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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If you are pursuing a master’s or advanced degree in children’s librarianship, the deadline for applying for two fantastic ALSC scholarships:
<span style="color:#303030;background:white">Bound to Stay Bound Books (Four awards of $7,000 each), and Frederic G. Melcher (two awards of $6,000 each) is March 1<sup>st</sup>, 2013.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#303030;background:white">Application information is on the ALSC site:
</span><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/edcareeers/alscschol/scholarship_specifications" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/alsc/edcareeers/alscschol/scholarship_specifications</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Good luck! We look forward to receiving your applications.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Marianne Martens, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Chair, Scholarships: Melcher and Bound to Stay Bound Committee<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Martens, Marianne, Ph.D.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Assistant Professor<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black">Kent State University<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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