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Scholarship, Award, and Grant Information
Scholarships
SLIS Scholarships for Current Students
Scholarships have been endowed by faculty, students, alumni and friends of SLIS and are awarded based on academic merit. Students must have completed the four required core courses (200, 202, 203, 204); have a minimum cumulative GPA of 3.5; and cannot be in their last semester in the program. Interested students should complete and submit the SLIS Scholarship Application Form. Applications will be accepted between March 1 and March 30. Scholarship recipients are notified beginning the third Monday in April. View names of recent past SLIS Scholarship recipients.
Scholarships Awarded by SLIS
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SLIS Alumni & Friends Scholarship, endowed by the SLIS Alumni Association to provide an annual scholarship for a SLIS student, $1,000.
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SLIS Blanche Woolls Spectrum Scholarship, endowed in honor of Dr. Blanche Woolls, former professor and director from 1997-2005, $1,000 for a student already holding a Spectrum scholarship from the American Library Association.
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SLIS Connie Costantino Scholarship, endowed by family, friends and colleagues in memory of Connie Costantino, SLIS faculty member, 2004-2009, recognizing her tireless efforts to educate future librarians and improve library services around the world, $1,000.
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SLIS Faculty Scholarship, endowed by the SLIS Faculty to provide an annual scholarship for a SLIS student, $1,000.
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SLIS H.W. Wilson Scholarship, endowed by the H.W. Wilson Foundation, $1,000.
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SLIS Kaiser Permanente Medical Librarianship Scholarship, endowed by Kaiser Permanente to support candidates interested in a career in medical librarianship and health informatics, $1,000.
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SLIS NewsBank Scholarship, endowed by Newsbank to support students interested in fields related to NewsBank's enterprise such as information retrieval and digital information resources, $1,000.
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SLIS Terry Crowley Scholarship, endowed in honor of Dr. Terry Crowley, former SLIS professor specializing in reference and information services, $1,000.
Scholarships Awarded by SJSU
SJSU has over 900 general and departmental scholarships available, ranging from $100 to $2,500 per year. About one-half of these are awarded by the Financial Aid Scholarship Committee, and the other half by various academic departments on campus. For more information, please visit the SJSU Scholarships and the CASA Dean's Scholarship webpages.
Scholarships Awarded by Other Agencies
Many library and information associations and organizations offer scholarships for library school students. See Scholarships Awarded by Other Agencies for a partial listing with links to the sponsoring organizations. This list is not comprehensive. Students may wish to research other scholarship opportunities as well as consult this list. Many organizations — local, regional, and national — offer scholarship opportunities based on career goals, diversity characteristics, academic background, or research interests. A good resource for locating these organizations is the Associations Unlimited database available to SJSU students through the King Library. Application requirements, submissions, and deadlines vary depending on the sponsoring organization.
Awards
SLIS Awards for Excellence for Graduating Students
SLIS honors graduating students yearly through awards for excellence in a variety of categories. Faculty and students are encouraged to nominate qualified candidates for SLIS awards. Self-nomination is acceptable. Nominations can be submitted using the SLIS Awards Application form. The deadline for submitting nominations for the Ken Haycock Award is March 1. For all other awards, the deadline is March 30. Award recipients are notified beginning the third Monday in April. View names of recent past SLIS Awards for Excellence recipients.
SLIS Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award
The College of Applied Science and Arts (CASA) and SLIS honor alumni each year through the Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award. SLIS faculty, students, and alumni are encouraged to nominate qualified candidates for this award. Self-nomination is acceptable. Nominations can be submitted using the Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna Award application form. The deadline for the SLIS Distinguished Alumnus/Alumna for 2011-12 award nominations is February 17, 2012. The Award recipient is expected to attend the CASA award presentation on May 7, 2012. Expenses for attending the award presentation will be covered by SLIS.
Grants
Many library and information associations and organizations offer grants to encourage library school students' attendance at conferences and to support student research. Application requirements and deadlines vary, depending on the sponsoring organization. See grants for a listing of opportunities with links to the sponsoring organizations.
Other Funding
The California State Library offers the Public Library Staff Education Program (PLSEP), a competitive grant program that provides grants to public libraries and to county law libraries for tuition reimbursement to staff pursuing their Master’s degree in library and information studies. PLSEP is funded with federal Library Services and Technology Act grant funds. For more information, please visit the California State Library PLSEP page.
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