<div dir="ltr"><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px">ACRL-Oregon is delighted to announce a new round of Professional Development Scholarship awards.   Thanks to a matching-fund grant from the State Library of Oregon, ACRL-Oregon is able to offer up to $675  for each award for the 2019-2020 fiscal year. Applications are accepted at three points throughout the year (see below for specific deadlines); <b>we are currently soliciting applications for the November 29th deadline.</b> Applications will be reviewed within two weeks after the application deadline.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><b>How can the scholarship be used?  </b></p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px">The ACRL-Oregon Professional Development Scholarship may be used toward conferences, workshops, courses, seminars, or other learning opportunities (including e-learning opportunities) appropriate to the applicant. The funding priority is registration and transportation costs incurred by the applicant. </p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px">For examples of how past recipients have used their awards, see these posts on the ACRL-Oregon blog:</p><ul style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><li><a href="https://acrloregon.org/2018/06/12/acrl-or-professional-development-scholarship-reflections-from-arlis-na-2018/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(16,92,182)">Serenity Ibsen</a>, Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) annual conference as a director representing the Association of Independent Colleges of Art</li><li><a href="https://acrloregon.org/2017/12/11/kim-olson-charles-awarded-acrl-or-professional-development-scholarship/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(16,92,182)">Kim Olson-Charles</a>, Personal Librarian and First-Year Experience conference</li><li><a href="https://acrloregon.org/2017/08/08/maureen-flanagan-battistella-awarded-acrl-or-professional-development-scholarship/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(16,92,182)">Maureen Flanagan Battistella</a>, American Association for State and Local History conference, presentation on digital collections of local history</li><li><a href="https://acrloregon.org/2016/12/13/kate-rubick-awarded-acrl-or-professional-development-scholarship/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(16,92,182)">Kate Rubick</a>, ACRL national conference, panel presentation on library-faculty teaching collaboration using BEAM</li><li><a href="https://acrloregon.org/2016/08/22/second-acrl-or-professional-development-scholarship-awarded-to-darci-adolf/" target="_blank" rel="noopener" style="color:rgb(16,92,182)">Darci Adolf</a>, e-course on copyright</li></ul><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px">Professional Development Scholarships will not be awarded for ACRL-OR/WA Fall Conference attendance as this annual event has its own scholarships.</p><p style="margin:0px;padding:10px 0px 0px;color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><b>Who is eligible?</b></p><ul style="color:rgb(51,51,51);font-family:Arial,Helvetica,Georgia,sans-serif;font-size:12px"><li>All ACRL-Oregon members in good standing.</li><li>Preference will be given to applicants who have not previously received a Professional Development Scholarship from ACRL-Oregon.</li></ul>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Communications Coordinator, ACRL-Oregon<br>Email:  <a href="mailto:acrlorcommunication@olaweb.org" target="_blank">acrlorcommunication@olaweb.org</a><br>Website:  <a href="http://acrloregon.org/" target="_blank">http://acrloregon.org/</a><br></div></div></div>