[OPLINLIST] KSU-SLIS Full Tuition MLIS Scholarship Applications Available!

[cbrodie]

For Immediate Release:  January 30, 2004

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APPLICATION INFORMATION AVAILABLE FOR SIXTEEN FULL TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS AT 
KSU-SLIS (www.slis.kent.edu and click on "News")

=93New Librarians, New Leaders: Educating the Next Generation of School Library 
Media Specialists and Young Adult Librarians=94

Project Directors:  Dr. Greg Byerly and Dr. Carolyn S. Brodie


The Kent State School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) has been 
awarded $392,243 in federal funding to provide one-time academic scholarships 
to sixteen students who plan on becoming either young adult librarians in a 
public library or school library media specialists in a K-12 school. Funding 
has been provided through the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) 
as part of the "2003 IMLS Recruiting and Educating Librarians for the 21st 
Century."

Students selected for this program will receive full tuition for all courses 
to complete a Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS). Scholarships 
are for students who plan to begin the program in Fall 2004.  They will be 
required to take 2 or 3 courses per semester through Fall 2006. Students will 
graduate in December 2006.

Eight scholarships will be offered to students interested in becoming young 
adult librarians and eight will be given to students seeking to become 
licensed school library media specialists. Students must demonstrate a strong 
commitment to youth services and pledge to work in either a public library or 
a K-12 school after graduating from the program.  Project partners include the 
State Library of Ohio, INFOhio, Ohio Library Council, and the Ohio Educational 
Library Media Association.

A new two-year cycle of the 12-12-12 Distance Education video conference 
program will begin starting in fall 2004 to meet the needs of scholarship 
students. Courses will be offered over a two-year period in five locations: 
Kent, Columbus, Franklin, Lorain, and Mansfield. Students can fully 
participate in this program through the School's 12-12-12 Distance Degree 
program.

Scholarship students will also have their personal dues paid for membership in 
ALA, OLC, and OELMA and will be required to attend various conferences 
(expenses paid) during the two years of the program.

For complete information, please visit the School=92s website at 
www.slis.kent.edu and click on =93News=94 on the left-side of the page.  The 
scholarship information is listed as the first item on the =93News=94 page.

Deadline for submission of all application materials to the School and for the 
additional scholarship application is April 1, 2004.

Questions may be directed to Dr. Carolyn S. Brodie at cbrodie@kent.edu

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Carolyn S. Brodie, M.S.E, M.L.S, M.Ed., Ph.D.
Professor
Kent State University
School of Library and Information Science
P.O Box 5190, 314 Library
Kent, OH  44242-0001
Main Office Phone:  330-672-2782
Direct Line:  330-672-0012
Fax:  330-672-7965
Email:  cbrodie@kent.edu
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