{"id":1421,"date":"2014-11-14T19:16:55","date_gmt":"2014-11-15T01:16:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=1421"},"modified":"2014-11-14T19:16:55","modified_gmt":"2014-11-15T01:16:55","slug":"ebsco-offers-seven-conference-scholarships-to-attend-alas-2015-annual-conference","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/1421","title":{"rendered":"EBSCO offers seven conference scholarships to attend ALA&#8217;s 2015 Annual Conference"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Via press release<\/em><\/p>\n<p>CHICAGO \u2014 The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO are partnering to offer seven conference sponsorships for librarians to attend the 2015 Annual Conference. The meeting takes place June 25 \u2013 June 30, 2015, and offers an opportunity for continuing education, meetings and interaction with\u00a0colleagues.<\/p>\n<p>Each EBSCO scholarship will be in the amount of $1,000.\u00a0 The scholarship money is to be used for conference registration, travel and\u00a0expenses.<\/p>\n<p>Deadline for entry is Dec. 1, 2014; scholarship recipients will be notified no later than March 16, 2015.\u00a0 To apply, candidates must complete the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ala.org\/awardsgrants\/awards\/38\/apply\">application<\/a> criteria and submit an essay that addresses the following topic: \u201cHow will attending this ALA Conference contributes to my professional development&#8221;?\u00a0Essays and applications will be judged by a jury designated by\u00a0ALA.<\/p>\n<p><strong>About EBSCO<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>EBSCO is the leading provider of resources for libraries including EBSCONET\u00ae, EBSCO\u2019s <strong>total e-resource management system<\/strong>, and \u00a0EBSCO<em>host<\/em><em><sup>\u00ae<\/sup><\/em>, the world&#8217;s premier for-fee online research service, including full-text databases, subject indexes, point-of-care medical reference, historical digital archives and e-books. \u00a0EBSCO provides more than 375 research databases and more than 380,000 e-books plus subscription management services for 355,000 e-journals and e-journal packages. Through a library of tens of thousands of full-text journals and magazines from renowned publishers, EBSCO serves the content needs of all researchers (Academic, Medical, K-12, Public Library, Corporate, Government, etc.). EBSCO is also the provider of <em>EBSCO Discovery Service<sup>\u2122<\/sup><\/em> (EDS), which provides each institution with a fast, single search box for its entire collection, offering deeper indexing and more full-text searching of journals and magazines than any other discovery service. For more information, visit the EBSCO Web site at: <a title=\"blocked::http:\/\/www.ebsco.com\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ebsco.com\/\">www.ebsco.com<\/a>. EBSCO is a division of EBSCO Industries Inc., one of the largest privately held companies in the United States.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For more information, please contact:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Cheryl Malden<br \/>\nProgram Officer<br \/>\nAmerican Library Association<br \/>\n312-280-3247<a href=\"mailto:cmalden@ala.org\"><br \/>\ncmalden@ala.org<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Via press release CHICAGO \u2014 The American Library Association (ALA) and EBSCO are partnering to offer seven conference sponsorships for librarians to attend the 2015 Annual Conference. The meeting takes place June 25 \u2013 June 30, 2015, and offers an opportunity for continuing education, meetings and interaction with\u00a0colleagues. 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