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19 January 2009

International Travel Award for 100th SLA Annual Conference (Washington, DC)

Category: Grants

What: International Travel Award (100th SLA Annual Conference)
Where: Washington, DC, USA
When: 14-17 June 2009
Deadline: 6 February 2009
Sponsor: SLABF
Source: SLA-CAS


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International Travel Award
sponsored by ISI Emerging Markets™

The SLA Business and Finance Division, with the sponsorship of ISI Emerging Markets™, is offering ONE (1) award in the amount of US$ 2,000, plus a complimentary CE course registration for a course offered by the Business and Finance Division, to a business information professional from a developing country to help cover expenses at the 2009 SLA Annual Conference, to be held in Washington, DC, USA from June 14-17, 2009. The conference theme is “SLA 2009 :Information to Inspiration: Knowledge & Vision Shaping the Future”

ELIGIBILITY

* Applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of a non-G8 country.
* Applicants must be employed full-time as an information professional in a corporate or academic business library or information centre.
* The 2009 Washington conference must be the first SLA conference attended.
* Applicants must be eligible to obtain a visa for travel to United States of America.
* Applicants must indicate the amount and source of additional funding which, combined with the Travel Award, will permit them to cover their expenses to attend the Annual Conference.
* The recipient may not accept a travel award for the 2009 conference from any other SLA Division or Chapter.

APPLICATION PROCEDURES

* Prepare a written statement, in English, of approximately 750 words, answering the following questions:
1. What is the greatest challenge facing the information profession in developing countries?
2. What skills must the new business information professional possess?
3. What do you hope to gain from the conference?
4. How do you intend to participate in the SLA in the future?
* Include a current Curriculum Vitae.

POST AWARD REQUIREMENTS

* Recipients will write a brief article (approximately 500 words) for publication in the Fall 2009 issue of the Business &Finance Bulletin on their conference experience.
* Recipients will agree to serve on one of the B&F Committees or Sections, such as the B&F International Relations Committee or the College & University Business Libraries Section, during 2009-10.

NOTIFICATION

* All applicants will receive notification of award status no later than February 6, 2009.
* Winners MUST attend the B&F Division’s Annual Business meeting in Washington, D.C..

Submit the above documents, along with your address, telephone number, and email address, in Rich Text Format (RTF) or Microsoft Word by EMAIL no later than Friday, February 6, 2009 to: slabfinternational@yahoo.ca

Robert Clarke
International Relations Chair
SLA Business and Finance Division
University Librarian
Trent University
1600 West Bank Drive
Peterborough, Ontario K9J 7B8 Canada
Voice: (705) 748-1011 ext. 7957
Fax: (705) 748-1126
Email: slabfinternational@yahoo.ca

About the Award Sponsor:

Internet Securities, Inc. (trading as ISI Emerging Markets), was founded in 1994 and acquired by Euromoney Institutional Investor PLC in 1999. It delivers hard-to-get information on more than 80 emerging markets through its award-winning online Emerging Markets Information Service. It aggregates and produces unique content including full-text news articles, financial statements, company information, industry analyses, equity quotes, macroeconomic statistics, and market-specific information, which are derived directly from more than 16,000 local and global publications.

ISI Emerging Markets subscribers include top investment banks, corporations, law firms, consultants, investment and insurance companies, universities and libraries, multilateral organizations, and others.

In addition to worldwide headquarters in New York and European headquarters in London, clients are served through 29 offices in Asia, Africa, Europe and Latin America.

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