Students who are enrolled in library and information science in ALA Accredited Universities, as well as Middle Eastern universities, are eligible to apply for this award.
Criteria for the application:
- Applications should be submitted through email to the George Atiyeh Prize Committee (atiyehprize@mela.us).
- Applications will include the following:
- Name, E-mail address, Institution name, Location, Name of the program, and Links to website/ Social media (optional).
- Current resume or C.V.
- Personal Statement of a maximum of 800 words that includes the following:
Description of your academic, work-related, or other backgrounds in librarianship.
Statement of your career goals, including a description of your current course of study.
Statement of why you wish to attend these meetings (All documents should be in PDF format).
- Qualified applicants, will be awarded in the amount of $250; in addition, any registration fees for MELA and MESA will also be paid by MELA.
- Awardee(s) will be notified by e-mail and by a written letter of their award; in addition, the Committee will send a written letter to the Dean of the program in which the awardee(s) is currently enrolled, announcing the Prize. Each awardee must return a written statement that they agree to:
- Attend MELA and MESA in their entirety (exceptions will be granted only by the Committee). · Allow their names and pictures to be used in any publicity by MELA or any organization that MELA contacts regarding the Prize.
- Write a report immediately after the conference for publication in MELA Notes reporting on their conference experience.
- The Committee will announce the name(s) of the awardee(s) as soon as confirmation of Prize acceptance has been received, and will direct the Secretary/Treasurer to send checks as quickly as possible.
- Awardee(s) will be recognized at the MELA conference and business meeting. They should also attend most sessions of MELA and some of the panels/sessions of MESA and any other meetings being held during the conference period that relate to libraries, archives, etc. (e.g., RLG, OCLC)
Deadline:
Application for award: 30 August 2022
Announcement of the award: 15 September 2022
Committee Members:
Leili Seifi, (leili.seifi@birjand.ac.ir), Associate Professor, University of Birjand, Birjand, Iran. (Chair)
Aicha Azzaoui, (a-azzaoui@northwestern.edu), Metadata Coordinator, Northwestern University, Evanston IL, USA (Member)
Maurice Hines, (maurichines6@gmail.com), Librarian, American University of Cairo, Egypt. (Member)
Guy Burak, (guy.burak@nyu.edu), Librarian for Middle Eastern, Islamic and Jewish Studies (and Interim Librarian for African Studies), Elmer Holmes Bobst Library, New York University, New York, USA (Member)
Contact Us:
More details on the website:
https://www.mela.us/annual-conference/awards/george-atiyeh-prize/
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