Date: Fri, 17 Oct 1997 12:17:51 -0400 (EDT)
From: hliu8508@uriacc.uri.edu (Hsianghui Liu-Spencer)
Subject: Scholarship Announcement

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Please share this announcement with interested parties.  Thank you.
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                1998 CALA Scholarships
        Application Deadline:  Feb. 16, 1998

The Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA) is
happy to announce two CALA Scholarships.  The Sheila Suen
Lai Scholarship of Library and Information Science,
established in 1989, awards US$500 to a student of
Chinese heritage who is currently enrolled in an
ALA-accredited library school as a full-time student.  The
scholarship is designed to encourage the development
of leadership in Chinese American librarianship.

The C. C. Seetoo/CALA Conference Travel Scholarship awards
US$500 to a student to attend the annual ALA Conference and
CALA program.  The scholarship is designed to provide the award
recipient mentoring and networking opportunities at the ALA
conference.  Students of Chinese heritage who are currently
enrolled in ALA-accredited library and information science
programs are encouraged to apply.

The application deadline for both scholarships is February 16, 1998.
Winners of the scholarships will be announced by April 30, 1998.
The awards will be presented at the ALA annual conference in
Washington, D.C.

Copies of the full announcements have been mailed to deans and
directors of graduate programs and schools in library and information
science.  Application forms may be requested from the Chair of the
Scholarship Committee. For further information please contact
Professor Yan Ma at

Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
University of Rhode Island
94 West Alumni Avenue
Kingston, RI 02881
Tel: (401) 874-2819
Fax: (401) 874-4964
Email: yma@uriacc.uri.edu

Dr. Yan Ma, Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Library and Information Studies
University of Rhode Island
Rodman Hall
94 West Alumni Ave.
Kingston, RI 02881-0815
Phone: 401-874-2819
Fax:   401-874-4964
Email: yma@uriacc.uri.edu
Homepage: http://www.uri.edu/artsci/lsc/yma.htm