[Answerland-summit] Scholarship update/scholarship for underrepresented staff

[Daina Dickman]

Hi everyone.

One of our scholarship recipients declined her scholarship as her work had
agreed to pay for her to go. So we still have 1 remaining scholarship to
fill. I am planning to send out a call for applicants from
under-represented backgrounds.   I am thinking a deadline of Monday May 7,
and I will notify people by that Friday.

I'd appreciate any feedback about language.

After looking at ALA's Spectrum Scholarship, this is my proposed language.
I will probably send this out tomorrow evening (my new employer blocks
Google Drive, so I will have to do it after work).

*Oregon Reference Summit has the opportunity to extend a scholarship to a
library staff member from an underrepresented background. To further our
commitment to diversity and inclusion we seek the participation of diverse
library staff to attend the Oregon Reference Summit.  We encourage
applicants from racial, ethnic, or other underrepresented backgrounds to
apply for this scholarship. This scholarship covers the full cost of
registration.*

I will change the "Tell us anything else" open ended question to this,
modeled after a scholarship app at Portland State:
*How has your experience as a library staff member from an underrepresented
background contributed to your library and/or reference work?*


Daina
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