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Art Libraries Society of New England Awards and Scholarships

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Posted by GSLIS, December 21, 2008
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Please read the award descriptions below and then email your application to Ashley Peterson at: petersonashley@pmc.edu

Wolfgang Freitag Professional Development Award

DESCRIPTION: The Wolfgang M. Freitag Professional Development Award, named in honor of the chapter’s founding member, was instituted in 1992. Dr. Freitag served as Chief Librarian of the Harvard College Fine Arts Library at the Fogg Art Museum from 1964 to 1991, and as lecturer and senior lecturer in bibliography and art historiography at Harvard from 1967 to 1991. A charter member of ARLIS/NA, he was elected president of the organization for 1980 and continues to play an active role in the affairs of the Society. Wolfgang Freitag exemplifies the highest standards of the profession and serves as an inspiration to us all.

PURPOSE: The original purpose of the Freitag Award was to support travel to the annual ARLIS/NA conference. Since 1995, the scope of the award has been expanded to aid and encourage the professional development of chapter members by supporting research and publishing projects, continuing education, or other objectives pertaining to art librarianship, as well as travel to conferences.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must be a member of ARLIS/New England for one full year. The applicant cannot have received full funding from other sources for the same project or objective. Award winners will report to the chapter upon completion of the project or objective, either in writing to the president, or at one of the chapter meetings.

AWARD: Chapter members have generously contributed to the Freitag Award fund over the years and donations are always welcome. Currently, at least one award of $500 is given each year.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE & DEADLINE: Applicants should send a letter describing their project and financial need to the Award Committee. The deadline for applications for the 2009 Wolfgang Freitag Professional Development Award is January 16. Winners will be notified in February.

Travel Award

DESCRIPTION: The purpose of this award is to encourage professional development by supporting travel to the ARLIS/NA annual conference. Two awards of $300.00 may be granted to a members of ARLIS/NE to help to defray the expense of attending the ARLIS/NA annual conference.

PURPOSE: To support the professional development of ARLIS/NE members.

ELIGIBILITY: Current ARLISNA & ARLISNE member. Applicant must be unable to receive full institutional funding toward ARLIS conference travel. Preference will be given to first time attendees and those who are participating in the conference as speakers, moderators, session recorders, or serving as a committee member.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE & DEADLINE: Please send a letter of application describing your eligibility for the travel award. Include an estimate of conference expenses and description of all travel funding expected from your institution. Please include a current resume with your application. The deadline for applications for the 2009 Travel Award is January 16. Winners will be notified in February.

Elmar W. Seibel Scholarship

DESCRIPTION: The Elmar Seibel Scholarship was established in the summer of 2001 to honor ARLIS/NE Life Member Elmar Seibel, a respected book dealer, bibliographer, curator, and collector, and an esteemed friend to art libraries and art librarians regionally, nationally, and internationally. Elmar Seibel is founder and president of Ars Libri Ltd., in Boston, a company that has since 1976 served as a resource for scholars, librarians, collectors, and artists. An award of $500.00 may be granted to an aspiring art information professional currently enrolled or accepted into a fully accredited New England school of library and/or information science. Awards may be granted to more than one applicant, if funds permit.

PURPOSE: The purpose of this award is to support and encourage future art librarians by helping to defray student expenses (tuition, housing, books, etc.)

REQUIREMENTS: Applicants must be enrolled in a graduate degree program in Library and Information Science at Simmons College, the University of Rhode Island, or Southern Connecticut State University and must be working toward a career in an art library or in a related setting.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE & DEADLINE: Applicants should send a letter describing themselves and their interest in art librarianship, with proof of enrollment in or a letter of acceptance from one of the New England institutions listed above, to the Award Committee. The deadline for applications for the 2009 Elmar Seibel Scholarship is January 16. Winners will be notified in February.