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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Hi!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Please pass this on to BIPOC paraprofessional librarians with an interest in Social Justice. This is a full scholarship for an online synchronous
Masters in Library Science with a concentration in Archives. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">I am on the advisory board for this program, and would love to see some New Mexico library workers involved!
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Please reach out to myself, Deputy State Librarian
<a href="mailto:Kate.Alderete@state.nm.us">Kate Alderete</a>, or Tribal Libraries Program Coordinator
<a href="mailto:Cassandra.Osterloh@state.nm.us">Cassandra Osterloh</a> if you need help with
<a href="http://socialjusticearchivists-sj4a.ua.edu/uploads/1/4/2/7/142713582/sj4a_essays.pdf">
application materials</a>. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">____________________<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="font-size:14.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Are you working in a library or archive and want to earn a master$B!G(Bs degree online?
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Consider applying to the University of Alabama SLIS$B!G(Bs
<i>SJ4A</i> Scholarship Program: Training of Community-Embedded Social Justice Archivists (<i>SJ4A</i>) [a.k.a. Archival Studies Social Justice Master$B!G(Bs Scholarship Program].</span></b><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"> Funded by the Institute of Museum
and Library Services$B!G(B Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program – FY 2022 Guidelines (LB21) [<a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.imls.gov%2Fgrants%2Fawarded%2Fre-252356-ols-22&data=05%7C01%7CKate.Alderete%40state.nm.us%7Caaeea5dec0cc45e092d708da847fc0d9%7C04aa6bf4d436426fbfa404b7a70e60ff%7C0%7C0%7C637967981505052286%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=kuj1sA%2F%2F0RIL1yPjHLpo1eSYkcj%2BOcK5aZYeCczMmxI%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">RE-252356-OLS-22</span></a>].
<b>Project website: <u><span style="color:red"><a href="http://socialjusticearchivists-sj4a.ua.edu/">http://socialjusticearchivists-sj4a.ua.edu/</a></span></u></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"> <b><span style="color:#C00000">PROGRAM GOAL
</span><span style="color:black">To recruit 12 Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) paraprofessionals working in community$B!>(Bbased archives settings to earn a library science master$B!G(Bs degree with an archives concentration in the University of Alabama$B!G(Bs
(UA) School of Library and Information Studies (SLIS) synchronous distance education program.
</span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"> </span><b><span style="color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">PROGRAM BENEFITS
</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Full tuition scholarship for two years, living subsistence, stipend for books and supplies, laptop computer, conference travel support, part-time program with a structured, individually tailored
archives and social justice curriculum with formal/informal professional mentoring by educators and practitioners.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"> <b><span style="color:#C00000">APPLICATION & ADMISSION
</span></b><span style="color:black">For additional admissions information, please see:
</span><u><span style="color:blue"><a href="https://slis.ua.edu/mlis-admissions-faqs/">https://slis.ua.edu/mlis-admissions-faqs/</a></span>
</u><span style="color:black"> For submitting your application materials, including the
<i>SJ4A</i> program essays, visit URL: </span><a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fslate.ua.edu%2Fapply%2F&data=05%7C01%7CKate.Alderete%40state.nm.us%7Caaeea5dec0cc45e092d708da847fc0d9%7C04aa6bf4d436426fbfa404b7a70e60ff%7C0%7C0%7C637967981505052286%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=WhRdnBbnyzHqk%2FCKFkxhsgVRUQLwlnc65clPNmpjC9s%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank"><span style="color:black">https://slate.ua.edu/apply/</span></a><span style="color:black">
</span><b><span style="color:red">(Spring 2023 application forthcoming).</span></b></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"> <b><span style="color:#C00000">DEADLINES/TIMELINES
</span></b><span style="color:black">Applications will be reviewed on a rolling basis.
<b>Applications will be accepted through November 1, 2022</b>, with a priority given to applications received by October 1, 2022. Admissions will be closed after the 12 cohort positions have been filled. Applicants are encouraged to submit their applications
as soon as possible. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"> </span><b><span style="color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">CONTACT</span></b><b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">
</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">For more information,
<b>please contact Dr. Bharat Mehra (205-348-5259; </b></span><b><span style="mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><a href="mailto:bmehra@ua.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">bmehra@ua.edu</span></a><span style="color:black">) or Dr.
Robert Riter (205-248-6232; </span><a href="mailto:rbriter@ua.edu" target="_blank"><span style="color:black;text-decoration:none">rbriter@ua.edu</span></a><span style="color:black">), SLIS, UA</span></span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">.
</span><b><span style="color:red;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">Project website: <a href="https://gcc02.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fsocialjusticearchivists-sj4a.ua.edu%2F&data=05%7C01%7CKate.Alderete%40state.nm.us%7Caaeea5dec0cc45e092d708da847fc0d9%7C04aa6bf4d436426fbfa404b7a70e60ff%7C0%7C0%7C637967981505052286%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=SLPPWM%2BQMijOqFlGKMtsrb6d9Vns1ScYEPGgYXPk618%3D&reserved=0" target="_blank">
<span style="color:red">http://socialjusticearchivists-sj4a.ua.edu/</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"> </span><b><span style="color:#C00000;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">PARTNERS</span></b><b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">
</span></b><span style="color:black;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN">SLIS faculty Drs. Bharat Mehra and Robert Riter are partnering with multiple state archives-related agencies, including the Alabama Department of Archives and History and the Alabama Public Library
Service (AL), Multnomah County Archives (OR), New Mexico State Library (NM), Society of American Archivists, Special Collections and Archives at the California State University (CA), and others to lead the various grant activities that will be documented on
the project website. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-language:ZH-CN"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">New Mexico State Librarian<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Chair of Education and Engagement, Department of Cultural Affairs<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">1209 Camino Carlos Rey, Santa Fe, NM 87507<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">Cell (505) 629-9153<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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