Call for applicants: 2020 ACRL/NY Annual Symposium scholarships
Civic Engagement: Democracy and the Library
The fully online 2020 ACRL/NY Annual Symposium
(Application deadline: Oct 16, 2020)
What happens at the intersection of academic and research libraries with civics, governance, and democracy? How are civic issues impacting collections and services? How do libraries foster engagement with civic issues and the democratic process throughout the community? How do ideas of “library neutrality” affect how we engage with these issues?
Presented annually by the New York Metropolitan Chapter of the Association of College and Research Libraries, this year’s event will take place fully online on Friday, December 4th via Zoom.
Awardees will receive:
A waiver of registration fees for the online ACRL/NY 2020 Annual Symposium
A free 1-year membership to ACRL/NY (benefits include participation in the ACRL/NY Mentoring Program, discussion group events, and professional development opportunities)
Participation in a virtual networking event with members of the ACRL/NY Executive Board and the ACRL/NY Symposium Committee, to be scheduled during the weeks following the symposium
A copy of the book, How to Thrive as a Library Professional: Achieving Success and Satisfaction, signed by the authors
A $75 gift certificate for the Strand Book Store, to be redeemed online or in-person
If you are interested, please note that ACRL/NY offers three scholarship programs.
Student Scholarship – For students currently enrolled in graduate degree programs in library/information science who are considering a career in academic librarianship (three awardees). TO APPLY: fill out this student scholarship form
Early Career Librarian Scholarship – For an academic librarian who has been practicing less than five years following receipt of a master’s degree in library/information science (one awardee). TO APPLY: fill out this early career librarian scholarship form
The Dr. Barbara Bonous-Smit Scholarship – For an academic librarian who has been in practice at least five years following receipt of a master’s degree in library/information science (one awardee). TO APPLY: fill out this Dr. Barbara Bonous-Smit scholarship form
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Scholarship recipients are expected to produce a short article on their impressions of the day for the ACRL/NY blog (guidelines to be provided).
Application submission deadline: Monday, October 16, 2020
Scholarship recipients will be notified on or before Friday, November 10, 2020.
For further information about the symposium, go to: https://
We look forward to your submission.
The 2020 ACRL/NY Symposium Scholarship Committee
