Monthly Archive for November, 2009

MLA offers a variety of grants and scholarships to assist qualified students in graduate library science programs and to enable practicing health sciences librarians to take advantage of opportunities for continuing professional development.  The deadline for applications is December 1, 2009.

Continuing Education Grant
Interested in taking a CE course but don’t have the funds? Apply for an MLA Continuing Education Grant ranging from $100-$500. These grants may be used for either MLA courses or for other CE courses and activities and can be used for travel, lodging, or course tuition. Complete details about eligibility factors, the submission process and the application form are available at: http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/grants/ce_app_20090909.pdf.  For additional information contact Dee Jones, Jury Chair, at djone3@lsuhsc.edu.

Cunningham Fellowship
Applications are now being accepted for the 2011 Cunningham Memorial International Fellowship. The Fellowship is awarded annually to a health sciences librarian from countries outside the United States and Canada.  The fellowship provides for attendance at the MLA  2011 annual meeting and an optional one to two week stay at library host sites in the United States and Canada. Further details, including an application and fact sheet, are located at: http://www.mlanet.org/awards/grants. For additional information, contact Assako N. Holyoke, Jury Chair, at holyokea@slu.edu.

David A. Kronick Traveling Fellowship
The Kronick Fellowship provides $2000 to an experienced librarian to support travel and research promoting excellence in health sciences librarianship.  The award covers expenses for traveling to three or more medical libraries in the United States or Canada for the purpose of studying a specific aspect of health information management. Eligibility requirements and additional information are available at: http://mlanet.org/pdf/grants/kronick_app_20090909.pdf.  Please contact the Kronick Jury Chair, Susan Steelman, at 501-686-6737 or email: SteelmanSusanC@uams.edu with any questions.

EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grant
The EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grants, sponsored by EBSCO Information Services, assists MLA members in attending the association’s annual meeting. Each year, grants of up to $1,000 for travel and meeting-related expenses are given to four librarians. To qualify for the grant applicants must have two to five years’ experience in the profession at the time of the MLA ’10 annual meeting.  Eligibility requirements and additional information are available at: http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/grants/ebsco_app_20090909.pdf.  Contact Jury Chair Patricia Gallagher at pgallagher@nyam.org for additional information.

MLA Scholarship
The Medical Library Association is accepting applications for its annual scholarship. The award provides up to $5,000 to a library sciences student who shows excellence in scholarship and potential for accomplishment in health sciences librarianship.  Applicants must be citizens of or have permanent residence in either the United States or Canada.   Complete details about eligibility factors, the submission process and the application form are available at: http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/grants/schol_app_20090714.pdf. Questions? Contact Victoria Pifalo, Jury Chair, at vpifalo@illinois.edu.

MLA Scholarship for Minority Students
The MLA Scholarship for Minority Students Jury announces the acceptance of applications for the 2009-2010 MLA Minority Scholarship.  The scholarship of up to $5000 will be granted to a minority student in a Masters program at an ALA-accredited library school.  The second runner up for the MLA Minority Scholarship will receive a $1,000 scholarship to attend MLA ’10, May 21-26 in Washington, D.C.  Complete details about eligibility factors, the submission process and the application form are available at: http://www.mlanet.org/pdf/grants/min_app_20090715.pdf.  Contact Darlene Parker-Kelly, Jury Chair at darleneparkerkelly@cdrewu.edu for additional information.

Felicia A. Barrett, Assistant Health Sciences Librarian
University of Illinois at Chicago, Library of the Health Sciences – Rockford
Rockford, Ill.
fbarrett@uic.edu