Of Interest to Serials Specialists

News of Interest to Serials Specialists
2003 NASIG CONFERENCE STUDENT GRANT ANNOUNCEMENT
The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) is currently seeking
candidates for grants to attend the Eighteenth Annual Conference to
be held at Portland State University in Portland, Oregon, on June 26-29,
2003. Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization
that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of
the serials information chain - anyone working with or
concerned about serials.
For more information about NASIG, please see the NASIG web page at
http://www.nasig.org.
Through the granting of these awards, NASIG desires to encourage
participation in this information chain by students who are interested
in pursuing some aspect of serials work upon completion of their
professional degrees. Each year the annual conference is held on a
different college or university campus, where the various segments of the serials
community (including publishers, vendors, and librarians) meet in
an informal setting to network and share information. The conference
includes the presentation of papers, panels, workshops, tours, and
social events.
SCOPE OF AWARD: Recipients are expected to attend the entire conference
and submit a brief written report to NASIG, which will be
excerpted, for publication in the NASIG Newsletter. Expenses for travel,
registration, meals, and lodging will be paid by NASIG. Each
recipient will also receive a year's membership in NASIG.
ELIGIBILITY: Students who are currently enrolled at the graduate level
in a library school ALA-accredited now and/or at the time of enrollment,
who do not already have an ALA accredited degree, and who have expressed
an interest in some aspect of serials work, are eligible.
Applicants must be full- or part-time students at the time of
application. In order to accept an award, a recipient must not be
employed in a
position requiring an ALA accredited degree, or on leave from such a
position, at the time of acceptance of the grant. Equal consideration
will be given to all qualified applicants, with preference given to
those earning their degrees the year of the conference. Students do not
have
to be NASIG members to apply, and they must not have earned their
degrees earlier than the end of the school year prior to the NASIG
conference. Applicants must not have attended a previous NASIG
conference, but may have participated in a NASIG conference as a local
volunteer.
APPLICATION PROCEDURE: Application forms will be available after
November 15, 2002, in ALA accredited library schools, through the
NASIG Web Page,
http://www.nasig.org/public/timedated/studentgrant.html
and from Joan Lamborn, Co-Chair, Awards & Recognition Committee.
Completed applications should be sent to:
     Joan Lamborn
     Co-Chair, NASIG Awards & Recognition Committee
     University of Northern Colorado
     James A. Michener Library
     Campus Box 48
     501 20th St.
     Greeley, CO 80639-0091
     Phone (970) 351-2601
     Fax (970) 351-2963
     E-mail:joan.lamborn@unco.edu
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications must be postmarked/faxed/emailed by
FEBRUARY 15, 2003. Applications postmarked/faxed/emailed
after this date will not be considered.
AWARD NOTIFICATION: Award recipients will be notified by APRIL 1, 2003.

NASIG Horizon Award
http://www.nasig.org/public/timedated/horizondescription.html

2003 FRITZ SCHWARTZ SERIALS EDUCATION SCHOLARSHIP
ANNOUNCEMENT
The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) and the Serials
Industry Systems Advisory Committee (SISAC) team up each year to
award a $2500 scholarship to a library science graduate student who
demonstrates excellence in scholarship and the potential for
accomplishment in a serials career. The purpose of the scholarship is to
advance the serials profession by providing an aspiring library
student who has prior serials experience with enhanced educational
opportunities.
The award is named in honor of Fritz Schwartz, who was a well-known and
highly respected authority on Electronic Data Interchange (EDI),
the Internet, and library standards. A frequent speaker at NASIG annual
conferences, his last NASIG appearance was to conduct a highly
rated workshop at the 10th Conference at Duke University. He actively
participated in various committees within SISAC, the National
Information Standards Organization (NISO), and the International
Committee on EDI for Serials (ICEDIS). At the time of his death, Fritz
was Manager of Electronic Services and Standards at the Faxon Company. NASIG
and SISAC are pleased to offer this scholarship in memory of
Fritz's many contributions to the library profession and to honor his
energy, warmth, humor, and passion for standards.
NASIG is an international organization committed to promoting
communication and sharing of ideas among all people working with or
concerned about serial publications. More information about the
organization is available at http://www.nasig.org.
SISAC provides a forum for professionals throughout the
entire serials chain to work together
in developing standardized formats with which to electronically
transmit serials information. More information about SISAC is available
through the Book Industry Study Group site:
http://www.bisg.org/sisac.htm.
In addition to the scholarship, the recipient will also receive a
Student Grant Award to attend the NASIG conference for the year in which
the scholarship is granted and will receive a one-year NASIG membership. The
2003 NASIG conference will be held at Portland State University
in Portland, Oregon, June 26-29, 2003.
ELIGIBILITY: At the time the scholarship is awarded, the applicant must
be entering an ALA-accredited graduate library program or must
have completed no more than twelve hours of academic requirements
towards the graduate degree at a graduate library program
accredited at the time of enrollment. The applicant must have
serials-related work experience and a desire to pursue a professional
serials career after earning the graduate library degree.
The following materials are required by the applicant:
     A completed application form;
     Letters of reference from two information professionals;
     A resume or curriculum vita;
     A statement of the applicant's career objectives (not to exceed 250
words);
     A statement describing how the applicant's qualifications satisfy
the eligibility requirements and the purpose of the award (not to
     exceed 250 words).
The award winner will be required to be enrolled for a minimum of six
credit hours of library/information science courses per
semester/quarter during the academic year that the award is granted. The
award winner will be ineligible to reapply for the scholarship. Only
one scholarship will be awarded per academic year.
Application forms will be available after November 15, 2002, in ALA
accredited library schools, through the NASIG Web Page,
http://www.nasig.org/public/timedated/fritzaward.html
and from Joan Lamborn, Co-Chair, Awards & Recognition Committee.
Completed applications and all related materials should be sent to:
     Joan Lamborn
     Co-Chair, NASIG Awards & Recognition Committee
     University of Northern Colorado
     James A. Michener Library
     Campus Box 48
     501 20th St.
     Greeley, CO 80639-0091
     Phone (970) 351-2601
     Fax (970) 351-2963
     E-mail: joan.lamborn@unco.edu
APPLICATION DEADLINE: Applications must be postmarked/faxed/emailed by
FEBRUARY 15, 2003. Applications postmarked/faxed/emailed
after this date will not be considered.
AWARD NOTIFICATION: The award recipient will be notified by APRIL 1, 2003.

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