[Libs-Or] NEW! ACRL National E-learning Scholarships

[Robin A. Paynter]

FYI - Robin

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  ACRL e-Learning Scholarships

ACRL is pleased to announce our new e-Learning scholarship program.  
ACRL is funding twenty e-Learning webcast scholarships in order to help 
librarians, library school students, and staff maximize their 
professional development dollars during these challenging economic times. 

*Purpose
*To provide opportunities for librarians, library school students or 
support staff to update their skills and knowledge by participating in 
an ACRL e-Learning webcast. 

*Award*
Twenty scholarships will be awarded.  Each scholarship covers the cost 
of the ACRL e-Learning webcast registration fee.

*About ACRL e-Learning Webcasts*
ACRL webcasts take place live in an interactive, online classroom and 
are typically 1.5 hours in length.  *The current list of webcasts is 
online* 
<http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/index.cfm>; 
additional webcasts are continually added to the schedule.  Scholarships 
can be redeemed for ACRL e-learning webcasts offered between December 
15, 2009 -- August 31, 2010.  /Technical requirements: a computer with 
an Internet connection, speaker, and microphone is required to 
participate in an ACRL webcast./

*How to Apply
*Applications must be submitted via the *online application form* 
<https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=RG1LuiwaKZBALmx_2fp52I0g_3d_3d>.  
NOTE: Only electronic submissions will be considered.  The form does not 
allow submissions to be saved and resumed. Prepare your answers and have 
your statement of support before starting the online application.  
Please double-check all your answers before pushing the 'submit' button.

*Deadlines*
The application deadline is *October 16, 2009.  *Notifications will be 
issued by late November 2009.  Scholarships can be redeemed for ACRL 
e-learning webcasts offered between December 15, 2009 -- August 31, 2010.

*Applicant Criteria*
Scholarship applicants must:

    * be ACRL members
    * complete the *online application form*
      <https://www.surveymonkey.com/s.aspx?sm=RG1LuiwaKZBALmx_2fp52I0g_3d_3d> 

    * submit a brief written statement (300 words) that describes how
      participation in an ACRL e-learning webcast meets your
      professional needs and goals.

*Selection Criteria
*The ACRL Professional Development Coordinating Committee will review 
and select scholarship applicants based on their application and 
response to the written statement.  The committee will strive to achieve 
both diversity and balance among scholarship recipients and preference 
will be given to individuals who have not previously been awarded an 
ACRL scholarship. Individuals may only receive one ACRL scholarship per 
professional development event.

*Questions*
Please contact mconahan at ala.org <mailto:mconahan at ala.org> with questions.

Website: 
http://www.acrl.org/ala/mgrps/divs/acrl/events/elearning/escholarships.cfm



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*Robin Paynter*
Social Sciences Librarian
220D Library
Portland State University

503.725.4501
503.725.4524
paynter at pdx.edu
http://www.pdx.edu/library/paynter.html

"The fragmentation of rational knowledge in the postmodern world has 
produced a focus on information that is unaware of its history." -- 
Marcus Breen (1997)

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