USAIN makes conference scholarships available to graduate students in library or information science and to members who are new to the profession or to agricultural librarianship. The scholarship provides financial assistance to help the winners attend the biennial USAIN conference. Many winners have become active, longstanding members and leaders within USAIN.

2022

Graduate Student Scholarship:

    Joshua Oren (San Jose State University)

    Read Josh's USAIN Conference Reflection here!

2020

Conference Scholarship for New Professionals:

Hillary Fox (North Carolina State University)

Jennifer Kirk (Utah State University)

Graduate Student Scholarship:

Laura Rey (Texas A&M University)

Scholarship for Librarians Representing HBCUs:

Kimberly Gay (Prairie View A&M University)

2018

Conference Scholarship for New Professionals:

Kendra Spahr (Kansas State University)

Renae Watson (Colorado State University)

Graduate Student Scholarship:

Janis Joyce Shearer (St. Catherine University)

2016

Conference Scholarship for New Professionals:

Patricia Hartman (Auburn University)

Graduate Student Scholarship:

Shelby Hallman (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign)

2014

Conference Scholarship for New Professionals:

Kathleen Monks, University of Idaho

Graduate Student Scholarship:

Madeline Jarvis, University of Iowa

2012

Conference Scholarship for New Professionals:

Shannon L. Farrell, Colorado State University

Suzanne L. Reinman, Oklahoma State University

Graduate Student Scholarship:

Laura Palumbo, Rutgers University

2010

Conference Scholarship for New Professionals:

Madeleine Charney, University of Massachusetts

Amanda Werhane, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Graduate Student Scholarship:

Karen Lindquist, Southern Connecticut State University

2008

Conference Scholarship for New Professionals:

Nöel Kopriva, West Virginia University

Amy Bedard, The William H. Miner Agricultural Research Institute

Graduate Student Scholarship:

Sarah Kasten, Simmons College

2006 

Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information:

Livia Olsen, Kansas State University

Yongli Zhou, Kansas State University

Conference Scholarship for Students:

Andrew Ruggiero, Rutgers University

2005 

Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information:

Innocent Awasom, University of Minnesota

Jill Dotts, West Virginia University

Conference Scholarship for Tribal Grant or Pacific Grant Librarian:

Amelia Flores, Colorado River Indian Tribes Library/Archives

Conference Scholarship for Students:

Leslie Delserone, University of Iowa

2003

Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information:

Eleanor M. Smith, North Carolina State University

Sarah Williams, Illinois State University

2001

Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information:

Allison Level, Colorado State University

Suzi Teghtmeyer, Paul Evans Library of Fruit Science

1999

Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information:

Sheila Merrigan, University of Arizona

Diana Wheeler, University of Wisconsin-Madison

1997

Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information:

Ina Pour-El, Iowa State University

Thedis Washington, Clemson University

1995

Conference Scholarship for Members New to USAIN or Agricultural Information:

Mary Cassner, University of Nebraska-Lincoln

Debra L. Currie, Louisiana State University

Hillary Fox Awarded Scholarship

Hillary Fox, the Collections & Research Strategy Librarian for Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at North Carolina State University, was awarded a New to the Profession Scholarship to attend the 2020 USAIN Virtual Conference.

Kimberly Gay Awarded Scholarship

Kimberly Gay, the Head of Reference Services at Prairie View A&M University, was awarded a scholarship for librarians representing Historically Black Colleges and Universities to attend the 2020 USAIN Virtual Conference.

Jennifer Kirk Awarded Scholarship

Jennifer Kirk, the Government Information Librarian at Utah State University, was awarded a New to the Profession Scholarship to attend the 2020 USAIN Virtual Conference.

Laura Rey Awarded Scholarship

Laura Rey, masters student in the University of Northern Texas Library Science program, was awarded the Graduate Student Scholarship to attend the 2020 Virtual Conference.