2011 SSP Travel Grant Winners Announced

By Will Wakeling, Chair, SSP Travel Grants Working Group

 

 

Wheat Ridge, Colorado (3 April 2011) – SSP is pleased to announce the 10 Travel Grant winners for 2011. This grant supports travel to and attendance at the SSP 33rd Annual Meeting for students of publishing and information science and early career publishing professionals in the first three years of employment.

 

The following were selected from a highly competitive group of applicants:

 

Early Career Travel Awards

Elizabeth Andersen, American Society of Clinical Oncology

Alaina Cauchie, Senator John Heinz History Center Library and Archives, Pittsburgh, PA

Jamie Jones, Wayne State University Press

Elizabeth Smart, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University

Gwenan Spearing, CABI, UK

 

Student Travel Awards

Andrea Alexander, University of Michigan School of Information

Peter Devereaux, University of Maryland College of Information Studies

Alex Garnett, University of British Columbia School of Library, Archival and Information Studies

Timothy McCormick, Long Island University Palmer School of Library and Information Science

Shirley Zhao, Long Island University Palmer School of Library and Information Science

 

Awardees will be paired with mentors who hold senior management positions within SSP member organizations. Mentors will help grantees connect with the educational and networking opportunities available at the 33rd Annual Meeting, to be held June 1-3 in Boston.

 

SSP is grateful to the following organizations, whose contributions help to make the SSP Travel Grants possible:

Rockefeller University Press

John Wiley and Sons

American Psychological Association

Sage

CrossRef

Inera

Copyright Clearance Center

 

Additional sponsorships are invited for the 2011 Travel Grants. Please contact Development Committee Chairs Audrey Melkin and Ted Winslow for details.

 

“Congratulations to the 2011 Travel Grant Winners!” said Lois Smith, SSP president. “By introducing the scholarly communications field to an exceptional group of people who are our future leaders, this program has benefited not just SSP but the entire profession. I look forward to meeting them all in Boston in June.”

 

 

About the Society for Scholarly Publishing The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), founded in 1978, is a nonprofit organization formed to promote and advance communication among all sectors of the scholarly publication community through networking, information dissemination, and facilitation of new developments in the field. SSP’s 1,000+ members represent all aspects of scholarly publishing, including publishers, printers, e-product developers, technical service providers, librarians, and editors. SSP members come from a wide range of large and small commercial and nonprofit organizations. For more information, visit www.sspnet.org.

 

Contact Information:

Ann Mehan Crosse, Executive Director

Society for Scholarly Publishing

Direct: 720-881-6114

Email: amehan@resourcenter.com


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