Ada Leigh Soles Memorial Professional Librarian and Archivist Incentive Program

Scholarship Overview

This program is intended to enable and encourage academically talented Delawareans to pursue careers as librarians and archivists in the public libraries, public school libraries, state agencies, and political subdivisions of Delaware. To qualify, applicants must be legal residents of Delaware and be US citizens or eligible non-citizens. Applicants must be full- or part-time students in an ALA-accredited master's degree program of library and information science. Preference will be given to current employees of a public library, county department library, public school library, or state agency library or archive. Awards will also be considered for a program of study leading to a bachelor’s degree or a doctoral degree for current employees who have worked at least two years at a Delaware public library, county department library, public school library, or state agency library or archive. Academic record, community service, and financial need are considered.