ARLIS/DC-Maryland-Virginia Chapter

2007 Caroline Backlund Professional Development Award

Purpose

ARLIS/DC-MD-VA will present a professional development award of $500.00 to a chapter member to attend the 2007 Annual ARLIS/NA Conference in Atlanta. This award is intended to help members become more involved in ARLIS/NA at the national level.

Eligibility

An award applicant must have been a member of ARLIS/NA for at least one year, and must be a current, dues-paying member of ARLIS/DC-MD-VA and ARLIS/NA. All ARLIS/DC-MD-VA members who meet the above criteria are eligible for the award. This includes those who have never attended the national conference, and those who will be participating in the conference as speakers; session/program moderators; moderators of a section, division or roundtable; or serving on committees.

The winner will submit a written report to the award committee after the conference, and will be welcome to make a report to the chapter membership at a chapter meeting (or through a posting on the chapter web site).

Deadline & process

Each applicant for the award should submit

(1) a letter of 250-500 words describing his or her participation in the conference (if applicable), the benefits anticipated from conference attendance, and a description of all travel funding expected from the applicant's institution or other sources;

(2) a current résumé.

Please submit applications for the 2007 Caroline Backlund Professional Development Award Committee Chair, Sally Sims Stokes, at stokessally@yahoo.com. To help ensure receipt, please also cc sallystokes@comcast.net.

Time-stamp deadline for applications is 11:59 p.m. FEBRUARY 1, 2007.

Good luck to all applicants!

Part-time library assistant

School of art + design Library @ Montgomery College

10500 Georgia Avenue

Silver Spring MD 20902

http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/schoolofartanddesign/

The primary purpose of this position is to open and staff a small art library serving a small, but interesting, community of users, daily from 8:30 – 12:30, Monday – Friday.

Duties include responsibility for circulation and general information services regarding the use of library resources; assisting patrons with finding materials and occasional use of an online catalog; reshelving returned items; maintaining neat, clean and orderly library environment; basic clerical support on PC to maintain inventories and create labels; maintaining vertical files; assisting with special projects as needed.

Additional hours may be available during the semester and possibly into the summer. The hourly rate is $15.00/hour. It is not a fast paced environment but daily attendance and a professional, service oriented manner are essential.

If you are interested in this position, please send your resume and any inquiries by email to:

Kate Cooper

Librarian, School of art + design

kate.cooper@montgomerycollege.edu

Part-time library assistant

School of art + design Library @ Montgomery College

10500 Georgia Avenue

Silver Spring MD 20902

http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/schoolofartanddesign/

The primary purpose of this position is to open and staff a small art library serving a small, but interesting, community of users, daily from 8:30 – 12:30, Monday – Friday.

Duties include responsibility for circulation and general information services regarding the use of library resources; assisting patrons with finding materials and occasional use of an online catalog; reshelving returned items; maintaining neat, clean and orderly library environment; basic clerical support on PC to maintain inventories and create labels; maintaining vertical files; assisting with special projects as needed.

Additional hours may be available during the semester and possibly into the summer. The hourly rate is $15.00/hour. It is not a fast paced environment but daily attendance and a professional, service oriented manner are essential.

If you are interested in this position, please send your resume and any inquiries by email to:

Kate Cooper

Librarian, School of art + design

kate.cooper@montgomerycollege.edu