RBMS Scholarships Committee

• Charge (from ALA Connect) [PDF]
• Current Members (from RBMS Committee Roster)

RBMS Scholarships

Since 2000, RBMS has offered scholarships to first-time RBMS preconference attendees. Winners are selected from a pool of applicants by an ad hoc Scholarship Committee composed of one member from the RBMS Membership and Professional Development Committee who serves as convener, one member from the RBMS Diversity Committee, one member from the RBMS Budget and Development Committee, and one of the at-large members from the RBMS Executive Committee. In determining awards, the scholarship committee evaluates both the applicant’s financial need and the potential impact attendance would have on the applicant’s career development. Priority is also given to candidates from professionally underrepresented groups. A call for applications is posted on the preconference website and winners are listed there as well.

See the following links for more information about the RBMS Scholarship Program:

• Ad hoc Scholarship Committee charge (from the RBMS Manual)
• ACRL/RBMS Preconference Scholarship Program 2000-2007: A report assessing its impact on membership recruitment and retention

Past RBMS Preconference scholarship calls and winners:

• 2009 Preconference
• 2008 Preconference
• 2007 Preconference
• 2006 Preconference
• 2005 Preconference
• 2004 Preconference
• 2003 Preconference
• 2002 Preconference
• 2001 Preconference
• 2000 Preconference