From: "Gilson, Thomas V" <[log in to unmask]> Date: Sat, 20 Sep 2014 01:25:40 +0000 PLEASE EXCUSE CROSS POSTING Dear colleagues, I'd like to share a few scholarship opportunities to attend the Charleston Conference: EBSCO Charleston Conference Scholarship Scholarship Amount: up to $1,000 Application Deadline: Wednesday, October 1, 2014 Applicants must: * Currently work as a librarian or para-professional * Provide one professional recommendation * Provide a Curriculum Vitae * Submit short essay (up to 1,000 words) on the following topic: Please describe three professional objectives and how attending the Charleston Conference will help you to achieve them. All application documents should be sent electronically to Kate Burgess at EBSCO ([log in to unmask]) by October 1, 2014. Scholarship money must be used to attend the 2014 Charleston Conference. IGI Global Charleston Conference Scholarship Scholarship Amount: $500 Deadline: Friday, October 17 IGI Global is proud to continue our Academic Librarian Sponsorship Program, which sponsors librarians’ attendance of the industry’s most important events. In an ongoing effort to help librarians grow professionally and increase their understanding of the changing state of knowledge resources, IGI Global will award one librarian a $500 stipend for attendance of the Charleston Conference. To apply for this sponsorship opportunity, librarians are asked to submit a 250-word essay describing why they should be awarded the stipend by Friday, October 17th. Further specifications can be found on our website at http://www.igi-global.com/forms/librarian-award/. SAGE Photo Contest Extended application deadline = September 23 SAGE is proud to announce the 2014 Charleston Photo Competition, ending September 23. To participate, academic librarians in the US and Canada are invited to send a photo that responds to the question, “What is your favorite library tradition?” The first-place winner will receive a grant for full registration to the 2015 Charleston Conference as well as $500 for travel, and eleven runner-ups will each receive a $50 Amazon gift card. Click here for more details, conference rules, or to enter: http://ow.ly/AK6Sg Tom Gilson Associate Editor, Against the Grain Co-Editor, ATG NewsChannel Head of Reference, Emeritus Addlestone Library College of Charleston Charleston, SC 29401