ALA Student Scholarships
Posted December 9, 2014
Deadline: March 1, 2015
Frederic G. Melcher Scholarship
Eligibility: US/Canadian citizen, no more than 12 semester hours towards MLS/MLIS/MIS prior to June 1 of year awarded, interested in children’s librarianship
Award: $6,000
Responsibility: work in children’s librarianship for at least one year after graduation, become member of ALA and ALSC
Eligibility: library school student with disabilities
Award: $2,500 for services or accommodations not provided by law or the university
Eligibility: US/Canadian citizen or permanent resident; no more than 12 semester hours towards MLS/MLIS/MIS prior to June 1 of year awarded
Award: $3,000
Tom and Roberta Drewes Scholarship
Eligibility: library support staff currently working in a library, US/Canadian citizen/permanent resident, no more than 12 semester hours towards MLS/MLIS/MIS prior to June 1 of year awarded
Award: $3,000
Eligibility: US/Canadian citizen/permanent resident pursuing an MLS specializing in youth services, no more than 12 semester hours towards MLS/MLIS/MIS prior to June 1 of year awarded
Award: $3,000
Miriam L. Hornback Scholarship
Eligibility: library support staff currently working in a library, US/Canadian citizen or permanent resident, no more than 12 semester hours towards MLS/MLIS/MIS prior to June 1 of year awarded
Award: $3,000
Christopher Hoy/ERT Scholarship
Eligibility: US/Canadian citizen or permanent resident, no more than 12 semester hours towards MLS/MLIS/MIS prior to June 1 of year awarded
Award: $5,000
Eligibility: library support staff currently working in a library, US/Canadian citizen or permanent resident, no more than 12 semester hours towards MLS/MLIS/MIS prior to June 1 of year awarded
Award: $3,000
Peter Lyman Memorial/SAGE Scholarship in New Media
Eligibility: US/Canadian citizen or permanent resident, no more than 12 semester hours towards MLS/MLIS/MIS prior to June 1 of year awarded, interested in pursuing a specialty in new media
Award: $2,500 scholarship, travel stipend to attend ALA Midwinter Meeting
Bound to Stay Bound Books Scholarship
Eligibility: library school student planning to work in children’s services (up to age 14 in any type library); no more than 12 semester hours towards MLS/MLIS prior to June 1 of the year awarded
Award: four awards of $7,500 each
Responsibility: become members of ALA and ALSC; must work in children’s services for at least one year after graduation
Christian Larew Memorial Scholarship
Eligibility: no more than 12 semester hours towards MLS/MLIS/MIS prior to June 1 of year awarded
Award: $3,000
LSSI Minority Scholarship in Library and Information Technology
Eligibility: member of a principal minority group (American Indian or Alaskan native, Asian or Pacific Islander, African-American, Hispanic), US/Canadian citizen, no more than 12 semester hours towards MLS/MLIS/MIS, interest in automated library systems
Award: $2,500
OCLC Minority Scholarship in Library and Information Technology
Eligibility: member of a principal minority group (American Indian or Alaskan native, Asian or Pacific Islander, African-American, Hispanic), US/Canadian citizen, no more than 12 semester hours towards MLS, interest in automated library systems
Award: $3,000
Eligibility: US/Canadian citizen or permanent resident, member of a minority group (American Indian/Alaska native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander), enrolled in accredited program and begin school no later than September 1 or fall semester immediately following the award
Award: $5,000
Responsibility: maintain courseload of at least two classes per semester, attend Spectrum Leadership Institute, become member of ALA, complete master’s degree in librarianship from an ALA-accredited program or a master’s degree with a specialty in school library media from an education unit accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE)