[Scla-list] Information Technology Rural Librarian Master's Scholarship Program -- Apply Now!

[Mehra, Bharat]

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Apply for an Information Technology Rural Librarian Master's Scholarship - Be an Agent of Change in the 21st Century! 

Are you a paraprofessional without an ALA-accredited master's degree working in a rural library in the Southern and Central Appalachian region? Do you want to pursue graduate education via distance to develop your information technology skills and make a difference in your library and community? Are you interested in improving your library services and integrating information technology solutions that are tailored towards meeting the needs of your rural communities?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are a prime candidate for a School of Information Sciences University of Tennessee's Information Technology Rural Librarian Master's Scholarship. Your goal should be to develop competencies that integrate information technology and rural library management issues towards community development outcomes. You should already have earned a bachelor's degree (or in progress of completion by May 2010) and work in a rural library setting in Southern and Central Appalachia. 

PROGRAM BENEFITS: Full-tuition scholarship for two years with an allowance for materials, part-time degree program with a structured, individually-tailored information technology and rural management-based curriculum with formal/informal professional mentoring by educators and practitioners.

These Scholarships are funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services. 

Deadline: Application materials will be reviewed in January 2010 and admissions will be made on a rolling basis. The duration of the Information Technology Rural Librarian Master's Program is June 2010 - August 2012.

Contact: Bharat Mehra, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, School of Information Sciences, University of Tennessee.

Email: bmehra at utk.edu <mailto:bmehra at utk.edu>  Phone: 865-974-5917

For more information see our website: http://www.sis.utk.edu/rural-librarianship <http://www.sis.utk.edu/rural-librarianship>  (cut and paste the URL in your web browser). 
 
 
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    Bharat Mehra, PhD
    Assistant Professor
    School of Information Sciences
    University of Tennessee
    # 454 Communications Building, 
    1345 Circle Park Drive
    Knoxville, TN 37996-0341

    Telephone: (865) 974 5917 (O) 
    E-mail: bmehra at utk.edu
    Homepage: https://www.sis.utk.edu/user/118 <https://www.sis.utk.edu/user/118> ; 
    https://web.utk.edu/~bmehra/ (cut and paste the URL in your web browser). 
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