Frank B. Sessa Scholarship for Continuing Professional Education of a Beta Phi Mu Member.
This scholarship is awarded to librarians to increase their professional skills through additional study or attendance at a formal program or workshop. No application form is required. Requirements for this scholarship include:
Current vita.
One or two page typed description of your plans for study and their relevance to your present job and your plans for the future.
Mail application to Beta Phi Mu, School of Information Studies, Florida State University,Tallahassee, FL 32306-2100.
Scholarship will be awarded on:
Plan of study,
Usefulness of the planned study to the applicants present job, and/or
Usefulness of the planned study to the applicants future professional endeavors.
Continuing professional education should not be interpreted exclusively as attendance at a formal program or workshop, but can be activities which will increase the professional skills of the recipient. The Scholarship gives very low priority to those applicants who are pursuing a formal degree program.
