2012 Scholarship Information
We are pleased to offer a limited number of scholarships for
persons planning to attend the 2012 Library Technology Conference.
The primary purposes of this scholarship are:
- To support library technology proficiency and awareness by staff working in libraries or school media centers in rural communities and to help facilitate their attendance at the conference, and
- To encourage participation by library staff who have not
previously attended the conference.
The deadline for submitting
scholarship
applications has passed.
Applicants will be contacted no later
than Monday, December 12th.
Scholarship Application Guidelines
What the scholarship will cover:
Each
scholarship will cover expenses related to participating in the Library
Technology Conference including conference registration (either single
day or full 2-day registration fees), one night lodging at one of the
conference hotels (available to scholarship applicants who live more
than 60 miles from the Macalester College campus).
Criteria for consideration:
Scholarship applications can be submitted by any person wanting to
attend the 2012 Library Technology Conference either for one day or for
the full two-day conference and who meets at least one of the criteria
listed below. Priority consideration will be given to applicants who
meet all three criteria and who are from a constituency group within
the library community which is under-represented at the conference:
- Attending the Library Technology Conference for the first time.
- Work in a library or school media center in a city, town, or municipality with a population under 30,000.
- Live within the primary conference region - that is, within the states of Minnesota, Iowa, Wisconsin, and North or South Dakota.
- The deadline for submitting a scholarship request is December 1, 2011.
Questions about LibTech 2012 scholarships can be sent to libtechconference@macalester.edu.
