We're pleased to announce the winners of the September 2021 drawing for the ​Frank B. Sessa Scholarships for Continuing Professional Education of Beta Phi Mu Members. This round's winners are:
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Lori Bello, Rutgers School of Communication & Information, Omicron Chapter
Araceli Hintermeister, Simmons College/University, Beta Beta Chapter
Ariel Barnes, Simmons College/University, Beta Beta Chapter
Regina Pagani, Simmons University, Beta Beta Chapter
Heather Healy, Emporia State University, Beta Epsilon Chapter

Each winner receives $150 toward an approved professional continuing education opportunity. Much thanks to Library Juice Academy for their generous support of these awards!

The 2021 Sessa lottery is now closed. Beta Phi Mu members, check back after the first of the year for the link to register for YOUR chance to win in 2022!
For more information, visit:  
https://www.betaphimu.org/sessa.html

Beta Phi Mu is pleased to announce the 2021 Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship winners. These $3,000 awards provide support for doctoral students who are working on their dissertations in Library and Information Science, Information Studies, Informatics, or a related field.

Congratulations to the following:
STEPHEN ABRAMS, Queensland University of Technology/San José State University, A Communicological Critique of Evaluative Norms for Digital Preservation Success
ELIZABETH CAMPBELL, Drexel University, A Framework for Measuring and Mitigating Bias in Electronic Health Record Data;  A Case Study in Childhood Obesity Incident
YI-YUN CHENG, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Agreeing to Disagree:  Applying a Logic Based Approach to Reconciling and Merging Multiple Taxonomies 
JULAINE CLUNIS, Kent State University, Semantic Analysis Mapping Framework for Clinical Coding Schemes
LO LEE, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Exploring Information Behavior of Hobbyists and the Making Process of Arts and Crafts
RONGQIAN MA, University of Pittsburgh, Bridging Sight and Insight: Visualization in Action among Digital Humanists 

For more information, read the complete press release here: Current Scholarship Winners
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Want to get more involved in Beta Phi Mu on the national level, or know a BPM member who would? The BPM Nominating Committee is preparing the ballot for the upcoming election. We invite your nominations, including self-nominations, for the office of Director, Director-at-Large, and VP/President Elect for the Executive Board of BPM.

Expectations of those serving include: 1) ability to attend quarterly board meetings (conducted virtually; one in-person meeting may return post-COVID), 2) financial support of Beta Phi Mu, and 3) commitment to a board "job" as we move to a working board model (example duties would relate to activities such as membership, finances, chapter outreach, communication, or other necessary tasks for keeping our honor society running).

The deadline for nominations and submission of all materials (name, chapter affiliation, brief bio statement, and resume/CV) is May 15, 2021. Contact Nominating Committee Chair Cecelia Brown at cbrown@ou.edu if you have questions or would like to nominate.

Congratulations to the March, 2021 winners of the Frank B. Sessa Scholarships for Continuing Professional Education of Beta Phi Mu Members! Each of these members will receive $150 toward a continuing education opportunity of their choice: Amanda Click (Beta Beta Zeta), Jamie Luedtke (Alpha), Jennifer Taylor (Beta Psi), Cindy Tian (Alpha), and Liza Palmer (Beta Beta Epsilon).
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Many thanks to Library Juice Academy for sponsoring these awards! These awards are a benefit of Beta Phi Mu membership and are awarded randomly to lottery entrants. If you entered the 2021 lottery and did not win this time, not to worry! You are still eligible for the September 2021 drawing! If you have not yet entered the 2021 lottery, you have until August 31, 2021 to do so. For more information, see: https://www.betaphimu.org/sessa.html

Lottery registration for 2021 ​Frank B. Sessa Scholarships for Continuing Professional Education
​of Beta Phi Mu Members is now OPEN. Beta Phi Mu members may register once between January 1, 2021 and August 31, 2021 to be eligible for the drawing of ten $150 Sessa Scholarships -- five to be awarded in March and five to be awarded in September.

Sessa Scholarships are intended to support Beta Phi Mu members in pursuing continuing professional education in LIS, archival studies, or other approved information-related studies. Approved uses include attendance at professional preconference workshops or short courses; continuing education courses offered by accredited LIS programs; and online or face-to-face continuing education workshops and classes sponsored by professional associations and approved continuing education providers. These awards are not intended to support conference attendance or the pursuit of a formal degree, such as a Ph.D. or second Master’s degree.

To see the full Guidelines and the link to register for the lottery, please visit: 
https://www.betaphimu.org/sessa.html

The latest edition of The Pipeline, the Beta Phi Mu newsletter, is now available  You can read the new Fall/Winter 2020 edition in the Newsletter section of the Publications area on our website -- and peruse back issues as well!

Read a message from Dr. Emily Knox, BPM president, get all the scholarship and election results, and read up on the news from our chapters and members!