Apply for the New Librarian Scholarship for attending 2018 MAC/MLA Conference - Deadline Sept. 1st | MACMLA

The Membership and Recruitment Committee of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter (MAC) of the Medical Library Association invites new librarians to apply for a conference scholarship to attend the 2018 MAC Annual Meeting. This year's meeting will be held October 28-30, 2018 in Ocean City, VA.

One scholarship will be awarded. The selected recipient will receive:

• Complimentary conference registration
• Ticket to the Welcome Reception
• Meals that are provided as part of the conference program
• Lodging at the conference hotel (reimbursed)
• One-year MAC-MLA membership

The Conference Scholar program does not include travel expenses to the conference (airfare, mileage, or car rental) or meals outside of conference programming on October 28-30, 2018 as defined above. The cost of any continuing education (CE) classes are not included in the scholarship.

Scholarship applicants must be:

• A MAC member with 5 or less years of post-MLS experience
• Preference will be given to first time attendees of the MAC Annual Meeting but all new librarian applicants are welcome
• Currently employed in a medical or health science librarian position in the MAC-MLA region: District of Columbia, Maryland, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, and Western Pennsylvania
• Willing to submit a one-page report detailing their experience and impression of the meeting to appear in MAC Messages Blog by December 10^th, 2018.
• Committed to attend entire meeting

Past awardees of the MAC Scholarship are not eligible.

To be considered for this award, you must:

• Meet all the eligibility criteria
• Obtain a letter of recommendation from your supervisor or library director
• Submit an essay, (no more than 500 words), describing your interest in participating in the 2018 Conference Scholar Program, your interest in health sciences librarianship, and how attending the MAC-MLA meeting will contribute to your professional development.
• Submit a current resume and cover letter.

Applicants should email their completed applications to the MAC Conference Scholars Program at macscholars@gmail.com by Saturday, September 1 ^st, 2018. Incomplete applications or applications received after the deadline will not be considered. All scholarship applicants will be notified via e-mail by Friday, September 7 ^th, 2018.

Note: The selection committee requests that applicants not register for the MAC Annual Meeting until notified of their status to avoid the need for refunds.

Please contact Nedelina Tchangalova, nedelina@umd.edu, MAC Membership and Recruitment Committee Chair, if you have any further questions.