A. Eligibility and application procedures
1. Description
The Standing Committee
of the Academic and Research Libraries Section (SC-ARL), with generous
sponsorship by EX LIBRIS and SAGE, is offering three
(3) Attendance Grants to the 2022 World Library and Information Congress in
Dublin, Ireland, to emerging professionals from an academic and research
environment.
One awardee will be selected from each of
these regions:
• Africa, Latin America, Asia/Pacific region
2. Purpose of the grant
The purpose of the
grant is to provide emerging professionals with the opportunity to attend the
IFLA Congress, engage with other professionals across the world and to
facilitate the development of networking for the advancement of librarianship
at the recipient’s institution and country.
Over and above that
which is stated below, the expectation is that the recipient will be an
ambassador for advancement of librarianship with the possibility of mentoring
other young librarians in their institution/country.
3. What does the Attendance Grant
Cover?
Each grant covers the early registration fee
for attending the congress of Euro 560 which expires on 5
April 2022.
The Attendance Grant
will also provide support for travel and/or accommodation of up to Euro
700.
Applicants must be
able to attend the Congress and will be responsible for all other costs
associated with Congress attendance. Please see the Conference website for
further details about the Congress.
4. What is expected from the grant
holders?
The successful
candidates will be required to be onsite at the Congress and participate
actively for the duration of the Congress including attendance at ARL
committee meetings, and the IFLA Awards session, where they
will receive their certificates.
The awardees may
also be required to take part in publicity events during the conference, such
as events organised at the two sponsors’ exhibition stalls.
Following the Congress, awardees will be
required to write a brief article (approximately 500 words) about their
Congress experience. The article must be written within 3 months of the end of
the Congress and will be published on the ARL Section blog. Awardee’s
submission essays may also be published in advance of the conference.
5. Eligibility
- The applicant must be a paid-up member of his/her
national library association
- The applicant must be willing to share their experience
at the IFLA Congress with their national library association
- The applicant must be eligible to obtain a visa for
travel
- The applicant must declare that he/she/they is able to
fund all other costs beyond the grant that are involved in attending the
Congress, e.g. all other hotel, travel and subsistence expenses NOT
covered by the Grant
- Those who have previously received this Grant (formerly
known as Essay Contest) are not eligible to apply again.
- The applicant must declare that he/she/they have the
ability to attend the conference and are not being prevented to travel to
Ireland. They should also declare that they apply in full knowledge of
COVID restricting policies issued by either their country or institution
(if applicable).
For application procedures and
other information:
Visit:
https://www.ifla.org/news/call-for-applications-ifla-arl-attendance-grants-for-ifla-2022/
