RUBINSTEIN / MASON AWARD

$1000 to support graduate study in librarianship

Applicants must:

• be currently enrolled or recently graduated KU students
• have been accepted by (or have applied to) a graduate program in librarianship accredited by the American Library Association. (See http://www.ala.org/accreditedprograms for information about education for librarianship.) A check will be issued upon verification of enrollment in an accredited program.
• submit an application form by May 3, 2013, together with the name and address of a professional reference who can comment on the applicant's potential for success as a librarian, and a 250-word statement for the review committee.

Printable Application Form
(requires the adobe acrobat reader)

The Rubinstein/Mason Award honors the late Joseph Rubinstein, first head of the Libraries' Department of Special Collections, and the late Alexandra Mason, former Spencer Librarian, for their service to scholarship. Preference will be given to students whose primary interest is in special collections librarianship and who have demonstrated characteristics of intellectual excellence and commitment to the standards of principled librarianship exemplified by Joseph Rubinstein and Alexandra Mason in their many years of service to scholarship. Further preference will be given to students who have been employed

Recipient will be announced by the Dean of Libraries in June 2013.

Contact Karen Severud Cook, Special Collections Librarian, Spencer Research Library, at 785-864-3357 or kscook@ku.edu.