UB Department Of Library And Information Studies To Match ALA Scholarships For Minorities

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- The Department of Library and Information Studies in the UB School of Information Studies will match up to six scholarships of $5,000 each offered by the American Library Association (ALA) for students entering UB's accredited Master of Library Science (MLS) program in Fall 2000.

The ALA annually funds 50 Spectrum Scholarships of $5,000 each to encourage and assist members of underrepresented groups to pursue careers in library and information science.

To be eligible for the scholarship, a student must be a member of one of the following groups: African American, African Canadian, Asian/Pacific Islander, Latino/Hispanic or Native People of the U.S. and Canada.

Applicants first must apply and be accepted into UB's MLS program and must apply for and receive the ALA scholarship. UB then will provide an additional $5,000 scholarship, applied directly to the student's tuition account, to match the ALA scholarship for the first six accepted UB applicants.

Completed applications for the 2000-01 ALA Spectrum Scholarship must be received no later than April 1. Applications may be obtained from the ALA or from the Department of Library and Information Studies, 534 Baldy Hall, UB North Campus.

The deadline for the matching UB scholarship is July 1. For further information about the scholarship program, call 645-2412, or visit the ALA Web site at http://www.ala.org/work/awards/scholars.html.