Friends of the Oro Valley Public Library Support Staff Scholarship
Arizona Library Association
Award: $500 – $500
Deadline: October 15.
To provide continuing education via community college, university, or national conference, to any non-M.L.S. degreed library staff member employed by any library within the State of Arizona. Qualifications: Applicant must be enrolled in a college or university program with a grade point average of 3.0 or above; must be actively pursuing an A.A.S degree in Library Technology, a B.A. or B.S. degree in any major with the goal of pursuing, upon graduation, a Master's Degree in Library Science; member in AzLA and non-M.L.S. degreed library staff member employed by any library within the State of Arizona. How to apply: Applicants must submit a 500 word essay that includes the following: name of school for which scholarship will be used; currently working in a library setting, any accomplishments made; what goals you have after you graduate and how the scholarship will help in achieving those goals; how you plan to use your education in promoting library services and AzLA; must have a minimum of two (2) additional letters of support. Focus: Library and archival sciences.