 Leadership
Development Program Scholarships for Mid-Career Librarians
The Professional Development Committee of the ATLA provides
individual scholarships for ATLA members to attend leadership
development programs. The scholarship funds the difference between the
amount of support you receive from your institution and the total cost
of the program up to a maximum of $1500.
The list of leadership development opportunities on the ATLA website
are recommended programs but the list is not meant to be prescriptive.
Application Procedure
To apply for a leadership development scholarship submit the
following information to the PDC:
- Name of leadership development program.
- Schedule and dates of program.
- Curriculum of program.
- Program mission.
- Short statement on why you want to attend this program.
- Total cost of program. Include tuition, fees and housing &
meals for residential programs. Travel expenses and housing & meals
for non-residential programs are not normally funded but the PDC will
consider applications for exceptions.
- Amount of institutional support you will receive to be applied to
total cost.
- Amount of scholarship funding for which you are applying.
Submit this information to the PDC at memberrep@atla.com.
Applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Scholarships may be
applied for prior to admission to a program and a scholarship may be
conditionally awarded, but no scholarship funds will be disbursed until
the applicant is officially admitted into the program.
Scholarship Requirements
- Applicants must be individual ATLA members or the representative
of an ATLA institutional, international institutional or affiliate
member library.
- Applicants must submit a report and evaluation of their experience
in the leadership development program to the PDC chair. The report
should include a summary to be posted publicly on the ATLA member
website and a full report for the PDC. Reporting guidelines will be
negotiated upon program registration.
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