Outreach Update-Am. Lib. Assn. Conference

Everyone:

News from the American Library Association Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia,
June 14-18, 2002 (http://www.ala.org/events/annual2002/welcome.html)

The matter of the quite inaccessible Atlanta map
(http://maps.urhere.com/atlanta/)  has been brought to the attention of
relevant parties, including sponsors Adobe and H.W. Wilson, and the American
Library Association's Executive Offices and Conference Services.

A couple of URLs: American Library Association [ALA]-Association of
Specialized and Cooperative Library Agencies Division [ASCLA] partnership on
accessibility: 

Press release on ASCLA-Hewlett-Packard accessibility initiative:
http://www.ala.org/news/v8n8/hewlett.html

Hewlett-Packard Accessibility Solutions:
http://www.hp.com/hpinfo/community/accessibility/index.htm

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News about our 3rd ASCLA Century Scholar for 2002 (scholarship awarded at June
16, 2002 ceremony]: Christine Baynes, graduate student in library and
information science, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee:
http://www.ala.org/ascla/awards_current.html#century

ASCLA Century Scholarship home page:

http://www.ala.org/ascla/centuryscholarship.html

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Ellen Perlow
Chair, ALA ASCLA Century Scholarship Committee
The ALA ASCLA Century Scholarship Diversity Initiative
"Celebrating a New Century that Celebrates Diversity"
http://www.ala.org/ascla/centuryscholarship.html
Annual Submission Deadline: March 1st
See Also: ALA HRDR Page: http://www.ala.org/hrdr/scholarship.html
Texas Century Scholarship: http://www.txla.org/html/awards/scholar/century.html 
Have YOU recruited/applied to be a Century Scholarship applicant today?
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Manager of Information Services
School of Library and Information Studies
Texas Woman's University
P.O. Box 425438
Denton, TX 76204-5438
Tel.: 940-898-2622  Fax: 940-898-2611
Web: http://twu.edu/~s_perlow/
E-Mail: eperlow@twu.edu

Received on Friday, 28 June 2002 10:31:38 UTC