Online information services provider Dialog, part of the ProQuest family of businesses, is seeking applicants for its 2011 Roger K. Summit Scholarship. Open to applicants from around the world, the US$5,000 award is given annually to a promising graduate student in library and information sciences.
The deadline to apply for the scholarship is April 30, 2011. To qualify, candidates must be enrolled in an accredited library or information sciences programme. A panel of information professionals will select the winner after reviewing academic achievement, interest in electronic information services and faculty recommendations.
The Roger K. Summit Scholarship is named in honour of Dialog founder and Chairman Emeritus Roger K. Summit, a pioneer in developing the technology behind online information retrieval. Since 1993, Dialog has presented 26 scholarships. This year's winner will be announced at the Special Libraries Association's 2011 Annual Conference, scheduled to be held June 12-15 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the US. Applications are available at http://gep.dialog.com/scholarship/application.shtml.
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