The 2022 JCLC Conference Attendance Award provides $1,500 to help
support conference attendance with prepayment of lodging, registration,
and conference gala event. Twenty-five (25) scholarship recipients will
be chosen to receive conference attendance
funding. Any pre-paid residual funding left after costs for lodging,
registration, and gala will be used to support expenses with travel and
food during the conference.
Application instructions are below. We encourage you to take advantage of this opportunity.
Purpose
The purpose of the JCLC Conference Attendance Awards is to promote
diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging, and to provide networking
opportunities for JCLC attendees within the profession.
Selection Criteria
Candidates must
apply online and submit a 500 word essay illustrating their
qualifications for this award by responding to these two prompts: 1)
What you feel you will gain personally from attending 2022 JCLC, and 2)
How you believe attending 2022 JCLC will impact your
professional aspirations? Selection is based on the quality and
appropriateness of the submitted essays. Economic need is considered
when all other criteria are equal.
- First-time JCLC conference attendees
- Library Staff or Paraprofessionals
- Library School Students
- Early Career Librarians (5 years or less)
- Applicant
must be a member of any of the National Associations of Librarians of
Color (NALCo): American Indian Library Association (AILA), the
Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA), the Black Caucus
of the American Library Association (BCALA),
the Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA), and REFORMA: The
National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to
Latinos and the Spanish-speaking
- Past recipients of the JCLC Conference Scholarship Travel Award are not eligible.
Each NALCo will have five designated awards for their members:
- Two student awards
- One early-career award
- One mid-career award
- One library staff/paraprofessional award
Seven recipients will be awarded the 2022 EBSCO JCLC Conference Attendance Award.
Nine recipients will be awarded the 2022 Latanya Jenkins Memorial JCLC Conference Attendance Award.
Recipient Responsibilities
- Award recipients must attend the entire conference.
- Award
recipients are required to submit an article/blog post to JCLC regarding
their conference experience for use on the website to advertise future
conferences.
- Recipients are encouraged to serve on any future JCLC Committees.
Deadlines
Applications are due
May 31, 2022, and will be reviewed by the JCLC
Awards & Scholarship Committee members. Incomplete submissions will
not be considered. Recipients will be announced/notified on or before
early bird registration ends.
Registration Cancellations & Health Protocols
Please see our
registration cancellation policy for more information on canceling registration.
The JCLC 2022 Steering Committee has engaged in robust conversations
around COVID-19 health and safety considerations since the beginning of
our conference planning. These conversations continue to be informed by
monitoring developments and guidance from the
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). TradeWinds Island
Grand Beach Resort remains committed to working with us to ensure best
practices during our conference. Any updates to protocols will be
communicated via the JCLC 2022 Conference Website and
to registrants. For more information, please see our
health protocols page.
Questions
For more information, please contact Co-Chairs of JCLC Awards & Scholarship Committee at
jclcconfawards@gmail.com.
