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Check out some of the following professional organizations for their scholarship opportunities:Loans
AALL (American Association of Law Libraries) http://www.aallnet.org/services/scholarships.asp
ALA (American Library Association) http://www.ala.org/hrdr/scholarship.html
CoALL (Colorado Association of Law Libraries) http://www.aallnet.org/chapter/coall/
SLA (Special Libraries Association) http://www.sla.org/content/memberservice/scholarship/index.cfm
See more Professional Organizations
LIS students are eligible for Financial Aid. Students should contact the DU Financial Aid office Directly at 303-871-4900 for further information.
The LIS program has additional funds available. The Esther M. Dimchevsky Foundation has established a low interest loan for students enrolled in the Master of Library and Information Science (LIS) Program . The Foundation has donated $10,000 to the Program and will fund a minimum of $4,000 annually to the loan fund. Esther M. Dimchevsky was a guidance counselor at the University of Denver in the 1940s and her sister, Margaret, was the National Librarian of Bulgaria. The Dimchevsky loan application deadline is March 1 for loan disbursal in September.
There are also two short-term loans available specifically for Library and Information Science students. The short-term loans are the William Stokes loan fund and the Malcolm G. Wyer loan fund. Students may borrow up to $1,500 to be used for educational purposes only. Students must be able to demonstrate the ability to repay the loan—job, future financial aid income, etc. Valid loans are for unexpected expenses and students must repay the loan within one year. Fellowship AnnouncementThe National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) Electronic Records Fellows program, housed in the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is looking for archivists and records managers -or teams of archivists, records professionals, and academics-with an interest in studying some aspect of electronic records to apply for its non-residential Electronic Records Research Fellowships. We will be funding 4 $15,000 fellowships this year. In a week or two, we'll send another notice around with the address of our new Web site, where you'll be able to find out more information about the program and download an application form. Meanwhile, here are a few things to keep in mind:
- You need not have fully-formed project at this time; we can help you turn your idea into a proposal.
- This fellowship is primarily for working archivists, but as mentioned above, archivists and academics can team up on a project. We can "match-up" anyone who would like to work with someone with similar interests.
- This program is based on one in Massachusetts; you can see the work of their fellows at http://www.masshist.org/fellowships/fellows.cfm?fellowship=nhprc.
- You can also look at some of the research issues NHPRC has identified as critical to the future of electronic records at http://www.archives.gov/grants/electronic_records/research_issues_contents.html
If you have any questions before the Web site goes online, please contact:
Dr. Helen R. Tibbo, Professor
School of Information and Library Science
201 Manning Hall University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
tibbo@ils.unc.edu
Tel: 919.962.8063
Fax: 919.962.8071Watch for our next email, because we're hoping to see a lot of interesting proposals this year.
Vormelker-Thomas $1,500 Student AwardThe News Division of SLA is currently seeking applications from graduate students and December 2003 graduates who are interested in becoming news librarians. The deadline to apply for the Vormelker-Thomas $1,500 Student Award is Feb. 23.
For more information on the awards and requirements please check out http://www.ibiblio.org/slanews/about/vormelker.html
For more information about any of these opportunities, contact Sandy Mondragon, Assistant to the Director.
If you have any questions/suggestions on this page, please contact Dennis Hagen