About the Award
The Early Career Conference Award (ECCA) was established in 2007. The purpose of the award is to provide the opportunity for those at the start of their career to attend the SLA Annual Conference, and benefit from the networking opportunities that SLA and SLA Europe provide.
Applications for the 2012 Awards have now closed, and we will be contacting applicants in March.
There are five awards available to attend the 2012 SLA Conference in Chicago, open to LIS students and early-career professionals working in Europe. These awards are co-sponsored by five SLA divisions: Business & Finance, Leadership & Management, Legal, Pharmaceutical & Health Technology, and Science-Technology (the Diane K. Foster International Student Travel Award).
Contact Bethan Ruddock and Lyndsay Rees-Jones, our Early Careers Co-Chairs, for further information.
Previous ECCA winners:
2011 – Philadelphia
Chris Cooper is an Information Specialist at the Peninsula Technology Assessment Group, where he specialises in health technology assessments. Chris graduated from University College London in 2009 with an MA in Information Studies, and is currently undertaking a PhD at King’s College London. Chris is co-sponsored by the Pharmaceutical & Health Technology Division.
Natalia Madjarevic graduated from University College London in 2009 with an MA in Library and Information Studies. Prior to this, Natalia did a traineeship at The Guardian & The Observer Research and Information Department. She currently works at Queen Mary University of London as Information Assistant – Electronic Services. Natalia is co-sponsored by the Business & Finance Division.
Ned Potter works in the field of digitisation at the University of Leeds. Ned graduated from the University of Northumbria in 2009 with an MSc in Information and Library Management. Ned is professionally very active, and is the founder of the LIS New Professionals Network (LISNPN). Ned is co-sponsored by the Leadership & Management Division.
Samuel Wiggins is currently enrolled on the MA Librarianship course at the University of Sheffield, where he plans to write his dissertation on ‘the effect of pay-wall and changing business models on information management in legal firms’. Before starting his MA, Samuel was a graduate trainee at Norton Rose LLP. Samuel is co-sponsored by the Legal Division.
2010 – New Orleans
Philip Gatzke and Chris Rhodes
2009 – Washington
Sara Batts, Annie Richens, Bethan Ruddock, Laura Woods
2008 – Seattle
Hannah Lewin, Sarah Hammond, Emma Dhesi and Sandy Peterson
2007 – Denver (English pdf / German pdf)
Verena Till
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