Information services provider EBSCO is sponsoring a $1,000 scholarship for a qualifying librarian or paraprofessional to attend the 32nd Annual Charleston Conference: Issues in Book and Serial Acquisition. The event is scheduled for November 7-10, 2012, in Charleston, S.C.
In keeping with the conference’s 2012 theme, ‘Accentuate the Positive,’ this year’s essay topic is ‘Looking for the Silver Lining: Positive Outcomes from Troubled Times.’ Applicants are asked to submit short essays detailing how a potentially negative situation ultimately yielded a positive outcome as a result of implementing resourceful strategies. Some examples: adopting new models of collection development; streamlining technical services processes in response to staffing or resource changes; embarking on collaborative projects that led to enhanced services with other departments or institutions; or developing new offerings to better serve users, such as providing enhanced mobile applications, deploying patron-driven acquisitions (PDA) or a discovery service.
Each applicant must currently work as a librarian or paraprofessional and provide the following information: one professional recommendation; a curriculum vitae; and a short essay described above (up to 1,000 words).
All application documents should be sent electronically to Rossi Morris at EBSCO (rmorris@ebsco.com) by September 17, 2012. The winner will be notified by October 8, 2012. Scholarship money must be used to attend the 2012 Charleston Conference.
