IMLS OFFERS SCHOLARSHIPS TO ATTEND ACRL/RBMS CONFERENCE ON LIBRARIES, 
ARCHIVES, AND MUSEUMS

The Institute for Library and Museum Services (IMLS) has provided funding 
for thirty new and aspiring professionals to attend a major national 
conference organized by the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the 
Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the 
American Library Association (ALA). Entitled, "Libraries, Archives, and 
Museums in the 21st Century: Intersecting Missions, Converging Futures?," 
the conference will explore issues of mutual interest to libraries, 
archives, and museums. It will be held on 20-23 June 2006 in Austin, Texas, 
with the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center at The University of Texas 
at Austin serving as the primary host for the expected 300 attendees.

Students currently enrolled in graduate program of library and information 
science or archival or museums studies, or graduates from such programs with 
less than five years of professional experience are eligible to apply for 
the IMLS-funded scholarships, which are designed to cover all costs 
associated with attending the conference, including registration, airfare, 
lodging and meals. At least ten scholarships will be reserved for applicants 
from professionally underrepresented backgrounds. Further information and an 
online application form are available from the conference web site at 
<http://www.hrc.utexas.edu/rbms2006>. The deadline for applications has been 
extended to March 30, 2006.

The two-and-a-half-day conference program will include a series of plenary 
sessions that will address a broad range of topics from comparative 
viewpoints, including collecting purposes and strategies, audiences and 
access, legal issues, and professional education and development. A variety 
of seminar sessions and facilitated discussions will complement the 
conference theme. Participants will also be able to take advantage of 
special tours of the recently renovated Ransom Center and Jack S. Blanton 
Museum of Art, the Lyndon Baines Johnson Library and Museum, and other local 
cultural facilities.

General registration will begin in February 2006, with an early-bird rate of 
$195. Lodging at the conference hotel, the Stephen F. Austin 
InterContinental in downtown Austin, will include rates from $99 to $129 per 
night. Additional hotel and dormitory lodging options will also be 
available.

Questions about the IMLS scholarships may be addressed to Tory Ondrla, 
Meeting and Special Events Planner ([log in to unmask]).

--
Christian Dupont
2006 RBMS Preconference Program Planning Chair

Director, Albert and Shirley Small Special Collections Library
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA  22903-4110

phone: 434/243-2095
fax: 434/924-4968
e-mail: [log in to unmask]
web: http://www.lib.virginia.edu/small/ 

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