EJ Josey Scholarships from BCALA

Dear GSLIS Students,

We encourage you to apply for this award from BCALA:

The 2022-2023 E J Josey Scholarship Award Committee of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association seeks essay submissions.

Freedom of information is under attack in our libraries. Please choose a local, state, or national issue affecting libraries and write a 3 - 5-page essay designing an awareness program or outreach activity for your library to include your objective and desired outcomes. 

The deadline to submit your essay is December 20, 2022. Please send your submissions to ejjosey_scholarship@bcala.org

Each year, African American students enrolled in or accepted by ALA-accredited programs are awarded The E. J. Josey Scholarships which are unrestricted grants of $2,000.

Persons Wishing to Apply Must:

• Be an African American Citizen of the United States or Canada.
• Be enrolled or accepted by ALA-accredited graduate program leading to a degree in library and information science at the time of application.

• The winning essay(s) will be announced on January 31, 2023.

Special Instructions:

• Include a cover letter providing the applicant’s name, address, phone number, graduate program, name of the school, and anticipated date of graduation.
• Essay submissions must be in plain text, Microsoft Word format to be mailed electronically as an attachment.
• Only essays submitted electronically will be considered. Please include E.J. Josey in the subject line of your electronic submission. The essay must be typed, double-spaced.

New CORI Logo (Drafts)

We're excited to reveal our new logos! A huge thanks to CORI member Danielle Skeldon for recreating them! 

Join REFORMA: 2nd North East Chapter Membership meeting December 9. New members are welcome!

To join please click on the link below:

https://www.reforma.org/join [reforma.org]

Saludos Reformistas, 

We look forward to seeing you at our second RNE membership meeting is scheduled for Friday December 9, 2022 1-4pm.  Our gracious host and location will be Yesenia Lopez, Director of the NJ Hispanic Research & Information Center at the Newark Public Library. 

Meeting information, agenda and other details will be sent out in a few weeks.

In the meantime please click below to RSVP: 

REGISTRATION LINK:

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/2nd-reforma-northeast-chapter-membership-meeting-tickets-464776658497 [eventbrite.com]

11:00 am - Tour 

12:00 pm - Lunch

1:00 pm - Membership Meeting

Location - Newark Public Library - Main Branch 5 Washington Street Newark, NJ 07102

Providence Public Library - Information Services Librarian Position

We're hiring! We have a full-time Information Services Librarian position available.  This is primarily a public-facing position with selector and collection development responsibilities, reference and research duties from our merged public services desk, some programming and more. Ideal candidates will have experience providing reference services in a busy library. 

https://www.provlib.org/about-us/job-opportunities/

2 Great Photos From the Past

CORI at RILA Conference 2006.

CORI Founders W. Michael Havener, PhD and Ida McGhee with Carla Hayden, PhD, Director of Enoch Pratt Library and Guest Speaker for CORI

Charter members of CORI an affiliate of the Black Caucus of the American Library Association celebrates 1st organizational meeting at the University of Rhode Island, University Club, September 30, 2005

Donna Gilton, Denise Dowdell, Ida D. McGhee and W. Michael Havener

URI Assistant Professor, Reference and Instruction Librarian

The University of Rhode Island Libraries, Carothers Library, Public Services Department, welcomes applicants for the following  position. For salary information, please refer to the URI AAUP website, under Salary Structure 2022-23, Tenure Track, Research & Clinical Faculty, Group B.

Please direct any questions to the search committee chair, Professor Mary C. MacDonald, at marymac@uri.edu. 

For further details and to apply for the position visit the University of Rhode Island HR site.

iBlack Caucus Launch Day! October 28

Register today to take part in the iBlack Caucus Launch Day!  Registration information included in the flyer below or visit breakingbarriers.bcala.org or email breakingbarriers@bcala.org for more info.