Do you want to participate in LITA’s AdaCamp, a one-day unconference for
women in library technology, at ALA Annual in Chicago? Would travel funding
help you to attend? Thanks to support from our sponsors, LITA is offering
several $500 travel scholarships.
Scholarships will be awarded competitively based on the committee’s ranking
of applications received by the deadline.
*Scholarship Eligibility*
ALA Attendees are encouraged to participate in LITA AdaCamp if they:
- Identify as a woman in a way that is significant to them;
- Participate in library technology (in any role);
- Can actively participate in discussions about women’s experiences in
library technology, including talking about women’s achievements and the
challenges they face;
- Want to work together and share strategies to support and promote
women in the field;
- Are young or old; students or professionals; from a diverse range of
backgrounds and types of libraries; and reflective of the breadth of
librarianship.
Scholarship applications will be ranked highly if they:
- Belong to a group not well-represented in LITA, including but not
limited to: people of color, people with disabilities, LGBTQ+;
- Demonstrate an interest in actively contributing during the LITA
AdaCamp.
These scholarships are intended for people who couldn’t otherwise attend
AdaCamp. LITA can’t assess your financial need; we trust you to
self-identify accurately.
*How to apply*
Please fill out this google form
<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc7m3M0aMF2MlCfizDcYXvjDdwd5rc4IgBwantnjH0fac2OSQ/viewform?usp=sf_link>
.
*Applications are due April 15, 2017.*
We will notify you by May 1, 2017.
Scholarship selections will be made by the LITA AdaCamp steering committee:
Abigail Goben, Aimee Fifarek, Amy Buckland, Andromeda Yelton, Becky Yoose,
Carolyn Coulter, Elizabeth Peele Mumpower, Evviva Weinraub, Jenny Levine,
Jessica Hayden, Margaret Heller, Mark Beatty, Natalie DeJonghe, Nicole
Sump-Crethar, Rosalyn Metz, and Zoe Stewart-Marshall.
*Sponsors*
Thank you to our generous sponsors: OCLC Research, Digital Public Library
of America, and EBSCO, for your support of LITA’s AdaCamp and the Women in
Information Technology Interest Group.
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