]

Students enrolled in Library and Information Science
Programs ... there's still time to enter! Essays are due May 31st.
Contest 
eligibility, details and submission instructions are below.

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.

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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
UCLA Anderson School of Management
110 Westwood Plaza, Box 951460
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1460