Grant Available to Attend
Library Information Technology Association
National Forum October 2006 USA

Sponsor:  Mrs. Grace Hope Hill in Memory of Professor Errol Gaston Hill
 
Conference Theme: NetVille in Nashville: Web services as library services
October 26-29, 2006   Downtown Sheraton Hotel Nashville, TN USA

The Library and Information Technology Association, a division of the American Library Association,  announces a grant to support and promote international participation at the  2006 LITA National Forum. 

The grant provides up to $2,500.00 US for a librarian currently living and working in the Caribbean, with preference given to a librarian from Trinidad & Tobago, to attend the 2006 LITA National Forum in Nashville, Tennessee, October 26-29, 2006. The grant covers only airfare, hotel, registration, and currency conversion fees up to the grant total. The grantee is responsible for meals and other expenses not covered by the $2,500 grant.  He or she will have opportunities to meet with the LITA leadership and members as well as attend the full forum.

To be eligible, an applicant must be living and working in the Caribbean, hold citizenship other than U.S., have between five and fifteen years of working experience using, managing, or leading technology in a library or information setting, understand English, and not be a regular LITA Forum attendee.

Applications should be sent by e-mail to mdustin@usm.maine.edu with subject line: LITA Grant.  The application must contain the following, submitted in English:
name, work address and e-mail addresses, current job title, brief resume, a brief summary of experience working with technology in a library or information setting, and a 200 or fewer word statement about why you would like to attend the LITA Forum including an indication as to whether this is the first time you would be attending a LITA Forum.  Application deadline is 5:00 pm (EST) May 1, 2006.

For more information about the forum, visit http://www.ala.org/ala/lita/litaevents/litaeventsprograms.htm

Questions to dnutty@usm.maine.edu or lita@ala.org.