[SOA] Fwd: [RBMS] ACRL/RBMS Conference Scholarships

[Janet Carleton]

To: rbms at ala.org
From: fpena at grolierclub.org
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2006 16:42:04 -0600
Subject: [RBMS] ACRL/RBMS Conference Scholarships

IMLS OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO ATTEND ACRL/RBMS CONFERENCE ON LIBRARIES, 
ARCHIVES, AND MUSEUMS

The Institute for Library and Museum Services (IMLS) has provided 
funding for thirty new and aspiring professionals to attend a major 
national conference organized by the Rare Books and Manuscripts 
Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries 
(ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). 
Entitled, "Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the 21st Century: 
Intersecting Missions, Converging Futures?," the conference will 
explore issues of mutual interest to libraries, archives, and 
museums. It will be held on 20-23 June 2006 in Austin, Texas, with 
the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of 
Texas at Austin serving as the primary host for the expected 300 attendees.

Students currently enrolled in graduate program of library and 
information science or archival or museums studies, or graduates from 
such programs with less than five years of professional experience 
are eligible to apply for the IMLS-funded scholarships, which are 
designed to cover all costs associated with attending the conference, 
including registration, airfare, lodging and meals. At least ten 
scholarships will be reserved for applicants from professionally 
underrepresented backgrounds. Further information and an online 
application form are available from the conference web site at 
<http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/rbms2006>. The deadline for applications 
has been extended to March 30, 2006.

The two-and-a-half-day conference program will include a series of 
plenary sessions that will address a broad range of topics from 
comparative viewpoints, including collecting purposes and strategies, 
audiences and access, legal issues, and professional education and 
development. A variety of seminar sessions and facilitated 
discussions will complement the conference theme. Participants will 
also be able to take advantage of special tours of the recently 
renovated Ransom Center and Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, the Lyndon 
Baines Johnson Library and Museum, and other local cultural facilities.

General registration will begin in February 2006, with an early-bird 
rate of $195. Lodging at the conference hotel, the Stephen F. Austin 
InterContinental in downtown Austin, will include rates from $99 to 
$129 per night. Additional hotel and dormitory lodging options will 
also be available.

Questions about the IMLS scholarships may be addressed to Tory 
Ondrla, Meeting and Special Events Planner (tondrla at ala.org).

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   Janet M. Carleton - <carleton at ohio.edu> - 740/597-2527
Digital Initiatives Coordinator / Women's Studies Bibliographer
      Alden 235A, Ohio University Libraries, Athens, Ohio
              <http://www.library.ohiou.edu/> 
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