SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION
Business & Finance Division
2003 Student Stipend Award

The Special Libraries Association Business & Finance Division is offering student stipend awards to help cover expenses at the 2003 SLA Annual Conference in New York, NY, June 7-12, 2003. The Division will award student stipends and professional grants for a total of up to six $1,200 awards. The conference theme is "2003 - Putting Knowledge to Work. ®"

ELIGIBILITY

• Applicants must be enrolled in an accredited graduate level library or information science program during the 2002/03 academic school year and be interested in a career in business librarianship.
• The 2003 New York conference must be the first SLA conference attended.
• Applicants should be members of SLA Business & Finance Division by March 1, 2003 to be eligible. Membership in other divisions will not replace membership in the B&F Division. Be sure to provide enough time for SLA to process your membership and inform them that you need to be a member of B&F by March 1. Students can join online at the following website: http://www.sla.org/ecomm_phase1/member_new/base_new.asp.
• The recipient may not accept a travel award for the 2003 conference from any other SLA Division or Chapter.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

Prepare a written statement*, in English, of approximately 500 words on any one of the following three essay topics:

1. What is the biggest challenge facing the profession?
2. What skills must the new information professional possess?
3. What do you hope to gain from the conference?

Note: All essays must incorporate the conference theme. Essays on topic #3 must demonstrate the anticipated benefits of conference attendance to you and should not list what you will do at the conference.

*If your essay is available on a public web server, you may submit a URL in lieu of a paper document.

• Include a letter of recommendation from either a faculty advisor from your institution or an SLA Student Group Faculty Advisor.
• Include a resume.
• Submit the above documents, along with your address, telephone number, email address (if applicable), postmarked no later than March 1, 2003 to:

Esther Gil Voice: 303-871-3412
University of Denver, Penrose Library FAX: 303-871-2290
2150 E. Evans Ave. Email: egil@du.edu
Denver, CO 80208-2007

POST AWARD REQUIREMENTS

• Recipients will write a brief article (approximiately 500 words) for publication in the Fall 2003 issue of the Bulletin on their conference experience.
• Recipients will agree to serve on one of the B&F Committees or Roundtables, such as the B&F Mentoring Committee or the College & University Business Libraries Roundtable during 2003/04.

NOTIFICATION

• All applicants will receive notification of award status by early April 2003.
• Winners MUST attend the B&F Division's Annual Business meeting on June 10, 2003, in New York to receive their checks.