[LM_NET] SCHOLARSHIPS for school and public youth services librarians

["Christine A. Jenkins" <cajenkin@ILLINOIS.EDU>]

Full-Tuition Scholarships Still Available! 

Last Chance to Apply: JUNE 15, 2010 (for Fall 2010 semester start) 

SHARING SUCCESS! 
Educating Professional Leaders in School and Public Youth Services Librarianship 

The Graduate School of Library and Information Science (GSLIS) at the University of 
Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is awarding a limited number of two-year FULL-TUITION 
SCHOLARSHIPS to outstanding and diverse students who already hold a master’s 
degree, have a strong interest in YOUTH SERVICES LIBRARIANSHIP, and are admitted to 
the GSLIS Certificate of Advanced Studies (CAS) program for Fall 2010. (Deadline 
for application: June 15, 2010.) 

GSLIS COURSES MAY BE TAKEN EITHER ON CAMPUS OR ONLINE via LEEP (the GSLIS distance 
education program). 

Sharing Success will allow outstanding library practitioners to FURTHER THEIR 
EDUCATION AND TRAINING related to youth services librarianship. In addition, the 
program will provide institutional support for these students to DEVELOP CONTINUING 
EDUCATION WORKSHOPS for other professionals. Through these activities, Sharing 
Success will help broaden the base of youth services librarians who can provide 
quality continuing education for their practitioner peers in school and public 
libraries and contribute to best practices and research in this field. 

Students selected for Sharing Success will ideally represent diverse populations. 
They will also have either significant experience in youth services or substantial 
experience in another area of librarianship and demonstrate a commitment to 
changing their career focus to the area of youth services. 

The Sharing Success CAS is a 40-CREDIT HOUR DEGREE PROGRAM open to professionals 
who hold a master’s degree in library and information science or a closely 
related field and desire to update their skills, gain greater specialization in 
their professional training, or redirect their careers from one area to another. 
Students complete 32-credit hours of coursework with the remaining 8-credit hours 
devoted to an independent final project. 

As part of their CAS work, Sharing Success students will complete a research 
project that relates to youth services and develop a continuing education workshop 
based on this research. They will present their research-in-progress or completed 
workshops to an audience of GSLIS students and faculty as well as to their target 
audience of youth services practitioners. During each of the two years that 
students receive tuition funding, Sharing Success students will also receive 
funding to support travel to professional conferences. 

Sharing Success is made possible by a grant from the U.S. Institute of Museum and 
Library Services. 

Would you like to learn more? 

Up-to-date information about Sharing Success is available at 
http://sharingsuccess.lis.illinois.edu/ 

Application requirements and procedures are available at 
http://www.lis.illinois.edu/academics/programs/cas-ss 

Please pass this information along to anyone who might be interested. 
A PDF flyer is available for download at http://sharingsuccess.lis.illinois.edu/ 

Questions? E-mail sharingsuccess@mail.lis.illinois.edu 

Thank you! 

Mikki Smith
 
Doctoral Student 
Coordinator, Sharing Success 
Graduate School of Library and Information Science 
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 
501 E. Daniel St. 
Champaign, IL 61820 
smith199@illinois.edu 


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Christine A. Jenkins, Associate Professor and Director
The Center for Children's Books
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
501 E. Daniel
Champaign, IL  61820
217 244-7452 - voice
217 244-3302 - fax
cajenkin@illinois.edu