[Sigsti-l] FW: [sla-dche] Marion E. Sparks Award for Professional Development

Thu Jan 3 17:08:32 EST 2008

Sorry for the duplication.  If you are a professor in a Library School
or even an i-School :) please pass to your students.

Christina K. Pikas, MLS 
(SLA-dCHE liaison to SIG-STI)

R.E. Gibson Library & Information Center
The Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory 
Voice  240.228.4812 (Washington), 443.778.4812 (Baltimore) 
Fax 443.778.5353 

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From: Cory Craig [mailto:cjcraig at ucdavis.edu] 
Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2008 5:03 PM
To: Chemistry Division
Subject: [sla-dche] Marion E. Sparks Award for Professional Development

This call is cross - posted to CHMINF-L, SLA: DCHE, PAM, ST, & ACRL STS.
Apologies for duplication.  

Please post the call on a bulletin board in your library school or
information center (if appropriate).

2008 Marion E. Sparks Award for Professional Development

The Chemistry Division of the Special Libraries Association (SLA) is
sponsoring a student/new member travel award to defray the costs of
attending the 2008 SLA Annual Meeting June 15-18 in Seattle, WA.  The
award is intended to encourage the professional development of student
members and new members of the Chemistry Division and encourage their
participation in Chemistry Division activities.  

TRAVEL AWARD:  $1,500 stipend to attend the 2008 SLA Annual Conference.
The winner will also receive a certificate of achievement and will be
introduced at the Chemistry Division Business Meeting & Breakfast. 

ELIGIBILITY:  All student members of the Chemistry Division and all new
members of the Chemistry Division (individuals who have joined since
January 2007) are eligible.  All applicants must have joined the
Chemistry Division by March 3, 2008.  See below for how to join.    

APPLICATION PROCEDURE: 

Please submit the following:  

-A brief essay that: a) clearly articulates your objectives for
professional development; and b) indicates what you hope to gain from
attending the SLA Annual Meeting.  Maximum length: 2 pages.  

-Resume 

-Names of two references. 

-Brief budget (expected expenses for registration, airfare, lodging,
food and/or continuing education course).  

Registration in a Chemistry Division or other Continuing Education (CE)
course is recommended, but not required.  

DEADLINE:  All applications must be received by March 17, 2008.  The
winner will be notified by April 10, 2008.  Essays will be judged by a
panel of SLA Chemistry Division members.

HISTORY:   The award is named to honor Marion E. Sparks, a chemistry
librarian at the University of Illinois from 1913 until her death in
1929. Ms. Sparks contributed a great deal to the field of chemical
information, her achievements include teaching courses on chemical
information, and authoring and publishing what is argued to be the first
book to formally address chemical literature and library instruction.

SUBMIT APPLICATION VIA EMAIL TO: 

Cory Craig

University of California, Davis 
Physical Sciences & Engineering Library
One Shields Avenue
Davis, California 95616-8676

cjcraig at ucdavis.edu

SLA CHEMISTRY DIVISION SPARKS AWARD:
http://www.sla.org/division/dche/sparks.htm

Want to join the Chemistry Division of SLA?   

Not a member of SLA?  Use this link to join SLA:
http://www.sla.org/content/membership/joinsla/index.cfm

When you join SLA, you can also join one division for free, additional
divisions are $18/year.

Already an SLA member?   To join the Chemistry Division either:  1)
Download the SLA Change/Add Units form:
http://www.sla.org/content/membership/unitchange.cfm  and fax or mail it
to SLA.  Or  2)   Call 1-703-647-4936 and pay with a credit card.  When
you join SLA, you can also join one division for free, additional
divisions are $18/year.

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Cory Craig
Physical Sciences & Engineering Library
University of California, Davis          http://www.lib.ucdavis.edu/pse/
cjcraig at ucdavis.edu             530/752-0347 