Beta Phi Mu members -- the polls are now open! Please vote in our 2018 election for the next Vice President/President Elect and a new Director-at-Large. There are also two proposed by-laws changes to weigh in on.

​To vote, please visit the BPM 2018 Ballot! The polls will be open until May 31st.

​Congratulations to the first five recipients of the newly re-vamped Frank B. Sessa Scholarships for Continuing Professional Education ​of Beta Phi Mu Members. The winners of the March drawing are: Alexa Hirsch Lalejini (Pi Lambda Sigma Chapter, Syracuse University); Adriene Galindo (Beta Beta Chapter, Simmons College); Kristin Hall (Beta Beta Xi Chapter, St. Catherine University); James Clark (Beta Phi Chapter, University of South Florida); and Monica Rudzinski (At-Large, Kent State University). They will each receive $150 toward the expenses associated with a professional continuing education opportunity of their choice.

Many thanks to Library Juice Academy for underwriting these scholarships!

Beta Phi Mu members who have registered for the lottery but did not win this time are still eligible for the September drawing. Beta Phi Mu members who haven't yet registered may do so any time between now and August 31st. Please do not register more than once as multiple submissions will result in disqualification. These scholarships are not based on need and are not competitive. They are a benefit of Beta Phi Mu membership and are awarded by lottery. For more information and a link to the registration form, see the Sessa Scholarship page. 

Congratulations to Melissa Mallon and Melanie Maksin, who were judged the winners of the 2017 Best Book Proposal contest! The contest was sponsored by the Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series in collaboration with our publishing partner, Rowman & Littlefield. Mallon and Maksin share the $250 prize for their book proposal titled Partners in Teaching & Learning: Coordinating a Successful Academic Library Instruction Program. Scholars Series Editor Andrea Falcone is currently working with these authors to further develop their proposal, with an eye toward publication in the Scholars Series. 

For more information about the Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series, see the Scholars Series Overview.

The lottery is now open for the new iteration of the ​Frank B. Sessa Scholarships for Continuing Professional Education of Beta Phi Mu Members.  These scholarships are intended to support Beta Phi Mu members in pursuing continuing professional education in LIS, archival studies, or other approved information-related studies. A total of ten $150 scholarships will be granted in 2018 -- five in March and five in September. Please visit the Sessa Scholarship page for more information, and links to the Sessa Scholarship Guidelines and the lottery form. 

The Fall/Winter 2017-18 edition of The Pipeline, Beta Phi Mu's newsletter, is now available!
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See our newsletter page for the current issue and archives.

​The 2018 Beta Phi Mu Scholarship Season is now open! Scholarship applications will be accepted from November 15, 2017 to March 15, 2018. Scholarships and Fellowships available are:
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​Sarah Rebecca Reed - LIS Study     Up to two scholarships @ $ 2,250 each
For beginning LIS studies at an ALA accredited school.

Blanche E. Woolls – School Library Media Study    One scholarship @ $2,250
For beginning LIS studies with a concentration in School Library Media.

Harold Lancour – Foreign Study    One scholarship @ $1,750
For a librarian conducting foreign research.

Eugene Garfield Doctoral Dissertation Fellowship    Up to six fellowships @ $3,000 each
For doctoral students who are working on their dissertations in LIS and related fields.

Frank B. Sessa Scholarships for Continuing Professional Education of Beta Phi Mu Members will be handled differently, starting in 2018. See the Sessa Scholarship page for more information!

We're pleased to announce the 2017 Best Book Proposal Contest for the Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series, sponsored by Rowman & Littlefield, publishers. Do you have a book idea that might be a good fit with the Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series? Submit a book proposal to Scholars Series Editor Andrea Falcone, at bpmseries@gmail.com, by 11:59 p.m. on November 15th, 2017. You could win $250.00 from Rowman & Littlefield and the opportunity to pursue a book contract. See the Contest Page for more information.

Rowman & Littlefield, our publishing partner for the Beta Phi Mu Scholars Series, is offering a 30% discount on all new Scholars Series titles!  This offer is good through the end of 2017 and is exclusive to Beta Phi Mu members only. A 20% discount is the normal Beta Phi Mu benefit; to receive the 30% discount, mention promo code 4S17BPMS when you order online or by phone. Good on all 2017 publication date titles:

• Access to Information, Technology, and Justice: A Critical Intersection, by Ursula Gorham
• Six Issues Facing Libraries Today: Critical Perspectives, by John M. Budd
• School Librarianship: Past, Present, and Future, edited by Susan Alman
• Young Adult Literature, Libraries, and Conservative Activism, by Loretta M. Gaffney

For more information about these titles, visit our Scholars Series Titles page.

The Beta Phi Mu International Library and Information Studies Honor Society is pleased to announce the results of the 2017 elections for new Executive Board Directors and Officers. 

In the May, 2017 online election, Dr. Elaine Yontz, professor in the Library Science Program at East Carolina University and a founding member of Beta Beta Omicron Chapter, was elected Vice President/President Elect. Dr. Emily Knox, Assistant Professor in the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois and a member of Alpha Chapter, was elected to the position of Treasurer. Michelle Demeter, MSLIS, Assistant Director of Undergraduate Services at Florida State University’s Strozier Library and a member of Gamma Chapter, was elected Director-at-Large. Dr. Vicki Gregory, Professor in the School of Information at the University of South Florida and a Beta Phi Chapter member, will serve as Beta Phi Mu President for 2017-2018.

In the election held at Beta Phi Mu’s Annual Business Meeting in Chicago on June 24th, Dr. Laura Saunders, Associate Professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Simmons College and a member of Beta Beta Chapter, was elected to a second term as Director. Dr. Gordon Baker, Dean of University Libraries at Clayton State University and Beta Beta Mu Chapter member, was also elected as a Director.

For more information, see the complete press release here.