2025 Application

Criteria for the BCALA-CT Dr. Spencer G. Shaw Scholarship:

1.  Applicant must be of African-American descent.

2.  Applicant must be a Connecticut resident at the time of application.

3.  Applicant must be entering, accepted or taking courses towards an MLS degree at an ALA Accredited Master's Program in Library and Information Studies.
Please send copy of official letter of acceptance

Deadline for application and essay is Thursday, March 20, 2025

BCALA-CT Dr. Spencer G. Shaw Scholarship

Dr. Spencer G. Shaw  is a retired public librarian, educator and world renowned expert on storytelling and library services to children. He was also the first African American Librarian to be hired at the Hartford Public Library in 1941 (more about Dr. Shaw). The scholarship will be available to a Connecticut resident and African-American student accepted in an MLS degree program from an ALA accredited Master’s Program in Library and Information Studies.

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2025 Dr. Shaw G. Scholarship  - Deadline March 20, 2025