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NewsBank/Readex/GODORT/ALA Catharine J. Reynolds Award Application Form

  1. Name:

  2. Work Address:


    Phone:
    E-Mail:


  3. Home Address:


    Phone:


  4. Are you currently a member of ALA/GODORT? Yes ___ No ___

    Enclose on separate sheets of paper the following information. Applications without this information are not considered.

  5. Employment history: names and locations of places, job titles, and lengths of service. List your current position first.

  6. Briefly describe your duties and responsibilities in your current position.

  7. Education history (undergraduate and graduate): schools, dates, degrees/certificates received.

  8. What are your career goals?

  9. List national, state and/or local activities involving documents.

  10. For what purposes do you wish to use this grant?

  11. How do you feel you will benefit from this grant?

  12. What is your proposed method of reporting the results of your grant? (e.g., periodical article, or reading a paper at a meeting)

  13. Provide two confidential letters of recommendation for this application. These letters must be submitted to the Chair of the ALA/GODORT Awards Committee.

  14. Signify your agreement to the following statement by signing and dating your name in the space provided. Be sure to include this sheet with your application.

    "If I receive a grant, I shall prepare a brief report on the results of the grant project for the ALA/GODORT Awards Committee.
    Also, if I receive a grant, and I cannot use the grant for any reason, I shall return the grant money to the Chair of the ALA/GODORT Awards Committee."
    _________________________________________________________________
    (applicant's signature and date)

Please mail this original form, two photocopies of all application information and the 2 letters of recommendation no later than December 1, 2008 to the Awards Committee Chair:

Stephen Woods
Chair, ALA GODORT Awards Committee
Social Science Librarian
Paterno Library
The Pennsylvania State University
University Park, PA 16801
Phone: (814) 865-0665
Fax: (814) 863-1403
swoods@psu.edu