2011 SSP Travel Grant Winners Announced 

By Will Wakeling, Chair, SSP Travel Grants Working Group 

 

 

Wheat Ridge, Colorado (3 April 2011) - SSP is pleased to announce the 10
Travel Grant winners for 2011. This grant supports travel to and
attendance at the SSP 33rd Annual Meeting for students of publishing and
information science and early career publishing professionals in the
first three years of employment. 

 

The following were selected from a highly competitive group of
applicants: 

 

Early Career Travel Awards 

Elizabeth Andersen, American Society of Clinical Oncology 

Alaina Cauchie, Senator John Heinz History Center Library and Archives,
Pittsburgh, PA 

Jamie Jones, Wayne State University Press 

Elizabeth Smart, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University 

Gwenan Spearing, CABI, UK 

 

Student Travel Awards 

Andrea Alexander, University of Michigan School of Information 

Peter Devereaux, University of Maryland College of Information Studies 

Alex Garnett, University of British Columbia School of Library, Archival
and Information Studies 

Timothy McCormick, Long Island University Palmer School of Library and
Information Science 

Shirley Zhao, Long Island University Palmer School of Library and
Information Science 

 

Awardees will be paired with mentors who hold senior management
positions within SSP member organizations. Mentors will help grantees
connect with the educational and networking opportunities available at
the 33rd Annual Meeting, to be held June 1-3 in Boston. 

 

SSP is grateful to the following organizations, whose contributions help
to make the SSP Travel Grants possible: 

Rockefeller University Press 

John Wiley and Sons 

American Psychological Association 

Sage 

CrossRef 

Inera 

Copyright Clearance Center 

 

Additional sponsorships are invited for the 2011 Travel Grants. Please
contact Development Committee Chairs Audrey Melkin and Ted Winslow for
details. 

 

"Congratulations to the 2011 Travel Grant Winners!" said Lois Smith, SSP
president. "By introducing the scholarly communications field to an
exceptional group of people who are our future leaders, this program has
benefited not just SSP but the entire profession. I look forward to
meeting them all in Boston in June."

 

 

About the Society for Scholarly Publishing The Society for Scholarly
Publishing (SSP), founded in 1978, is a nonprofit organization formed to
promote and advance communication among all sectors of the scholarly
publication community through networking, information dissemination, and
facilitation of new developments in the field. SSP's 1,000+ members
represent all aspects of scholarly publishing, including publishers,
printers, e-product developers, technical service providers, librarians,
and editors. SSP members come from a wide range of large and small
commercial and nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit
www.sspnet.org. 

 

Contact Information:

Ann Mehan Crosse, Executive Director 

Society for Scholarly Publishing 

Direct: 720-881-6114 

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