OPPORTUNITY: 2017-2018 Kress GLAM Cross-Pollinator grants

Digital Library Federation (DLF) has announced that they are again partnering with the Kress Foundation, AIC (the American Institute for Conservation), ARLIS/NA (Art Libraries Society of North America), MCN (Museum Computer Network), and VRA (Visual Resources Association) to offer cross-pollinator grants to DLF-affiliated individuals to attend the annual conferences for AIC, ARLIS/NA, MCN, and VRA.

Successful candidates will demonstrate a commitment to advancing research, learning, social justice, and/or the common good through the creation and/or use of digital library and museum technologies.

Applications for each conference grant have different deadlines:

  • MCN (7-10 November 2017): deadline 16 October 2017
  • ARLIS/NA: (25 February- 1 March 2018): deadline 17 November 2017
  • VRA (27-30 March 2018): deadline 8 January 2018
  • AIC (29 May-2 June 2018): deadline 5 March 2018

Author: Caitlin Christian-Lamb

Caitlin is a PhD candidate and instructor of record at the University of Maryland’s iSchool, where she is affiliated with the Ethics and Values in Design Lab (EViD) and the University of Maryland Institute for Advanced Computer Studies (UMIACS).