Why:

As an official ALA Student chapter SIRLS is eligible to designate one student to the roster of the ALA Student-to-Staff Program during the 2006 Annual Conference.  To qualify, the student must be a personal member of ALA. Students who have already participated in the program are not eligible.

What:

ALA will provide FREE conference registration, housing and a per diem in exchange for a total of 20 hours (typically 4 hours a day).  The student should be able to work on Fri., Sat., Sun., Mon. and Tues. June 23-27, 2006.  Please keep in mind that students can be expected to perform a range of duties, from clerical, to sales, to use of computers.

How:

Send a brief paragraph explaining why you want to participate in the program, your name, mailing address, telephone number and email address by January 27, 2006 to joyw@email.arizona.edu.  If you attend we also ask that you provide an informal report/presentation at the next LSO meeting after your return, describing your experience.

LSO officers will do a random drawing at the January 27, 2006 LSO meeting and will notify the winner by 8:00 p.m. that night.  You will have 24 hours to accept or decline (deadline to ALA is Feb. 1, 2006!).

**note: Travel expenses are not provided by ALA, please check out the GPSC travel grant program at
http://www.gpsc.arizona.edu/sections/funding/fundingSubsection/travelGrants.php
(deadline is February 1!!)

Funding for travel expenses is also under consideration by LSO.

If you need any further encouragement, students who attend conferences and participate in this program benefit from networking and especially the behind-the-scenes involvement in ALA!!