From: Kathy Perry <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, 4 Oct 2013 12:05:39 -0400

Colleagues (with apologies for duplication),

There are generous travel grants of £1,000 (approx.US$1,500) available
to attend an international conference.  COUNTER is providing travel
grants to "early career" professionals from the library and non-profit
publisher worlds.  Non-UK folks are invited to apply to attend the
UKSG meeting (April 2014) and non-US folks are invited to attend next
year's Charleston Conference (November 2014). The process is simple --
it's really just a brief letter from the Director.  See details below.

Don't miss this chance to receive some travel money to attend a great
conference in 2014.

All best,
Kathy

Katherine A. Perry
VIVA Director
(and member of the COUNTER Executive Committee)


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From: Peter Shepherd <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Fri, Oct 4, 2013 at 6:52 AM
Subject: 2014 COUNTER Travel Awards - deadline for applications approaching
To: [log in to unmask]

The deadline for applications for the 2014 COUNTER Travel Awards is
fast approaching. Applications must be received before 31 October
2013!  As one of COUNTER’s aims is to encourage publishers and
librarians to work together internationally, two Travel  Awards will
be made for 2014, as follows:

* One Award to provide funding for younger information professionals
from outside the UK  to attend the 2014 UK Serials Group Annual
Conference (14-16 April 2014, Harrogate, UK)

* One Award to provide funding for younger information professionals
from outside North America to attend the 2014 Charleston Conference
(5-9 November 2014, Charleston, SC)

ELIGIBILITY:

Information professionals  who are employed either in academic
libraries or in smaller, not-for-profit publishers ( with total annual
revenues less than $US5 million/£3.3 million) and who graduated from
college or university, for the first time, with a Bachelor’s (or
equivalent) degree no earlier than 2005, will be eligible to enter
this competition for a COUNTER Travel Award.

Each Travel Award is worth £1,000 (approx.US$1,500).  The winners of
the COUNTER Travel Awards will be decided by the COUNTER Executive
Committee on the basis of submissions supported by the candidate’s
Library Director or Senior Manager. These submissions must contain the
following information:

* A Letter of Support from the candidate’s Library Director or Senior
Manager, stating why the candidate would benefit professionally from
attending the relevant conference

* A Curriculum Vitae for the candidate, listing qualifications and
professional experience, with relevant dates

* Evidence of the candidate’s interest in usage statistics.

* Evidence that will be acceptable includes: published articles,
conference presentations, conference posters, projects in which they
have participated

The decision of the COUNTER Executive Committee will be final.

Submissions should be sent by email to COUNTER at: [log in to unmask]

Submissions must be received by COUNTER before 17.00 hrs GMT on
Thursday 31 October 2013.

Peter Shepherd

Director
COUNTER