Fund to Support SLIS Students Who Work at the UK Libraries

The John Thomas Durham Graduate Student Fund was established by Mr. Henry Durham to honor his son, a 1997 graduate of UK’s School of Library and Information Science. Tom’s experience as a student worker in the UK Libraries while a student at the School of Library and Information Science provided a rich learning environment, and the Fund was established to provide enrichment experiences for SLIS students who are also employed at the UK Libraries. The income from the Fund is “used to support and enrich the experiences of School of Library and Information Science graduate student(s) working in the UK Libraries. Graduate student expenses may be partially or totally supported with the income from the Fund.” “Recipients and use of funds will be selected by the Director of the School of Library and Information Science in consultation with the UK Dean of Libraries.” Specifically, the funding is adequate to support some travel and workshop/conference expenses at this time.

The call for applications and the form for that application process have been sent out by the library school. I have posted the PDF ad and application process on our SharePoint site under Grants and Support.