Fwd: [REFORMANET] Travel Scholarships for RNCVI
Are you looking to attend the REFORMA conference in San Juan Puerto Rico
but have limited funds? Apply for one of the scholarships available!
Edwin Rodarte | Librarian
Emerging Technologies and Collections
213.228.7384
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From: REFORMA President president@reforma.org
Date: Mon, Jul 24, 2017 at 8:18 PM
Subject: [REFORMANET] Travel Scholarships for RNCVI
To: reformanet@googlegroups.com
Some good news! REFORMA was awaded this IMLS National Forum Grant just
last week. Coming very late, but the scholarship funds are there.
Travel Scholarships
VI REFORMA National Conference
Building Communities: Saving Lives
San Juan, Puerto Rico
September 7-9, 2017
We are proud to announce that the Institute for Museum and Library Studies
(IMLS) has awarded REFORMA, the National Association to Promote Library and
Information Services to
Latinos and the Spanish Speaking a Laura Bush 21st Century National Forum
Grant. The grant, Telling Our Stories: Building Community to Improve
Recruitment and Retention of Latinx to the Library Profession will offer a
series of activities throughout the year to examine and explore the
recruitment and retention of Latinx to the library profession. As the
number of new Latinx library professionals remains relatively low, new
approaches are needed to attract and encourage more Latinx to choose
librarianship as a viable and rewarding career choice.
Funding from this grant will provide financial support to fifteen Library
and Information Science (LIS) students and five first-time REFORMA NATIONAL
Conference attendees to experience attending a national conference that
will offer a multitude of opportunities, including timely and informative
pre-conference seminars, author readings, continuing education workshops,
enlightening panel discussions, vendor exhibits and fun cultural evenings!
Each RNCVI Travel Scholarship awardee will receive $1,000 towards travel,
lodging, and conference registration costs. Awardees will be responsible
for any other costs associated with conference attendance. Please see the
RNCVI website for further details about the conference at
http://www.rnc6.com
What is expected from the travel scholarship recipients?
The successful candidates will be required to be onsite at the RNCVI
conference and participate actively for the duration of the conference.
The scholarship recipients will also be required to attend the RNCVI
Opening Session to receive their certificates and the RNCVI forum session:
“REFORMA Leaders: Telling Our Stories & Building Communities”.
They will also be required to take part in various publicity events during
the conference, such as photo shoots and events organized at the Exhibit
Hall.
Recipients will be required to write a brief summary about their RNCVI
experience (approximately 400 words) for publication on the REFORMA blog
within 3 months of the end of the RNCVI.
Eligibility
· Applications are open to all interested in serving the Latinx
community.
· The first time attendee applicants should not have attended any of
the previous REFORMA National Conferences (RNC).
· The applicant must be willing to share their experience at RNCVI
with their local REFORMA chapter or at the REFORMA Membership Meeting at
ALA Annual in New Orleans.
· The applicant must declare that she/he is able to fund all other
costs beyond the grant that are involved in attending the Conference, e.g.
all other hotel, travel and subsistence expenses NOT covered by the travel
scholarship.
Application Procedures
Eligibility
The RNCVI Travel Scholarships are for LIS students and first-time attendees
to a REFORMA National Conference, so make sure you mention this in your
application.
Your application will include the following:
A. A cover letter providing:
· Your contact details (e.g. name and email address)
· Short summary of your employment and/or student status
B. A one-page written statement to include:
· how attending RNCVI will benefit you in a personal and/or
professional capacity, with reference to the 2017 RNCVI theme Building
Communities/Saving Lives;
· how you intend to apply the benefits that you have outlined in a
practical way after RNCVI, either for you personally or for the
library/information unit you are associated with;
C. A letter of support from your school administrator or employer
indicating that you will benefit from attending RNCVI conference in San
Juan, P.R., September 7-9, 2017.
*Your application must be received by Tuesday, August 8, 2017. *
· All applications will be acknowledged upon receipt.
· All applicants will receive notification of award status no later
than Monday, August 14, 2017.
Please send your application with your address, telephone number, and email
address no later than August 8, 2017, to Tess Tobin via attachment in email
– rnc6travelscholarships@gmail.com
This travel scholarship is made possible through the generous
support of the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), Laura
Busch 21st Century Forum Grant: Telling Our Stories: Building Community to
Improve Recruitment and Retention of Latinx to the Library Profession.
Tess Tobin
REFORMA National
President 2017-2018
president@reforma.org president@reforma.org
www.reforma.org http://www.reforma.org
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