SLAIS Awards Criteria and Application Procedures: A Guide for Students
This is the list of awards to be offered this year. This is a partial list of all awards normally offered at SLAIS. In other years, all endowments have had sufficient funds from investments for all awards to be allocated. Unfortunately, in the current economic climate, we must put some awards on hold.
All Continuing and Graduating awards, other than the Ronald Jobe Children’s Literature Scholarship, will be awarded on Faculty nomination.
Student Awards for:
All SLAIS Students | Master of Archival Studies (MAS) | Master of Library & Information Studies (MLIS) | Master of Arts in Children's Literature (MACL) | Doctorate in Library, Archival & Information Studies (PhD)
As per UBC regulations and policy awards are available to FULL-TIME students only, unless otherwise noted. Full-time students are defined as those who are on a Schedule A tuition payment plan. This list contains SLAIS awards only; students are encouraged to explore other award opportunities, for example those offered by UBC's Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Dual degree program (MAS/MLIS) students may apply for both MAS and MLIS awards, following all other eligibility requirements.
Many of our awards are based on endowments and funds invested by the University. Given the current financial climate neither UBC nor the School can guarantee the income that may be generated for these Scholarships and Awards.
Awards open to all students (MAS,MLIS,MAS/MLIS,MACL, PhD)
Award Name |
Amount |
Criteria |
Indicators |
Application Process |
Due Date |
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ENTERING/CONTINUING |
First Nations (Indian, Inuit, Métis) student |
Application letter, addressing criteria and indicators, to the SLAIS Director. |
April 15 |
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Master of Archival Studies (MAS) Student Awards
| Award Name | Amount | Criteria | Indicators | Application Process | Due Date |
| SLAIS Alumni Scholarship | ENTERING | 1) Academic achievement; 2) Promise of success in archival or records management fields | Nomination by Admissions Coordinator and Graduate Advisor to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 | |
| Archives Association of British Columbia Mary Ann Pylypchuk Memorial Prize* | GRADUATING | 1) Academic achievement; 2) Contributions to the program in Archival Studies | Application letter, addressing criteria and indicators, and/or nomination by faculty with rationale to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 | |
| Harold Naugler Memorial Prize* | GRADUATING | 1) Excellence in the study of electronic records; 2) May consider work on related research projects with faculty | Based on calculation of grades and/or nomination with rationale by instructor(s) in electronic records to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 | |
| Roy Stokes Medal in Archival Studies* | Medal | GRADUATING | Top graduating average | Based on calculation of grades. | n/a |
| Willard Ireland Prize* | GRADUATING | 1) Outstanding contribution in preserving and interpreting the documents of British Columbia's and Canada's past; 2) Academic achievement | Application letter, addressing criteria and indicators, and/or nomination by faculty with rationale to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 | |
*available to part-time students as well (those on Schedule B tuition payment plan). |
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Master of Library & Information Studies (MLIS) Student Awards
| Award Name | Amount | Criteria | Indicators | Application Process | Due Date |
| SLAIS Alumni Scholarship | ENTERING | 1) Academic achievement; 2) Promise of success in archival or records management fields | Nomination by Admissions Coordinator and Graduate Advisor to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 | |
| Stanley T. Arkley Scholarship in Librarianship | ENTERING | 1) Academic achievement; 2) Promise of success in librarianship | Nomination by Admissions Coordinator and Graduate Advisor to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 | |
| Sheila Egoff Scholarship in Library and Information Studies | ENTERING | Academic achievement | Nomination by Admissions Coordinator and Graduate Advisor to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 | |
| Fraser Valley Regional Library Scholarship | ENTERING and Residing within Fraser Valley Regional Library's service area | 1) Academic standing; 2) Professional promise; 3) Financial circumstances may be a consideration | Nomination by Admissions Coordinator and Graduate Advisor to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 | |
| Richard David Hughes Scholarship | ENTERING | 1) Academic achievement; 2) Leadership potential; 3) Promise of success in librarianship | Nomination by Admissions Coordinator and Graduate Advisor to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 | |
| UBC Library, Archival and Information Studies Alumni Samuel Rothstein Scholarship | ENTERING | 1) Academic achievement; 2) Promise of success in librarianship; 3) Financial circumstances may be considered. | Nomination by Admissions Coordinator and Graduate Advisor to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 | |
| H.W. Wilson Scholarships | ENTERING | 1) Academic achievement; 2) Promise of success in librarianship | Nomination by Admissions Coordinator and Graduate Advisor to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 | |
| Ruth Cameron Medal for Librarianship* | Medal | GRADUATING | Top graduating average | Based on calculation of grades. | n/a |
| Enid Dearing/Alan Woodland Book Prize* | Gift Certificate | GRADUATING | 1) Outstanding work in courses related to public librarianship; 2) Plans a public librarianship career; 3) Student member and participant in professional associations. | Application letter, addressing criteria and indicators, to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 |
| C.K. Morison Memorial Prize* | GRADUATING | 1) Specialization in some area of public library work through, for example, class projects, directed study, or the practicum; 2) Outstanding work in courses related to public librarianship; 3) Student member and participant in professional associations | Application letter, addressing criteria and indicators, and/or nomination by faculty with rationale to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 | |
*available to part-time students as well (those on Schedule B tuition payment plan). |
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Master of Arts in Children's Literature (MACL) Student Award
Award Name |
Amount |
Criteria |
Indicators |
Application Process |
Due Date |
| SLAIS Alumni Scholarship | ENTERING | 1) Academic achievement; 2) Promise of success in archival or records management fields | Nomination by Admissions Coordinator and Graduate Advisor to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 | |
| Ronald Jobe Children's Literature Scholarship | CONTINUING | 1) Academic achievement in courses in literature for children and young adults, taken after enrolling in the Master of Arts in Children's Literature Program; 2) Contributions to the authorship, scholarship, promotion and dissemination of literature for children. | Application letter, addressing criteria and indicators, to the SLAIS Director. | April 15 | |
Doctorate in Library, Archival & Information Studies (PhD) Student Award
Award Name |
Amount |
Criteria |
Indicators |
Application Process |
Due Date |
| Anne and George Piternick Student Research Award | CONTINUING | In support of doctoral research | The application for the award will be a letter that includes:
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Nov 1 | |
External Awards for archival studies, library studies and children's literature students, including PhD [PDF]
Note:
- Letters of recommendation are not required with an application, unless the student wishes to do so. A separate letter should be submitted for each award application.
- Students are no longer considered "continuing students" as soon as degree requirements are complete, not when degree is officially conferred in May or November.
- Students who complete degree requirements in the summer term are eligible for graduating awards in April of the next year, following November graduation.
List of SLAIS Awards in Alphabetical Order
SLAIS Alumni Scholarship
This scholarship is supported by SLAIS Alumni through the Annual Giving Campaign. The scholarships are awarded to students entering a program at SLAIS.
Criterion: Entering SLAIS program
Indicators:
Procedure: Admissions Coordinator with Graduate Advisor recommend to the SLAIS Director, by April 15.
‹‹ backStanley T. Arkley Scholarship in Librarianship
This scholarship was established in 1972 by the UBC Alumni Association in honour of Stanley T. Arkley (B.A., 1925, LL.B., 1976, UBC). It gives recognition to his long and dedicated service to the University. Active in forming the Friends of the University of B.C. Inc. (U.S.A.), he served as its President from 1957 to 1971. Largely through his leadership this organization was not only responsible for many contributions to the University from Alumni in the United States but also for the establishment of a scholarship fund to assist sons and daughters of Alumni living in the United States to attend UBC. His special interest, however, has always been the Library, to which he has made numerous and notable gifts. It is fitting, therefore, that this scholarship is awarded to a student in Librarianship selected by the School on the basis of academic ability, promise, and personal qualities.
Criterion: Entering the MLIS program
Indicators:
(a) Academic achievement
(b) Promise of a success in librarianship
Procedure: Admissions Coordinator and Graduate Advisor make recommendation to the SLAIS Director, by April 15.
‹‹ backRuth Cameron Medal for Librarianship
This medal, honouring the memory of Miss Ruth E. Cameron, for many
years Chief Librarian of the City of New Westminster, is offered
annually by the Board of the New Westminster Public Library. It
will be awarded to the student whose record in the course for the
degree of Master of Library and Information Studies is, in the
opinion of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies,
most outstanding.
Criterion: Graduating from the MLIS program
Indicators:
- Top graduating average
Procedure: Based on calculation of grades.
‹‹ backEnid Dearing/Alan Woodland Book Prize
The Greater Vancouver Library Federation has established a book
prize to honour two founding members of the Federation on their
retirement. Alan Woodland of the New Westminster Public Library
and Enid Dearing of the North Vancouver District Public Library
retired in the spring of 1991 after many years of service to
their respective libraries. Both were founding members of the Greater
Vancouver Library Federation and have been instrumental in the
success of the organization over the sixteen years of its existence.
The prize is to be awarded annually to a student for outstanding
work in courses related to public librarianship at the School
of
Library, Archival and Information Studies. The winner will receive
a "Certificate of Award" from the British Columbia
Library Association, along with a gift certificate for $100.00
from any
local bookstore.
Criterion: Graduating from the MLIS program
Indicators:
- Outstanding work in courses related to public librarianship
- Plans a public librarianship career
- Student member and participant in professional associations
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Sheila Egoff Scholarship in Library and Information Studies
Scholarships have been endowed by friends and colleagues to honour Sheila Egoff’s dedication to teaching and to the profession of Library and Information Studies. The scholarships are awarded to students in the Masters of Library and Information Studies program with preference to students entering first year. The awards are made on the recommendation of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Criterion: Entering MLIS program
Indicators:
- Academic achievement
Procedure: Admissions Coordinator with Graduate Advisor recommend to the SLAIS Director, by April 15.
‹‹ backRichard David Hughes Scholarship
A scholarship, the gift of a bequest of Richard David Hughes, is awarded on the recommendation of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies to a student entering the first year of the Master of Library and Information Studies program. It is awarded on the basis of academic achievement, leadership potential and promise of success in librarianship.
Indicators:
- Academic achievement
- Leadership potential
- Promise of success in librarianship
Procedure: Admissions Coordinator and Graduate Advisor make recommendation to the SLAIS Director, by April 15.
‹‹ backWillard Ireland Prize
A prize has been made available by the Archives Association of British Columbia to honour Willard Ireland, Provincial Librarian and Archivist from 1946 to 1974, and to recognize his outstanding contribution in preserving and interpreting the documents of British Columbia's and Canada's past. The award is given to an outstanding student in Archival Studies in the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies. The award is made on the recommendation of the School.
Criterion: Graduating from the MAS program
Indicators:
- Outstanding contribution in preserving and interpreting the documents of British Columbia's and Canada's past
- Academic achievement
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Ronald Jobe Children's Literature Scholarship
The School of Library, Archival and Information Studies has established the Ronald Jobe Children's Literature Scholarship for students in the Master of Arts in Children's Literature Program. Dr. Jobe, professor in the Language and Literacy Department, has been deeply involved in this interdisciplinary children's literature program jointly offered by the UBC departments of SLAIS, LLED, English and Creative Writing. Dr. Jobe established the Children's Literature Roundtables across Canada, co-ordinates the Serendipity conference, and has spent years promoting Canadian children's literature worldwide, through organizations such as the International Board on Books for Young People, of which he was the first non-European President. Applications are adjudicated by a committee of faculty in the MA(CL) program, in consultation with School of Library, Archival and Information Studies and the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Criterion: A student enrolled for full-time study in the Master
of Arts in Children's Literature Program who has completed at least
12 credits.
Indicators:
- Academic achievement in courses in literature for children and young adults, taken after enrolling in the Master of Arts in Children's Literature Program.
- Contributions to the authorship, scholarship, promotion and dissemination of literature for children
Procedure: Application by letter, addressing criteria and indicators, to the SLAIS Director, by April 15.
‹‹ backGene Joseph First Nations Scholarship
A scholarship has been endowed in honour of Gene Joseph (MLS, 1982) by the British Columbia Library Association, First Nations Interest Group, and the University of British Columbia. The award is offered to a First Nations graduate student at SLAIS. It is made on the recommendation of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, in consultation with the First Nations House of Learning and Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Criterion: Entering or Continuing in a SLAIS program
Indicators:
- First Nations (Indian, Inuit, Métis) student
Procedure: Application by letter, addressing criteria and indicators, with short biography identifying First Nations community and interests, and/or nomination by the Admissions Coordinator and Graduate Advisor. The Admissions Coordinator and Graduate Advisor consult with the First Nations House of Learning and make recommendation to the SLAIS Director , by April 15.
‹‹ backC.K. Morison Memorial Prize
A prize has been made available by the B.C. Library Association in memory of C.K. Morison, one of the pioneers of public librarianship in British Columbia. Mr. Morison was the first appointed regional librarian of the Fraser Valley Union Library (the first regional library of its type in Canada) from 1934 to 1940, and later Superintendent of the Public Library Commission of B.C. from 1940 to 1956. The award is made on the recommendation of the School to a student graduating with a Master of Library and Information Studies degree, who has specialized in some aspect of public library work, and who exemplifies C.K. Morison's energy in promoting public library service in the community.
Criterion: Graduating from the MLIS program
Indicators:
- Specialization in some area of public library work through, for example, class projects, directed study, or the practicum
- Outstanding work in courses related to public librarianship
- Student member and participant in professional associations
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Harold Naugler Memorial Prize
A prize has been endowed by friends and family in memory of Harold
Naugler. The award will be given to a student achieving excellence
in the study of electronic records. The award is made on the recommendation
of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, in
consultation with the Faculty of Graduate Studies.
Criterion: Graduating from the MAS program
Indicators:
- Excellence in the study of electronic records
- May consider work on related research projects with faculty
Procedure: Based on calculation of grades. and/or nomination with rationale by instructor(s) in electronic records to the SLAIS Director, by April 15.
‹‹ backAnne and George Piternick Student Research Award
This award has been endowed by family and friends in honour of Anne and George Piternick. Professors Anne and George Piternick taught at the School of Library , Archival and Information Studies for a combined total of 48 years during which they provided, through their teaching and personal research projects, a stimulating scholarly atmosphere for library and information science research. The award will be given annually to a SLAIS doctoral student to support his or her research.
Guidelines:
1. Students must apply for the award to the Chair of Doctoral Studies by November 1.
2. An ad hoc subcommittee of the Doctoral Studies Committee will adjudicate the applications.
3. The application for the award will be a letter that includes:
a. Title of the research project
b. Objectives of the project
c. Methodology
d. Budget, with a rationale for expenses if appropriate
e. Timeline
4. It is anticipated that the award will cover such research expenses as (but not limited to) travel to consult resources or experts in the research area, travel to participate in a doctoral consortium, travel to interview research subjects, postage to disseminate research instruments, programming expenses or software for data analysis, and travel to present research results in a poster or paper.
5. The Committee reserves the right to split the award into two awards or not to give the award in an individual year.
6. The amount of the award will be advanced to the recipient; the advance must be cleared, with receipts for expenses, within 12 months
7. Recipients of the award must present to the Committee a short follow-up report, detailing how the funds were spent and the benefits realized.
Archives Association of British Columbia Mary Ann Pylypchuk Memorial Prize
A prize donated by the Archives Association of British Columbia, is awarded to an outstanding student in the graduating class of the Master of Archival Studies. The prize is awarded on the recommendation of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies.
Criterion: Graduating from the MAS program
Indicators:
- Academic achievement
- Contributions to the program in Archival Studies
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UBC Library, Archival and Information Studies Alumni Samuel Rothstein Scholarship
A scholarship honouring Dr. Samuel Rothstein, founding Director of the School of Librarianship, was endowed in 1989. The scholarship is awarded on the recommendation of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate Studies, to a student selected on the basis of academic achievement and promise of success in librarianship. Financial circumstances of the candidate may be considered.
Criterion: Entering the MLIS program
Indicators:
- Academic achievement
- Promise of success in librarianship
- Financial circumstances may be considered
Procedure: Admissions Coordinator and Gradate Advisor make recommendation to the SLAIS Director, by April 15.
‹‹ backRoy Stokes Medal in Archival Studies (Medal)
This medal honours the second director of the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies, who initiated the Master of Archival Studies Program. It is offered annually to the graduating student whose record in the MAS program is, in the opinion of the School, most outstanding.
Criterion: Graduating from the MAS program
Indicators:
- Top graduating average
Procedure: Based on calculation of grades.
‹‹ backH.W. Wilson Scholarship
One scholarship, given by the H.W. Wilson Foundation, Inc., New York, is available for a student intending to adopt librarianship as a profession. The winner is selected by the School on the basis of academic record, ability, financial need, and promise of success in the field of librarianship.
Criterion: Entering the MLIS program
Indicators:
- Academic achievement
- Promise of success in librarianship
Procedure: Admissions Coordinator and Graduate Advisor make recommendations to the SLAIS Director, by April 15.
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