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<i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Sharing on behalf of our friends at OhioLINK in case any of you are interested in scholarships…</span></i><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
</span><span style="font-family:"Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif">😊</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">The Ohio Valley Group of Technical Services Librarians (OVGTSL) is pleased to offer</span></b><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
<b>three library student scholarships</b> <b>and</b> <b>two diversity scholarships</b>
<b>to attend the 2020 OVGTSL Annual Conference</b> <b>held in Akron, Ohio</b></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Scholarships cover full conference registration and lodging for two nights (May 17 and 18). Scholarship recipients will be required to submit a brief review of the conference and their
experience within 30 days of the end of the conference.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">University of Kentucky School of Information Science<span style="color:black">,
</span>Northern Ohio Technical Services Librarians<span style="color:black"> (NOTSL), and
</span>OhioNET<span style="color:black"> have generously sponsored student scholarships.
</span>OhioNET<span style="color:black"> and </span>NASIG<span style="color:black"> have generously sponsored diversity scholarships.</span><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Student Scholarships</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Any full or part-time student enrolled at an ALA-accredited library/information science school in Indiana, Kentucky, or Ohio as of Spring
2020 (including those graduating in Spring 2020) is eligible to apply. Applicants are not required to reside in the Ohio Valley region.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants should include a resume and a short statement (no more than 250 words) summarizing how they would benefit from attending this
conference.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Apply</b>: <a href="forms.gle/mpaAhe5T7wXGcs7x8">forms.gle/mpaAhe5T7wXGcs7x8</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Diversity Scholarships<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Diversity scholarships will be awarded to a library student or professional from underrepresented groups and marginalized identities, including
but not limited to: people of color, LGBTQIA+, ability/disability, and others who are traditionally underrepresented in libraries. Any individual currently employed full or part time in the library field or enrolled full or part time in an ALA accredited library/information
science graduate program is eligible to apply.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Applicants should include a resume and a short statement (no more than 250 words) summarizing how they would benefit from attending this
conference.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">Apply</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">:
</span><a href="http://forms.gle/JW3o4VU8Scu8sU838"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">forms.gle/JW3o4VU8Scu8sU838</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">For more information
</span></b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">about scholarships and the conference, visit:
<a href="ideaexchange.uakron.edu/ovgtsl2020/scholarships.html">ideaexchange.uakron.edu/ovgtsl2020/scholarships.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Questions regarding scholarships may be directed to Erin Kilkenny, Scholarship Chair:
</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt"><a href="mailto:ekilkenny@ohiolink.edu"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">ekilkenny@ohiolink.edu</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Important Dates<o:p></o:p></span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Application Deadline:
<b>March 2, 2020</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Notification Deadline:
<b>March 16, 2020</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-indent:30.0pt"><span style="color:black">Acceptance Deadline:
<b>March 30, 2020</b></span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555;background:white">Erin Kilkenny</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#555555"><br>
<span style="background:white">Cataloging & Metadata Librarian</span><br>
<a href="https://ohiolink.edu/"><span style="color:#CF102D;background:white">Ohio Library and Information Network (OhioLINK)</span></a><br>
A member of the <a href="https://oh-tech.org/"><span style="color:#CF102D">Ohio Technology Consortium</span></a><br>
1224 Kinnear Road, Columbus, Ohio 43212<br>
Office: <a href="tel:+16144856753"><span style="color:#CF102D">(614) 485-6753</span></a> • Fax: <a href="tel:+16142281807"><span style="color:#CF102D">(614) 228-1807</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Per Ohio Revised Code, this communication and any attachments may constitute a public record. (</span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:red"><a href="http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/149.43"><span style="color:red">http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/149.43</span></a></span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">)</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
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