Forwarded from the RBMS list - they'd really like to attract a good museum showing for these grants! I think this'll be a great conference, and I encourage you to share this information as widely as you can so museums are well represented. Of special interested to the folks from the Young Professionals Roundtable! - Günter
*** IMLS OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO ATTEND ACRL/RBMS CONFERENCE ON LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, AND MUSEUMS The Institute for Library and Museum Services (IMLS) has provided funding for thirty new and aspiring professionals to attend a major national conference organized by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the American Library Association (ALA). Entitled, "Libraries, Archives, and Museums in the 21st Century: Intersecting Missions, Converging Futures?," the conference will explore issues of mutual interest to libraries, archives, and museums. It will be held on 20-23 June 2006 in Austin, Texas, with the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas at Austin serving as the primary host for the expected 300 attendees. Students currently enrolled in graduate program of library and information science or archival or museums studies, or graduates from such programs with less than five years of professional experience are eligible to apply for the IMLS-funded scholarships, which are designed to cover all costs associated with attending the conference, including registration, airfare, lodging and meals. At least ten scholarships will be reserved for applicants from professionally underrepresented backgrounds. Further information and an online application form are available from the conference web site at <http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/rbms2006>. The deadline for applications has been extended to March 30, 2006. The two-and-a-half-day conference program will include a series of plenary sessions that will address a broad range of topics from comparative viewpoints, including collecting purposes and strategies, audiences and access, legal issues, and professional education and development. A variety of seminar sessions and facilitated discussions will complement the conference theme. Participants will also be able to take advantage of special tours of the recently renovated Ransom Center and Jack S. Blanton Museum of Art, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, and other local cultural facilities. General registration will begin in February 2006, with an early-bird rate of $195. Lodging at the conference hotel, the Stephen F. Austin InterContinental in downtown Austin, will include rates from $99 to $129 per night. Additional hotel and dormitory lodging options will also be available. Questions about the IMLS scholarships may be addressed to Tory Ondrla, Meeting and Special Events Planner (tond...@ala.org). Günter Waibel Program Officer/RLG 2029 Stierlin Court, Suite 100, Mountain View, CA 94043 USA voice: +1-650-691-2304 | fax: +1-650-964-1461 blog: www.hangingtogether.org guenter.wai...@rlg.org --- You are currently subscribed to mcn_mcn-l as: rlancefi...@mail.wesleyan.edu To unsubscribe send a blank email to leave-mcn_mcn-l-12800...@listserver.americaneagle.com
