Creative Library Pros from across Colorado, Nation to Attend

TELLURIDE, Colo.-- June 21, 2012--R-Squared – The Risk & Reward Conference announces the recipients of in-state and out-of-state scholarships, making it possible for creative library professionals from across the country to attend one of the most innovative conferences of the year. Applicants were asked to share a single URL that links to a creative work explaining how they’ve impacted their libraries and communities. Submissions included blog posts, videos and online journals that showcased the creativity of the applicants.

Scholarship recipients include:

• Monica Birrer – Spanish Peaks Library (Colo.)
• Asante Cain– Grand Rapids Public Library (Mich.)
• Rebekah Craft and Jaclyn Miller– Rochester Hills Public Library (Mich.)
• Andrea Davis – Naval Postgraduate School (Calif.)
• Jamie Dwyer – Lafayette Public Library (Colo.)
• Marla Ehlers – Grand Rapids Public Library (Mich.)
• Elizabeth Ellis – Louisburg Library (Kan.)
• Lea Susan Engle – Texas A&M University Libraries (Texas)
• Sandy Hackbarth – La Veta Public Library (Colo.)
• Monica Harris – Oak Park Public Library (Ill.)
• Larry Maynard – Jefferson County Public Library (Colo.)
• Jessica McGrath – Delta County Libraries (Colo.)
• Ruby L. Nugent – University of Colorado Health Sciences Library (Colo.)
• Lorraine Sandstrom – Springfield-Greene County Library District (Mo.)
• Jennifer Sippel – Minneapolis Community & Technical College Library (Minn.)
• Jay Warner – Conejos Library District (Colo.)

In July, the R-Squared team will announce one more scholarship opportunity. Check out the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Public Information Kiosk.

Registration for R-Squared – The Risk & Reward Conference is now open. Cost is $495. Special rates on hotel room blocks and condominiums at Hotel Madeline and The Peaks run Sept. 6-12, 2012. Both are located in Mountain Village within an easy walk of the Telluride Conference Center.

R-Squared is sponsored in part by the Gale-Cengage Learning. Additional support is provided by Ricochet Ideas, Carl Wiedemann, Humphries Poli Architects, Comcast and SirsiDynix.