[Libs-Or] Apply now for the Bechtel Fellowship

[Jacqueline Partch]

Now is the time to get lost in a good book (or a few thousand of
them)! Applications
for the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC) Bechtel
Fellowship are now being accepted.

The Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship provides a grant up to $7,500 to a
qualified children's librarian to spend up to four weeks reading and
studying at the Baldwin Library of Historical Children's Literature of the
George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville. The
Baldwin Library contains a special collection of 130,000 volumes of
children's literature published mostly before 1950. The fellowship is
endowed in memory of Louise Seaman Bechtel and Ruth M. Baldwin.

The application and more information can be found at
*http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/bechtel
<http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/bechtel>*

The deadline for submitting materials is *October 15, 2022*.

For any questions about the award/application, please contact ALSC
Professional Recognition and Scholarships Committee Co-Chairs, Elizabeth
Burns  (eburns at njstatelib.org) and Rachel Fryd (frydr at freelibrary.org)



*Jackie Partch**Youth & Family Services Librarian*
Multnomah County Library
*she/her/hers*
Work schedule: Monday-Friday 8:30-5
*multcolib.org <http://www.multcolib.org/>*
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