Eagles Leading in Libraries: Scholarships

The Spectrum Scholarship Program actively recruits and provides scholarships to American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino, Middle Eastern and North African, and/or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific Islander students to assist them with obtaining a graduate degree and leadership positions within the profession and ALA.

Sage and the Joint Council of Librarians of Color (JCLC) have extended a partnership to provide scholarships to Library Information Science students from the National Associations of Librarians of Color (NALCo).

The program provides a $2,000 award to library students from each of the five NALCo member organizations:
American Indian Library Association (AILA)
Asian/Pacific American Librarians Association (APALA)
Black Caucus of the American Library Association (BCALA)
Chinese American Librarians Association (CALA)
REFORMA: The National Association to Promote Library & Information Services to Latinos and the Spanish-Speaking

The MLA Diversity Scholarship Award, funded by the membership of MLA, offers candidates from under-represented groups the opportunity to pursue a master’s degree in library and information science (MLIS) with financial support.

The goal of the scholarship is to recruit students from historically underrepresented racial/ethnic groups into music librarianship by providing support for master’s-level LIS education. Black, indigenous, and other people of color (BIPOC) who have applied to or are enrolled at least part-time in an ALA-accredited Masters in Library and Information Science (MLIS/MSLS/MLS) program with a concentration, certificate, courses, or a career interest in music librarianship are eligible to apply for the MLA Diversity Scholarship Award.

AALL has several scholarship for graduate students with an interest in Law Librarianship.