Scholarships
ALSC Scholarship Specifications
The Frederic G. Melcher Scholarship
The Frederic G. Melcher Scholarship provides financial assistance for the professional education of men and women who intend to pursue an MLS degree and who plan to work in children's librarianship. This work may be serving children up to and including the age of 14 in any type of library. Two $6,000 scholarships are awarded annually. The scholarship is made possible by ALSC through generous contributions from librarians, professional associates, friends, and others in the book world, as tribute to Frederic G. Melcher, a great leader in promoting better books for children.
Congratulations to the 2012 Frederic G. Melcher Scholarship recipients!
Katie Clausen, Moorhead, Minnesota
Eileen Gilbert, Concord, New Hampshire
The Bound to Stay Bound Books Scholarship
The Bound to Stay Bound Books (BTSB) Scholarship provides financial assistance in the form of four $7,000 annual awards for the education of men and women who intend to pursue an MLS or advanced degree and who plan to work in the area of library service to children. This work may be serving children up to and including the age of 14 in any type library. The Scholarship is made possible by the ALSC through the generous contributions of Bound to Stay Bound Books, Incorporated.
Congratulations to the 2012 BTSB Scholarship recipients!
Michelle Ahern, Bethpage, New York
Rebecca Baker, Frankfurt, Kentucky
Lisa Jordan, Longmont, Colorado
Micaela Sanchez, Greeley, Colorado
ALSC Spectrum Scholarship
In 2010, ALSC expanded its committment to the Spectrum Scholarship Program. ALSC sponsors one Spectrum Scholar each year through the Frederic G. Melcher Endowment. The ALSC Spectrum Scholar is awarded to a Spectrum applicant who expresses an interest in library service to children. Since its founding, Spectrum has provided more than 600 scholarships to qualified applicants enrolled in an ALA-accredited graduate program in library and information studies or an ALA-recognized NCATE School Library Media program.
Congratulations to the 2012 ALSC Spectrum Scholarship recipient!
Ticha Gwaradzimba, London, Ontario
For more information on this scholarship, please visit the Spectrum Scholarship site.
ALSC Scholarship Specifications
ALA's main Scholarship page with further information and the live application.
ALSC Scholarship Committee procedural manual (MS Word)
ALSC Scholarship committee procedural manual (PDF)
Questions regarding applications may be sent by e-mail to Caroline Jewell at cjewell@ala.org.
Completed applications are due March 1 of each year.
