Hello: on behalf of the Society for Scholarly Publishing, I would like
to forward information on the SSP Travel Grant program, which will be of
interest to SERIALIST members:

Announcing: Travel Grants Sponsored by the Society for Scholarly
Publishing. Application deadline is March 15, 2009.

Students and Early Career Professionals: apply for a travel grant to
attend the Annual Meeting of the Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP)
in May, 2009.

Professional and Scholarly Publishers: support the development and
growth of staff and colleagues in your organization by encouraging them
to apply for a Society for Scholarly Publishing travel grant.

This travel grant program is designed to introduce students of
publishing and information science, together with early career
publishing professionals in the first three years of employment, to the
many educational and networking opportunities available at the popular
and informative SSP annual meeting.  The program includes several
components that will help grant awardees optimize their experience.
Awardees will be paired with mentors who hold senior management
positions within SSP member organizations.  Mentors will help grantees
plug into the educational and networking opportunities available at the
Annual Conference.  Additionally, the Conference Program will offer
several opportunities designed to engage those who are relatively new to
the industry.

Successful applicants will be granted free registration at the Annual
Meeting and will be eligible for re-imbursement of up to $1,000 for
travel and lodging expenses incurred to attend the SSP annual meeting,
to be held May 27-29 in the Marriott Baltimore Waterfront Hotel,
Baltimore MD.

Applications must be completed online; application forms are available
at http://www.sspnet.org.  The application deadline is March 15, 2009.
Grant awardees will be selected and notified by March 31, 2009.  To find
out more on what 2008's awardees gained from the experience, see:
http://sspnet.org/News/2008_Travel_Grant_Winners_Say_T/news.aspx

The Society for Scholarly Publishing gratefully acknowledges the
generous support provided by the sponsors of the Travel Grants program.
If you are interested in sponsoring the 2009 grants please contact
Audrey Melkin at audrey@atypon.com.  Sponsors of the 2008 awards
included American Psychological Association, Aries Systems Inc.,
Crossref, Fry Communications, Inera, Reprints Desk Inc., Rockefeller
University Press, Sage, and Systemslink.

About the Society for Scholarly Publishing: SSP is an international
nonprofit professional association founded in 1978. SSP's objectives are
to facilitate learning, communication, and the advancement of
appropriate technologies among all those who are involved with scholarly
communication. In addition to its annual meeting, SSP conducts the Top
Management Roundtable, and educational seminars throughout the year. For
more information on travel grants contact Will Wakeling at
w.wakeling@neu.edu (tel. 617.373.5001).

email: info@sspnet.org
phone: (303) 422-3914
web: http://www.sspnet.org

Sincerely,
Karen King