| Dear Irma, Applications are invited from across Australia for the first VALA Diversity Scholarship, generously sponsored by Linux Australia. The Scholarship will fund one individual’s attendance at VALA Tech Camp 2017, in Melbourne, between 12-14 July. VALA Tech Camp 2017 will be an intensive, active, hands-on learning and sharing experience run for and by the people who code, build, teach and maintain technology for libraries and collections. It will be the inaugural Australian gathering of technologists from libraries, galleries, archives and museums. Click HERE for more information.
Linux Australia is committed to diversity of participation in open technologies and has chosen to support the Diversity Scholarship in line with their organisational values. VALA and Linux Australia recognise that regional, rural and indigenous members of the Library community face additional barriers to participation in both library and technical events. The Diversity Scholarship is offered to individuals who in normal circumstances would not generally attend this type of event or would struggle to attend due to financial or other hardship. Who is eligible?
- Any Australian person of Indigenous heritage; and/or
- Any Australian person who resides in a regional, rural or remote location, including Darwin.
Scholarship Offer: - Up to $2,000 for flights and accommodation to attend VALA Tech Camp 2017, Melbourne, 12-14 July 2017
- Free VALA Tech Camp 2017 ticket
- Complimentary VALA personal membership (to 31 March 2018)
- VALA buddy at Tech Camp
How to apply: Applicants will submit a 200 word statement OR a 3 minute Youtube video explaining the impact the Scholarship will have on your future career in the library and/or technology sector, including: - why you want to come,
- what you want to learn,
- how the community/organisation you serve will benefit from your attendance.
Please share news of this scholarship within your own networks across Australia. Applications will close 5 June 2017. For more information or to apply, see the VALA Diversity Scholarship webpage HERE. Hugh Rundle and Ebe Kartus
Camp Leaders
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