FYI Loretta Parham, CEO & Director Atlanta University Center Woodruff Library P Before printing, think about the environment From: African American Studies and Librarianship [mailto:AFAS-L@LISTSERV.KENT.EDU] On Behalf Of Isabel Espinal Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2010 10:33 AM ToSubject: FW: Discovering Librarianship Recruitment Program From: "Mark A. Puente" <mpuente@arl.org> Date: August 27, 2010 3:13:23 AM GMT+10:00 To: 2010 Diversity Program Participants <2010-diversity-program-participants@googlegroups.com> Subject: Discovering Librarianship Recruitment Program Reply-To: 2010-diversity-program-participants@googlegroups.com Hello everyone, Here is a wonderful opportunity to spread the news about the library and information science profession and about funding opportunities such as the ARL programs, ALA's Spectrum program, and many others. Please consider applying to become a recruiter for the ALA Office for Diversity and Spectrum Scholarship Program's Discovering Librarianship program. The focus will be on reaching out to ethnically diverse high school and college students to consider a career in librarianship. Deadline to apply to be a recruiter is October 1st. See below for the official press release: http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=4789 NEWS For Immediate Release August 19, 2010 Contact: Gwendolyn Prellwitz ALA Office for Diversity seeks applicants for Discovering Librarianship recruitment program CHICAGO- The American Library Association's Office for Diversity and Spectrum Scholarship Program offers a unique opportunity for early career librarians to participate in a recruitment initiative focused on bringing ethnically diverse high school and college students to careers in libraries. "Discovering Librarianship: The Future is Overdue," a project funded by the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS), will support the training of 35 early career librarians to serve as recruiters in national, regional and local career recruitment and education events. The program intends to significantly increase the profession's capacity to recruit high school and college students; provide the profession with a new set of recruitment materials with which to engage a growing and diverse population; and deliver valuable information and support to high school and college students interested in careers in libraries. [read more: http://ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=4789] I'd love to see some of you involved in this great project! Mark Mark A. Puente Director of Diversity Programs Association of Research Libraries 21 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 800 Washington, D.C. 20036 phone: (202)296-2296 fax: (202)872-0884 mpuente@arl.org http://www.arl.org/diversity/ ------ End of Forwarded Message ----------------------------------------- ************************************************************************************************** The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential. They are intended for the named recipient(s) only. If you have received this email in error please notify the system manager or the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to anyone or make copies. ** IronMail scanned this email for viruses, vandals and malicious content. ** **************************************************************************************************