Lindsay King Awarded Grant

Lindsay King, Daytime Reading Room Supervisor in the Art Collection, has been awarded an Illinois State Library Training Grant. The Illinois State Library gives up to 15 grants per year to MLIS students in Illinois who agree to work in an Illinois library for two full-time years within the first three years after graduation. The $7,500 grants are awarded by the Illinois State Library and the Secretary of State through federal funding under the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA), based on students' academic records, a written statement, letters of recommendation, and an interview with a panel of representatives from Illinois libraries.

Lindsay was in Champaign from July 19 to July 28 getting oriented in the University of Illinois's LEEP program, which is conducted mainly online but starts with 10 days on campus meeting with other participants and learning to use the required technology. "It was a really intense 10 days," she says, "but overall a very positive beginning." Resource Sharing's Megan Zellner and the Multimedia Center's Stacey Atkins are also in the LEEP program.

More information on the grants, including application instructions, is on the Secretary of State's website:
http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/library/what_we_do/scholarships.html