| 2023 Travel Award Committee Shoshana Vegh-Gaynor Instruction and Reference Librarian Institute of American Indian Arts Santa Fe, New Mexico shoshana.vegh-gaynor@iaia.edu Rachel Castro Assistant Librarian University of Arizona Tucson, Arizona castro2@arizona.edu Greg Hatch Head of Creativity & Innovation Services Marriott Library University of Utah Salt Lake City, Utah greg.hatch@utah.edu Larry Eames Instruction Librarian, Kraemer Family Library University of Colorado Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, Colorado leames@uccs.edu APPLICATIONS To apply for the award, submit the information listed below in an email with “Winberta Yao Travel Award” in the subject line to: Shoshana Vegh-Gaynor shoshana.vegh-gaynor@iaia.edu Letter of application Indicating the conference for which the applicant seeks funding and addressing relevant eligibility and award criteria. Include a description of interest and expectations of the conference and its relevance to the applicant’s professional development. Estimate of conference expenses and amount of applicant’s institutional funding. One-page resume listing employment history, educational background, and professional activities. Include preferred mailing and/or e-mail address. LIST OF PAST RECIPIENTS |
Applications for 2023 Closed
The Mountain West Chapter of ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America) is pleased to invite applications for the Winberta Yao Travel Award. The recipient of the Winberta Yao Travel Award will receive $395, the cost of standard early rate registration for attendance at the 51st annual ARLIS/NA Conference being held in Mexico City from April 18-21, 2023.
NOTE: Applicants must be current members of ARLIS/NA-MW and ARLIS/NA and live in the Mountain West region (Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming).
For further details, please visit the conference website at:
https://www.arlisna.org/events/2023-annual-conference-
The Travel Award
This travel award was established in honor and recognition of Art Librarian Winberta Yao, a co-founder and the first president of ARLIS/AZ (Arizona). Winberta Yao worked at Arizona State University from 1975-1997, although her interest in forming a chapter of ARLIS began earlier, while she was working at the Phoenix Art Museum. ARLIS/AZ, established in 1975, became ARLIS/MW (Mountain West), when the states of Colorado, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah and Wyoming joined the chapter in 1997. Montana joined the chapter in 2003.
Purpose
To encourage chapter and conference participation by supporting travel expenses for attendance at the ARLIS/NA annual conference or the ARLIS/NA-MW annual conference. If, for any reason, the travel award is not granted for the ARLIS/NA conference, the call for applications will be reposted before the next ARLIS/NA-MW annual meeting.
Award amount
The award amount for 2023 was $395. This award is dependent on Chapter member donations, and whatever additional amount the Winberta Yao Travel Award Committee, in discussion with the Chapter executive board, sees fit to add to the donations, each year.
Eligibility
Current ARLIS/NA-MW and ARLIS/NA member living in the Mountain West region including Arizona, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming. Applicants must receive partial or no institutional funding toward ARLIS conference travel.
Award criteria
Preference is given to librarians and to students currently enrolled in or accepted into an accredited school of library and/or information science. Priority is also given to first-time attendees, and to those who are participating in the conference as a speaker, panel member, session moderator, session recorder, or ARLIS/NA committee member.
Conditions of the Award
Award winner must write and submit a report to the Winberta Yao Travel Award committee chair of conference activities and experiences for the chapter newsletter, The Mountain Ledger. This report should include an account of how the award helped the recipient’s professional development. Award recipients are strongly encouraged to take future committee and leadership responsibilities in the Mountain West Chapter.
Guidelines approved by Mountain West Chapter membership, 11/12/09