SLA Europe - Early Career Conference Awards 2012
Co-Sponsored by SLA Europe, Business & Finance Division, Leadership & Management Division, Legal Division, Pharmaceutical and Health Technology Division and Science-Technology Division (the Diane K Foster International Student Travel Award)
WINNERS ANNOUNCED
PRESS RELEASE – FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE, 4 April 2012
The Award covers all expenses, including Conference registration, transportation, food, lodging and incidental expenses, as well as one-year membership in SLA. In return, the Award winners participate and assist in their co-sponsoring Division’s events during the Conference and report on their experience in Division and SLA Europe newsletters/blogs.
Announcing the winners, SLA Europe President Darron Chapman said: ‘I would like to congratulate Sarah Wolfenden, Giles Lloyd-Brown, Simon Barron, Marie Cannon and Ruth Jenkins on being selected for our prestigious Early Career Conference Award. It was a tough decision for the judges, and we’d like to thank everyone who applied. I am sure our 2012 winners will join the previous winners of the ECCAs and find that winning this award will give them an amazing opportunity to enhance their careers and help provide further professional development in the future. I look forward to meeting them all at the SLA Conference in Chicago in July 2012.’
The SLA Europe ECCA, now in its sixth year, is given to LIS professionals who have been working for less than five years or are enrolled in a European graduate-level programme in the LIS field. Applicants must have excellent English language skills and not have previously attended an SLA annual conference. The application process involves three steps: writing an essay; securing a recommendation from their line manager or a current faculty member in their programme; and providing an up-to-date résumé.
SLA Europe is grateful to EBSCO for supporting this award.
The Special Libraries Association is a non-profit global organisation for innovative information professionals and their strategic partners. Headquartered in Alexandria, Virginia, USA, the SLA represents over 12000 information professionals in 83 countries, including corporate, academic and government information specialists. http://www.sla.org
SLA Europe provides information professionals in Europe with unique networking and learning opportunities through regular seminars, social events, and its website and blog. The group recognises outstanding achievement in the information profession with its annual SLA Europe Conference Award (SLA Europe CA). SLA Europe also engages with young information professionals through its Early Career Conference Awards (ECCA) http://www.sla-europe.org
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