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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">**The deadline for the scholarship application is June 30, 2021. Please excuse cross-posting.**<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">PTPL SCHOLARSHIP ANNOUNCEMENT 2021</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Potomac Technical Processing Librarians (PTPL) announces the availability of $2,000 scholarships for future librarians interested in technical services. Students living or working in the PTPL membership region (DC, Maryland, Virginia) and who are currently
enrolled in an ALA-accredited Library and/or Information Science program, including distance education programs, are invited to apply.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">CRITERIA REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><br>
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The applicant must:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Be a full or part-time student in an ALA-accredited Library and/or Information Science program at the Master's level at the time of the award and have completed
at least one three-hour credit course<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Demonstrate an interest in library technical services through employment, course of study, or research interests. Technical services work centers on the "…acquisition,
identification, cataloging, classification, and preservation of all kinds of library materials."
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</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Be employed or living in the PTPL membership region (Virginia, Maryland and the District of Columbia)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">To apply, please submit the following materials:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">1.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">PTPL scholarship application (</span><a href="https://www.potomactechlibrarians.org/resources/Documents/PTPL%202020%20Scholarship%20Application.pdf" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#414A53">2021
PTPL Scholarship Application Form</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">2.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Two written references (see below for details)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">3.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Current resume<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">4.<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">One-page, double spaced statement of the applicant’s interest in library technical services<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Please submit all materials in Microsoft Word (.doc or .docx), plain text (.txt), or PDF (.pdf) format to Caroline Saccucci at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:csus@loc.gov"><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#0563C1">csus@loc.gov</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">
. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">References are accepted from two faculty members OR one faculty member and your current supervisor. References should be able to address your potential or experience
in library technical services. Letters may be emailed directly from the faculty member or your supervisor to Caroline Saccucci at </span><a href="mailto:csus@loc.gov"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0563C1">csus@loc.gov</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">
. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333">Incomplete application packets and those received after the application deadline will not be considered.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#333333;background:white">DEADLINE TO APPLY: June 30, 2021 at 11:59 PM EDT<br>
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Recipients will be notified by July 31, 2021, and publicly announced at the annual PTPL meeting in the fall. Scholarship funds will disseminated in August. The recipients will receive a free one-year membership in PTPL and have registration fees for the annual
conference waived.<br>
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View this announcement and download the scholarship application at </span><a href="http://www.potomactechlibrarians.org/scholar"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#414A53;background:white">http://www.potomactechlibrarians.org/scholar</span></a><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:#0070C0;background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:#404040">Mary Champagne<br>
</span></b><span style="color:#404040">Electronic Resources Coordinator<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">Collection Development Office<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#404040">202.707.1965<b> | </b></span><a href="mailto:mcham@loc.gov"><span style="color:blue">mcham@loc.gov</span></a><b><span style="color:#404040"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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