GEORGE ATIYEH PRIZE
UPDATE: 2009 Atiyeh Prize Winner!
Congratulations to:
- Katherine Sydenham (St. John's University)
Press release (as a .pdf file)
The George Atiyeh Prize was founded by the Middle East Librarians Association in 1999 to honor George N. Atiyeh, retired Head of the Near East Section of the Library Congress, founding member of MELA and of the Middle East Microform Project, for his many contributions to Middle East librarianship and scholarship. Dr. Atiyeh is the first and only honorary member of MELA. The George Atiyeh Prize offers financial aid to attend the annual meetings of MELA and of the Middle East Studies Association of North America (MESA).
Awardees receive a cash award in addition to their registration fees for both the MELA and MESA annual conferences. Awardees must agree to attend both the MELA and MESA conferences in their entirety, to allow their names and photographs to be used in any publicity by MELA or other organizations contacted by MELA, and to write a report on their conference experience, to be published in MELA Notes.
Applicants must be currently enrolled in an ALA-accredited library/information science program.
Applicants must submit the following information no later than 15 September 2009 for the November conference to the George Atiyeh Prize Committee.
1. Name, postal address, phone number, e-mail address, and name
of program in which currently enrolled
2. Letter from the Admissions Officer or other official of your college or
department, stating that you are a student in good academic standing
3. Description of your academic, work-related or other background in Middle
East studies and/or librarianship
4. Statement of your career goals, including a description of your current
course of study
5. Statement of why you wish to attend these meetings
6. Names, postal addresses, phone numbers and e-mail addresses of two references
Applicants will be notified of Prize awards no later than 1 October 2009.
To submit applications, or for further information, please contact the George Atiyeh Prize Committee at atiyehprize@mela.us.