2014 FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians

Dear Friends & Colleagues:

The Foreign, Comparative and International Law Special Interest Section (FCIL-SIS) of the American Association of Law Libraries is now accepting applications for the 2014 FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians. The Grant subsidizes a foreign law librarian to attend the Annual Meeting of the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL), the world’s largest law librarian professional organization.

 

The FCIL Schaffer Grant for the AALL Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas (July 12-15, 2014) provides a waiver of the AALL Annual Meeting full registration fee and a grant of a minimum $2,000 to assist with accommodations and travel costs.

Applicants must be law librarians or other professionals working in the legal information field, currently employed in countries other than the United States, and with significant responsibility for the organization, preservation, or provision of legal information. The application deadline is November 30, 2013. The Grant Committee will not consider late or incomplete applications. Please note: Grant winners must pay all expenses in advance. Grant awards will only be disbursed shortly before or at the AALL Annual Meeting. 

Details regarding the FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians as well as the application form can be found at http://www.aallnet.org/sections/fcil/grants-awards/FCIL-Schaffer-Grant.

Please feel free to contact me or another member of the Selection Committee if you have any questions about the 2014 FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians. Also, please feel free to distribute this announcement to any listserv or individual who might be interested in attending the 2014 AALL Annual Meeting.

Sincerely,

Sherry Leysen,
2014 FCIL Schaffer Grant for Foreign Law Librarians Selection Committee

EA Librarianship Program Grant

Dear members of EASTLIB, 

I'm glad to announce this scholarship opportunity for the community of East Asian Libraries. 

Recently I received a grant ($444,906) from IMLS (Institute of Museum and Library Services) to prepare the next generation of East Asian librarians, particularly those who are already working in East Asian libraries but without MLIS degree. By the grant, we can fully support up to 12 paraprofessionals for their completion of MLIS in our school. Our MLIS program is fully online, so the students' location doesn't matter as long as they are in the U.S. 

This grant could not be possible without CEAL's support. From the beginning of proposal preparation, the CEAL Executive Board along with the strong leadership of President Peter Zhou, has supported and endorsed the idea. Peter wrote an official supporting letter which was very important in securing this grant. I really appreciate the supports from CEAL. 

The admission criteria is the same as our normal admission, but for this particular opportunity, the applicants need a strong mentor's letter of commitment as the mentoring is the key to the success of this program. Our MLIS admission does not require GRE score unless an applicant's undergraduate GPA is below 3.0. TOEFL score above 79 (iBT) is required for non-native English speakers who do not have a degree from American (or English speaking) institution. 

If you have somebody working in your library without MLIS, please encourage the person to consider this opportunity and support the person with your commitment as her/his mentor. The application deadline is September 1st, 2013 for spring admission. 

For further information, please check this announcement (click to open PDF). 

If you have any questions, please feel free to ask me at wjj8612@uwm.edu . 

Thank you very much for your attention.

Please, distribute this announcement as widely as possible.  

Wooseob. 

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Wooseob Jeong

Interim Dean

Associate Professor

School of Information Studies

University of Wisconsin - Milwaukee

Milwaukee, WI 53201

TEL: (414) 229-4709

FAX: (414) 229-4848

Email: wjj8612@uwm.edu