Scholarships for Library Science Students

Each year SCELC offers scholarships to library science students on the staff of SCELC Member Libraries. The SCELC Program and Professional Development Committee reviews and evaluates all applications.

2012 Scholarship Program

The $1,500 Locke Morrisey Scholarship, named in January 2011 in memory and honor of our colleague from the University of San Francisco, will be awarded to the applicant deemed most outstanding by the SCELC Program and Professional Development Committee. Several $1,000 scholarships will also be awarded.

To be eligible, applicants must be currently employed at a SCELC Member Library, enrolled in an ALA-accredited graduate library science program, and have completed at least six credit hours at the time of application.

The following items must be submitted online by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 25, 2012:

1. The completed application form.
2. A personal statement, no longer than one typed page, which details your objective for attaining the degree.
3. Two letters of support, one of which must be from your library director or department head. *
4. Your program transcripts (official copy preferred, but unofficial accepted).
5. Contact information for the financial aid office of your graduate program (name of the program, office address, postal address, phone number, email contact).

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Scholarship recipients are required to submit their final grades for the term in which the award is used.

DEADLINE

All application materials must be received at the SCELC Office by 5:00 p.m. on Friday, May 25, 2012.

Award winners will be notified after June 11, 2012.

* Letters of support may be emailed directly from supervisors to scholarships [at] scelc [dot] org; letters of support that are not emailed directly from supervisors should be on institutional letterhead, signed, and either scanned and emailed (or attached to the application form), or faxed to (888) 715-7167.