The Oregon State University / Code4lib Minority Scholarship will provide up to $1000 to cover travel costs and conference fees for one qualified attendee to the 2008 Code4lib conference (February 25-28 in Portland, OR). To qualify for this scholarship, an applicant must be a member of a principal minority group (American Indian or Alaskan native, Asian or Pacific Islander, African-American, or Hispanic / Latino). Applications will be judged by the scholarship committee on a combination of merit and need. The recipient of the scholarship will be asked to write-up a trip report of the conference. To apply, please send an email to [log in to unmask] with the following: 1) A brief letter of interest, including statement of need (also, please indicate your eligibility in the letter) 2) A resume 3) Contact information of two professional or academic references Applications should be received no later than January 21, 2008. The successful candidate will be contacted no later than January 30, 2008. More information on the code4lib conference can be found at http://code4lib.org/conference/2008/ This information is also posted to the code4lib.org website at http://code4lib.org/node/208 -- jaf =============================================== Jeremy Frumkin Head, Emerging Technologies and Services 121 The Valley Library, Oregon State University Corvallis OR 97331-4501 [log in to unmask] 541.602.4905 541.737.3453 (Fax) =============================================== " Without ambition one starts nothing. Without work one finishes nothing. " - Emerson