APPLICATIONS CLOSE TODAY Would you like to attend this year's LIANZA conference - for free?? CatSIG, LIANZA's Cataloguing Special Interest Group, is offering sponsorship for one member to attend the LIANZA Conference 2014, Pou Whakairo - Connect & Thrive. This will be held at the SkyCity Convention Centre in Auckland, from 12-15 October. http://lianzaconference.weebly.com/ Sponsorship will cover the registration fee and up to $1,000 for travel and accommodation costs. To apply, please write 1-2 paragraphs stating your reasons for applying for sponsorship, the year you last attended a LIANZA conference, your background and work experience, and the insights and learning that you expect to gain from attending. You must also provide written confirmation from your employer that, if successful, you will be given leave to attend. You must be a CatSIG member to apply (or be willing to become one). Consideration will be given to the following criteria: * How you and/or your organisation would benefit professionally from attendance * Evidence of enthusiasm, commitment and passion for cataloguing * Difficulty of attending the conference without sponsorship The successful applicant will be required to write a short report which will be included in Catapult - CatSIG's quarterly newsletter. Please email applications and enquiries to catsigcommittee@gmail.commailto:catsigcommittee@gmail.com Applications close 12 September. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attention: The information contained in this message and or attachments is intended only for the person or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use of, or taking of any action in reliance upon, this information by persons or entities other than the intended recipient is prohibited. If you received this in error, please contact the sender and delete the material from any system and destroy any copies. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Please consider the environment before printing this e-mail