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Edna Yelland Scholarship for Minority Students Committee Report
Submitted by Deborah Barrow, Committee Chair
The CLA Scholarship for Minority Students committee received 18 applications. The committee met via telephone conferencing to review the criteria for the scholarship and to go over the evaluation form. Each committee member individually evaluated the applications, assigned points and determined which were their top candidates.
We met again via telephone conference to discuss the candidates and determine which we would like to interview. There were 5 candidates invited to be interviewed by phone. They were: Africa Hands, Brenda Linares, Pearl Ly, Melanee Vicedo, and Ray Wilson.
The committee selected three for the scholarship awards: Africa Hands, Pearl Ly, and Melanee Vicedo. We believe that each of these scholarship recipients will be outstanding librarians and that they have much to offer their communities. Award letters have been sent, as well as regrets letters to the other applicants.
There was one issue that arose from an applicant regarding the application process. The applicant wanted to challenge the requirement that scholarship recipients be enrolled in, or plan to attend a library school in California. A few applicants who intended to go to school out of state were eliminated from consideration. Please note that enrollment or acceptance in an ALA-accredited California library school is the first item listed for eligibility for the scholarship.
The members of the committee were: Jack Forman of San Diego Mesa Community College, Sallie Riley of LAPL Watts Branch Library, Rebecca Hill Long of Stockton San Joaquin County Library's Linden Branch Library, Stephanie Woodbury of Contra Costa County Library, and Deborah Barrow of Sunnyvale Public Library.
Posted on August 8, 2006 2:23 PM | Permalink