Applicants must either be currently working in an Ohio library in a professional, paraprofessional, or support position in a technical services area, or be students (residing or studying in Ohio) currently taking coursework in librarianship. The content of the proposed educational activity must relate to technical services, cataloging, serials, acquisitions, preservation, processing or management of technical services. Typically, funded activities can include costs for workshops, conferences, coursework, professional meetings or research, but not training required by an employer. Applicants must specify the nature and cost of proposed activities in order for the Scholarship Board to properly determine eligibility and the allocation of funds.

Scholarships will be applied for the calendar year, from January to December of 2018.

After the educational activity scholarship winners will submit a brief summary of their activities, which will be posted on the NOTSL web page.

The deadline for submissions is Sunday, December 31^st, 2017, and recipients will receive notification no later than January 31^st, 2018.

The NOTSL Scholarship application form is available on the NOTSL web page at https://notsl.org/scholarships/. Forms should be emailed to the Scholarship Committee Chair, Margaret Maurer at mbmaurer@kent.edu.