VOICES of September 11th

and

Southern Connecticut State University

PROUDLY ANNOUNCE

 
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION AWARDS and 3-CREDIT TUITION SCHOLARSHIPS for the course Development of Digital Memorial and Cultural Archives
 
VOICES of September 11th is pleased to announce its 2009-2010 tuition scholarships and professional development awards, funded through a U.S. Department of Education/FIPSE grant in support of the 9/11 Living Memorial digital archive to commemorate the lives and stories of September 11, 2001 and the February 26, 1993 World Trade Center bombing.

The scholarships and awards provide support to graduate students and professionals in library science, history, social work, and other appropriate fields who want to build skills: 1) to develop memorials and archives which preserve the heritage of groups and events through, Websites, CD-ROM, and other digital products; and 2) to gather information and artifacts, organize, preserve, and make accessible the collections.
 
Up to twenty scholarships and up to twenty professional education awards will be available for enrolling in Development of Digital Memorial and Cultural Archives developed and taught by Kevin Glick, Electronic Records Archivist, Manuscripts and Archives, Sterling Memorial Library, Yale University. The course is offered through the Department of Information and Library Science, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT. 
 
The primary criteria for these scholarships and awards are:  
 
1) the applicant's desire to have working knowledge of how to develop and maintain a digital memorial or cultural archives, and  
2) the scholarship committee's desire to have the widest diversity of participants.
 
TO BE ELIGIBLE FOR A VOICES TUITION SCHOLARSHIP OR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT AWARD, COMPLETE AND MAIL THE APPLICATION TO:
 
VOICES Scholarship Committee @ ILS
Southern Connecticut State University
501 Crescent Street, Buley 401T
New Haven, CT 06515
 
THE DEADLINE for full consideration for Winter Session is Nov. 9, 2009.