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Fritz Schwartz Serials Education Scholarship:
 sponsored by NASIG and SISAC

A $2,500.00 scholarship is awarded annually by the North American
Serials Interest Group and the Serials Industry Systems Advisory
Committee to a student who shows excellence in scholarship and
potential for accomplishment in a serials career.  The scholarship
recipient will receive a Student Grant award to attend the NASIG
conference for the year the scholarship is granted and a one year
NASIG membership.

Eligibility requirements for the scholarship:

* The applicant must be entering an ALA-accredited graduate library
program or, must have completed no more than twelve hours of
academic requirements of the graduate program at the start of the
scholarship.

* The applicant must have serials-related work experience.

The following materials are required by the applicant and must be received
by February 15, 1998:

* A completed application form.

* Letters of reference from two information professionals.

* A resume or curriculum vita..

* A statement of the applicant's career objectives (not to
   exceed 250 words).

* A statement on the applicant's qualifications  apply to the award (not to
exceed 250 words).

The award winner will be required to be enrolled for a minimum
of six credit hours of library/information science courses per
semester/quarter during the academic year that the award is granted.
The award winner will be ineligible to reapply for the scholarship.
Only one scholarship will be awarded per academic year.

For applications or further information contact:

Debbie Sibley, Deputy Director
The Lamar Soutter Library University of
Massachusetts Medical Center
55 Lake Ave. North
Worcester, MA  01655
Phone: (508) 856-2435
Fax: (508) 856-5899
E-mail: dsibley@library.ummed.edu

Return completed application and all related materials to:
Debbie Sibley, Deputy Director
The Lamar Soutter Library University of Massachusetts Medical Center
55 Lake Ave. North
Worcester, MA  01655
Phone: (508) 856-2435
Fax: (508) 856-5899
E-mail: dsibley@library.ummed.edu

Patricia (Pat) Frade
Serials Cataloger
6380 Harold B. Lee Library
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT 84602
(801) 378-6730
fax (801) 378-3221
e-mail: Pat_Frade@byu.edu