Brown University and Oregon State University are proud to announce the recipients of the four 2009 Code4lib Conference Gender Diversity and Minority Scholarships.

Lauren Ko is the recipient of one of the 2009 Code4lib Gender Diversity Scholarships. Lauren has a BA in Computer Science and a recent (2008) Master’s in Information Sciences. She is currently Web Archiving Programmer at the University of North Texas Libraries.

Joanna DiPasquale is the recipient of one of the 2009 Code4lib Gender Diversity Scholarships. Joanna is a Web Developer at Columbia University Libraries. She has undergraduate degrees in Applied Mathematics and History and is currently pursuing an MLS at Rutgers University.

Andreas Orphanides is the recipient of one of the 2009 Code4lib Minority Scholarships. Andreas is a Libraries Fellow at North Carolina State University Libraries. He has a BA in Mathematics from Oberlin and a recent (2008) MLS from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

Yu-Jie Chen is the recipient of one of the 2009 Code4lib Minority Scholarships. Yu-Jie is Integrated Library Systems Librarian at Loudoun County Public Library in Leesburg, VA. She has a BA in English and History from National Chnegchi University and an MLS from University of Maryland.