Four librarians will be attending this year's Medical Library Association (MLA) Annual Conference with financial assistance from the EBSCO/MLA Annual Meeting Grant. This grant pays up to $1,000 for travel and conference-related expenses for librarians who would otherwise be unable to attend.

The following librarians are recipients of this year's EBSCO/MLA Meeting Grant:

Candice Benjes-Small McConnell Library Radford University Radford, Va.		Sandra DeGroote Library of the Health Sciences University of Illinois
Verma Walker Library of the Health Sciences University of Illinois		Norma Walters Library of Health Sciences University of Illinois Chicago, Ill.

As established by MLA, criteria for the annual conference scholarship require that applicants submit a 200 word essay expressing why they want to attend MLA's annual conference and must have from two to five years' experience as a librarian. EBSCO is pleased to support continued learning and professional development opportunities by sponsoring this award. For more information on the EBSCO/MLA grants, contact Lisa Fried, Coordinator, Credentialing and Professional Recognition, Medical Library Association, Suite 1900, 65 East Wacker Place, Chicago, Ill., 60601-7298; telephone: (312) 419-9094.

Released: May 14, 2002