The Southern California Chapter of the Special Libraries Association is pleased to accept applications for the 2001 Karen Sternheim Memorial Scholarship. This annual scholarship is designed to assist a master's degree student in an ALA accredited library and information studies program planning for a career in special librarianship. The scholarship recipient must be a permanent resident of California or Nevada. However, there is no geographic restriction on the school in which the student is enrolled. The application deadline is April 1, 2001.
Complete information is available on the Chapter's website .
The Scholarship is designed to encourage the development of leadership in Chinese American librarianship. The winner of the award will be announced by May 15, 2001. The award will be presented at the ALA annual conference in San Francisco. Founded in 1973, the Chinese American Librarians Association is affiliated with the American Library Association, and has six regional chapters. In addition to holding annual programs, CALA publishes its own Newsletter, Membership Directory and the Journal of Library and Information Science in cooperation with the National Taiwan Normal University.