Mary Alice Scott Prize, Association of Professional Librarians at the University of Alberta

Name:  
Mary Alice Scott Prize, Association of Professional Librarians at the University of Alberta

Deadline: 
March 15 (varies)

Value:  
Variable. Minimum $250 up to $500

Number: 
One

Eligibility: 
Awarded annually to a student in the MLIS program expecting to graduate in the spring or fall who has demonstrated outstanding academic performance and professional potential. 

Donor:  
Association of Professional Librarians at the University of Alberta (APLUA).

Application: 
Eligible students will be considered automatically by the School.

Website:
http://www.gradstudies.ualberta.ca/awardsfunding/scholarships/uofaawards/s-z.htm

More Information:

The Mary Alice Scott Prize is sponsored by the Association of Professional Librarians at the University of Alberta (APLUA).  The Mary Alice Scott Memorial Fund honours Mary Alice Scott and supports an annual award to a student in Library and Information Studies at the University of Alberta who has demonstrated outstanding performance and professional potential for academic librarianship.

Mary Alice Scott began her academic career at the University of Saskatchewan, where she completed an Honours BA in 1960.  She earned a Bachelor of Library Science degree with Honours from the University of Toronto in 1966.

She spent three years from 1961 to 1964 as a missionary teacher in Kofu, Japan, teaching English at a church-sponsored school, Yamanashi Eiwa Gakuin. She worked as a librarian for the Northwest Territories Service and the Kinistino School Division before joining the University of Alberta Library.  She joined the University of Alberta Library as a cataloguer in the Periodicals Department in 1969.  She became the Periodicals Reading Room Librarian the following year.  She was a special student in the School of Library Science at the University of Alberta in 1971.

Mary Alice Scott died tragically in a traffic accident on March 24, 1972, at the age of 33. Everyone who worked with her and knew her thought very highly of her.

Last updated: 
August 2011