{"id":836,"date":"2013-11-01T16:03:14","date_gmt":"2013-11-01T16:03:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/blog\/2013\/11\/01\/alaska_library_association_scholarship_for_graduate_library_studies\/"},"modified":"2013-11-01T16:03:14","modified_gmt":"2013-11-01T16:03:14","slug":"alaska_library_association_scholarship_for_graduate_library_studies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/blog\/2013\/11\/01\/alaska_library_association_scholarship_for_graduate_library_studies\/","title":{"rendered":"Alaska Library Association Scholarship for Graduate Library Studies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>AkLA has established a scholarship program to support the education of librarians for Alaska&#8217;s libraries.? The stated purpose is to provide financial assistance to worthy students pursuing a Graduate Degree in?Library Science and to encourage graduates to return to Alaska to work in professional library positions.? Preference will be given to an individual meeting the federal definition of Alaska Native ethnicity. The amount available this year is $4,000. The recipient will be announced at the AkLA Conference, February 27-March 2 in Anchorage. To be eligible for the scholarship, an applicant must be an Alaskan resident who:<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>possesses a Bachelor&#8217;s Degree or higher from an accredited college or university;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li>is eligible for acceptance, or is currently enrolled, in a Graduate Degree program in Library and Information Science in a university program accredited by the American Library Association;<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li>is or will be a student during the academic year, semester, or academic quarter for which the scholarship is received; and<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><\/li>\n<li>makes a commitment to work in an Alaskan library for a minimum of one year after graduation.<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Completed applications must be received by January 15 of the award year. The application is online at?<a href=\"http:\/\/akla.org\/%20\/akla.org\/scholarships\/application-and-reference-forms\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">?http:\/ \/akla.org\/scholarships\/application-and-reference-forms\/?<\/a><br \/>If you have questions or need copies of the guidelines and application forms, contact:<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><\/p>\n<p><i>AkLA Scholarship Committee<br \/>Alaska State Library, attn.: Julie Niederhauser<br \/>P.O. Box 110571, Juneau, AK? 99811-0571<\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>email:?<a href=\"mailto:Julie.niederhauser@alaska.gov\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Julie.niederhauser@alaska.gov<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><i>ph:?<a href=\"tel:%28907%29%20465-2916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(907) 465-2916<\/a>?or within Alaska,?<a href=\"tel:1-888-820-2916\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">1-888-820-2916<\/a>. fax:?<a href=\"tel:%28907%29%20465-2665\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">(907) 465-2665<\/a><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span><\/i><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><\/span>?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AkLA has established a scholarship program to support the education of librarians for Alaska&#8217;s libraries.? The stated purpose is to provide financial assistance to worthy students pursuing a Graduate Degree in?Library Science and to encourage graduates to return to Alaska to work in professional library positions.? Preference will be given to an individual meeting the &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/blog\/2013\/11\/01\/alaska_library_association_scholarship_for_graduate_library_studies\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Alaska Library Association Scholarship for Graduate Library Studies&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=836"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/836\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=836"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=836"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cocis.simmons.edu\/sites\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=836"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}