The deadline to apply for the MARAC Meeting Scholarship for the Spring
Conference in State College, Pennsylvania is March 1, 1999. Please
send applications to the address listed at the bottom of this message.
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MARAC Meeting Scholarship

The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference (MARAC) offers two
scholarships of $300.00 each for individuals to attend its semiannual
meetings. Scholarship funds may be used for conference registration,
workshops, conference meals and travel expenses. Persons meeting the
criteria outlined below are encouraged to apply.

Applicants must:

1. Be a new member of MARAC with a membership of  at least one month
and
less than two years duration at the time of application.

2. Be a new employee of less than two years in an archival or archives

related field OR
Be currently enrolled as a graduate student in history or a related
field,
library science or archival administration, having taken at least
three
credit hours in archival studies, by the application deadline. Full
and part
time students will be considered.

3. Not have received any MARAC scholarship previous to this
application.

4. Be from an institution (if employed) that is unable or unwilling to

provide conference expenses.

TO APPLY, submit a current resume and a letter in which you outline
your
compliance with the qualifications and indicate the benefit you expect
to
receive from the scholarship. Also include a letter of reference from
a
person who can indicate how you will benefit from a MARAC scholarship,
 the
name, address and phone number of your  immediate supervisor or
graduate
advisor, and include a statement (if employed) explaining your
institution's
inability to provide conference expenses. Applications should be sent
to
Danna Bell-Russel, Chair, MARAC Education Committee, c/o National
Digital Library Visitor's Center, LIBN/NDL/VC, Library of Congress,
101 Independence Avenue, SE, Washington, DC 20540-1330. The deadline
for receipt of Fall conference scholarship application is September 1;
for Spring Conference Scholarships the deadline for receipt of
applications is March 1.