Margaret McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship Essay Competition Results

[Hogarth, Margaret]

The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science
(LACASIS) is pleased to announce the results of the 13th annual Margaret
McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship Essay Competition.

The winner of the 2004 McKinley Scholarship essay competition is Youn
Noh, Department of Information Studies, University of California, Los
Angeles. In addition first runner up, Mana Tominaga, School of Library &
Information Science, San Jose State University and second runner up, Eli
Edwards, School of Library & Information Science, San Jose State
University were selected from a pool of essays coming from California,
Hawaii, New Zealand and Australia.

Youn Noh is a third year student in the Information Studies program at
UCLA. Her interested are in the areas of information technology and
classification. Upon graduation in Winter 2004, Ms. Noh plans to pursue
a career in academic librarianship.

About the Margaret McKinley Memorial Student Scholarship Essay
Competition:
The Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for Information Science
and Technology offers this annual Student Scholarship Essay Competition
for current library and information science graduate students. This
Competition, first established in 1992, and renamed in memory of the
late Margaret McKinley in 1993, is intended to encourage students in
Librarianship and Information Science Programs to consider the benefits
of participation in the activities of professional societies.  The
winner receives reimbursement funding up to US $1,000 for registration,
airfare, and hotel expenses to attend ASIST's Annual Meeting and a
one-year membership in ASIST. Two runners-up receive one-year
memberships in ASIST.

LACASIS Congratulates the 2004 Margaret McKinley Memorial Student
Scholarship Essay Competition winners!
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Aura Lippincott
LACASIS Student Chapter Coordinator

Tel: 310-206-6589
Email: alippinc at library.ucla.edu
Email: aura.lippincott at anderson.ucla.edu

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