Are you a student or early-career librarian/archivist who self-identifies as racialized or Black, Indigenous, Person of Color (BIPOC)? Do you have a project/internship in mind that you would like to get paid for?

The ARLIS/NA Compass Award provides $3,000 USD for a project-based internship that entails a minimum of 100 hours of work to see a project through to completion at an institution of your choice. The internship will take place in the 2025 calendar year. The award also provides a one-year ARLIS/NA membership, an ARLIS/NA chapter membership, and funding for attendance at the annual ARLIS/NA conference.


Now is your time to apply! Please visit the Compass Award website<https://www.arlisna.org/compass-award-> for more information about the Compass Award, including details about the application process.

Submissions are due on September 15, 2024 and can be submitted via Google form<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/12FN__tlcY2nntZZYQfLG4feyEelXd5WbIDSxZLEfEiU/edit> or [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>. An information session<https://www.arlisna.org/events/compass-award-town-hall> about the Compass Award will be hosted August 20, 2024 at 1:00 PM (EDT), 12:00 PM (CDT), 11:00 AM, (MDT), 10:00 AM (PDT).

We look forward to reading your submissions,

The Compass Award Subcommittee
Kai Alexis Smith (co-chair)
Chloe Misorski (co-chair)
Shira Loev Eller
Stacy Brinkman
Fannie Ouyang
Emma Metcalfe Hurst
Marty Miller


Chloe Misorski
Cataloging Librarian
Ingalls Library and Museum Archives
The Cleveland Museum of Art
11150 East Boulevard
Cleveland, Ohio 44106-1797
Pronouns: She/Her/Hers

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