(via Holly Hudson, Jira Scholarship Committee Chair) We are pleased to announce that the Helen Jira Scholarship has been awarded to Elisabeth Ayorinde! Elisabeth is enrolled at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is excited to make a difference in health science librarianship. She will be working as a graduate assistant with CARLI, in…
Category: Jira Scholarship
Call for Volunteers to Review Helen Knoll Jira Scholarship Applications–Deadline Fri., June 23 (Informational Webinar on Wed., June 28)
(via the HSLI 2023 Jira Scholarship Committee) Fellow HSLI Members: The 2023 Jira Scholarship committee is requesting volunteer reviewers for the Helen Knoll Jira Scholarship applications. As a volunteer reviewer, you’ll need to read each of the de-identified applications, score the application using a pre-defined rubric, and make recommendations on scholarship recipient(s). An optional Zoom training session…
Call for Volunteers: Jira Scholarship Fund Working Group
(via Cynthia Reynolds, HSLI President) The Jira Scholarship Fund was established in 2013 with a gift from the Helen Knoll Jira family. The purpose of the Fund is to aid Illinois residents who are pursuing either an ALA-accredited graduate degree in library science, or another graduate degree in a field that benefits the profession of librarianship…
Health Science Librarians of Illinois Helen Knoll Jira Scholarship
HSLI has received a very generous gift from the estate of Helen Knoll Jira. This gift will be placed into an endowment fund, with the proceeds used to support graduate education in library science or a closely related field of benefit to the profession of librarianship. An ad-hoc committee is forming to set up initial…