Stephanie Barnwell, UNC-Chapel Hill
\nStella Castillo, University of California, Los Angeles
\nJennifer Collins, State University of New York college at Delhi
\nLisa Cruces, University of Houston, MD Libraries, Special Collections Department
\nJason W. Dean, University of Arkansas Libraries
\nMarie Elia, University at Buffalo
\nSusan Falciani, Trexler Library, Muhlenberg College
\nHeather Furnas, Cornell University
\nRachel Grove Rohrbaugh, Chatham University
\nLaura Hampton, University of Iowa
\nSarah Hoover, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
\nErika Jenns, Indiana University Bloomington
\nJocelyn Karlan, Berenson Library, Villa I Tatti-Harvard University
\nAllison McCormack, Indiana University
\nPaula Mitchell, Southern Utah University
\nKrista Oldham, University of Arkansas
\nAsheleigh Perry, Georgetown University Library
\nJillian Phillips, University of Iowa
\nMegan Scauri, Princeton University
\nLizeth Zepeda, University of Arizona – School of Information Resources and\u00a0 Library Science<\/p>\n
The Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL) offers scholarships to subsidize first-time preconference attendance by professional librarians, qualified paraprofessionals and students.<\/p>\n
RBMS is committed to increasing diversity in its membership and the special collections and archival professions. Accordingly, several preconference scholarships have been designated for applicants of underrepresented ethnic and racial groups. For more information about the RBMS commitment to diversity, please visit the RBMS website<\/a>. If you would like to donate to the RBMS preconference scholarship program, <\/strong>you may do so when you register for the preconference, or separately through the Friends of ACRL Website<\/a>. For the Friends site, please remember to indicate that the donation is for RBMS preconference scholarships.<\/p>\n Full and partial scholarships are awarded. Full scholarships include a waiver of the preconference registration fee (up to $280 for professional and paraprofessional ACRL members, and $125 for full-time student members) plus a travel and accommodation stipend of $700. Partial scholarships provide complimentary registration and may or may not include a stipend.<\/p>\n Eligibility:<\/strong> All candidates must meet one of the following criteria: 1) be currently enrolled in a library, information science, or archival studies program; 2) be a graduate of such a program; or 3) be currently employed as a paraprofessional in a rare books, special collections, or archival capacity. Candidates must also be members of ACRL who have not previously attended an RBMS preconference and who do not have sufficient institutional support to attend.<\/p>\n