Articles, job-hunting advice, professional development opportunities, and other news and ideas on how to further your library career. Compiled by the Library Job People, Sarah Johnson and Rachel Singer Gordon.
October 23rd, 2009 rachel
Middle Tennessee State University announces the availability of a dissertation fellowship to enhance campus diversity. The Library Fellow will provide service in the award winning James E. Walker Library within an area related to his or her academic preparation and the needs of the Library. The Fellow will be expected to devote significant time to the completion of the dissertation. The Library Fellow will also work with a library faculty mentor and will be involved with co-curricular activities including the University’s cultural diversity initiatives.
The Fellow will receive a one-year paid faculty appointment and will be eligible for benefits including health insurance along with support for research, professional travel, and other related expenses.
Applicants for the Library Fellowship must possess the ALA accredited masters and be a dissertation stage doctoral degree candidate studying in a field taught at MTSU.
For more information on the Library Fellowship see http://library.mtsu.edu/administration/jobs_fellow.php
EO/AA employer
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October 12th, 2009 rachel
NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY LIBRARIES
NCSU Libraries Fellows, 2010-2012
The NCSU Libraries Fellows program offers a unique opportunity to a select group of M.L.S. or M.I.S. graduates who will receive the degree in November 2009 or later. The NCSU Libraries is particularly well known for its digital library programs, its technological advances, and its commitment to defining the future of librarianship. The NCSU Libraries offers Fellows the opportunity for rapid professional growth through assignment to an innovative project, combined with experience and mentoring in a department. Fellows are appointed to the rank of librarian for a two-year term. Search by position number C-60-0916. .
Candidates for July 2010 placement are encouraged to apply before December 15, 2009: Interviews will be held in January/February.
See full vacancy announcement and further information at www.lib.ncsu.edu/jobs/epa.html Apply online at https://jobs.ncsu.edu/
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer NC State welcomes all persons without regard to sexual orientation Persons with disabilities requiring accommodations in the application and interview process please call (919) 515-3148.
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September 28th, 2009 sarah
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) is accepting applications for its Associate Fellowship program, a one-year training program for recent MLS graduates and librarians early in their career.
In the first half of the year, a formal curriculum offers exposure to library operations, research and development, intramural and extramural research, development and lifecycle of NLM’s web-based products and services and the extensive outreach and education program reaching consumers, special populations, health professionals and librarians. In the second half of the year, Associate Fellows have the opportunity to choose projects based on real-world problems proposed by library divisions and work with librarians and library staff over a six-seven month period. Successful projects have led to peer-review publications and to services that have become a regular part of library operations.
The September through August program also offers professional development and an introduction to the wider world of health sciences librarianship that may include:
- Supported attendance at national professional conferences, often including the Medical Library Association’s annual meeting, the American Medical Informatics Association annual meeting and others
- Spring Practicum at a health sciences library in the contiguous United States
- Additional brown bags, seminars, field trips and learning opportunities available on the National Institutes of Health campus
- Opportunities to meet and interact with senior management at the National Library of Medicine
- Experienced preceptors from National Library of Medicine staff
- Potential to compete for a second year fellowship at a health sciences library in the United States
The Fellowship offers:
- A stipend equivalent to a U.S. Civil Service salary at the GS-9 level ($50,408 in 2009)
- Additional financial support for the purchase of health insurance
- Some relocation funding
- Assistance in finding housing
Who is eligible?
All U.S. and Canadian citizens who will have earned a MLS or equivalent degree in library/information science from an ALA-accredited school by August 2010. Both recent graduates and librarians early in their career are welcome to apply. Priority is given to U.S. citizens.
Applications and additional information are available on the Web at http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/training/associate/. Application deadline is February 5, 2010. Between 4 and 7 fellows will be selected for the program.
Feel free to contact me for further information. I can be reached at 301-435-4083 or dunnk@mail.nih.gov.
Kathel
Kathel Dunn
Associate Fellowship Coordinator
National Library of Medicine
Bldg 38, Rm 2N-19
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
301-435-4083
dunnk@mail.nih.gov
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/training/associate/ via nmrt-l
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September 21st, 2009 rachel
The purpose of the Medical Library Association Doctoral Fellowship is to foster and encourage superior students to conduct doctoral work in health sciences librarianship or information science. This fellowship provides a grant of $2,000 to support research or research-related travel in a 12 month period. It may not be used for tuition or living expenses. Visit MLANET at www.mlanet.org/awards/grants for details and an application. Please email David Duggar, Jury Chair at ddugga@lsuhsc.edu if you have additional questions.
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September 21st, 2009 rachel
Apply for a Science Information Doctoral Fellowship – Be a Leader and an Innovator!
Are you interested in improving how scientists create, access, share and preserve data? Do you want to understand how to facilitate the communication of science information between scientists, and across scientific networks including large multinational, multidisciplinary networks? Are you interested in how science information is presented and made accessible to decision-makers and the public? Do you want to be the one educating the next generation of science information professionals?
If you answered yes to any of these questions, then you are a prime candidate for a University of Tennessee Science Information Doctoral Fellowship. You should have a strong interest in developing expertise in science information and communication . Your goals should be to become a university faculty member teaching the next generation of science information and communication professionals. You should already have earned a masters degree and a background in either information/library science, communication, journalism, advertising/public relations and/or earth/environmental sciences.
These Fellowships are funded by a grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services.
Date for application: Feb 1 2010
Contact: Suzie Allard, Ph.D., Associate Professor and Assistant Director
Email: sallard@utk.edu
Phone: 865.974.1369
For more information see our website: http://www.sis.utk.edu/sciencelinks2
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September 2nd, 2009 rachel
Fellowships Now Available for Doctoral Study: Information in Society
With grant support from the Institute of Museum and Library Services, the University of Illinois Graduate School of Library and Information Science is recruiting a select group of doctoral students interested in pursuing the study of information in society, in its historical, political-economic, and/or policy dimensions. Your interests may lie in any part of the emerging field of information studies, such as practices of information organization, library history, the political economy of information, or community information systems; your academic background may be in library and information science, history, law, communications or other fields–as long as you share our commitment to engaging deeply with the processes that structure information in society. Fellowship recipients should be seeking to prepare for careers as faculty members in schools of library and information science.
Apply by January 5, 2010 to begin study in Fall 2010
Contact: Professor and Associate Dean Linda C. Smith:
(217) 333-7742
Email: lcsmith@uiuc.edu
Visit the website at http://www.lis.illinois.edu/programs/phd/infosociety
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August 19th, 2009 rachel
Applications for the Donald A. B. Lindberg Fellowship due November 15, 2009
The Medical Library Association (MLA) is now accepting applications for The Donald A. B. Lindberg Research Fellowship. The purpose of this fellowship is to fund research aimed at expanding the research knowledgebase, linking the information services provided by librarians to improved health care and advances in biomedical research. The endowment will provide a $9,945 grant, awarded by MLA through a competitive grant process, to a qualified health sciences librarian, informatician, health professional, researcher, educator, or health administrator. Research in alignment with MLA’s research agenda’s top ranked research questions is preferred over other areas of research and is located at http://www.mlanet.org/research/agenda_2008.html.
An application and more information about the fellowship can be accessed at www.mlanet.org/awards/grants/ or by contacting Lisa C. Fried, MLA’s Credentialing, Professional Recognition and Career Coordinator at mlapd2@mlahq.org.
The awardee will be notified in late February 2010.
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July 24th, 2009 rachel
American Philosophical Society, Philadelphia PA
Library Resident Research Fellowships
Fellowship Deadline:
2010-03-01
Scope
The Library Resident Research fellowships support research in the
Society’s collections. We are a leading international center for
research in the history of American science and technology and its
European roots, as well as early American history and culture.
Eligibility
Applicants must demonstrate a need to work in the Society’s collections
for a minimum of one month and a maximum of three months. Applicants in
any relevant field of scholarship may apply. Candidates whose normal
place of residence is farther away than a 75-mile radius of Philadelphia
will be given some preference. Applicants do not need to hold the
doctorate, although Ph.D. candidates must have passed their preliminary
examinations.
Stipend
$2,000 per month.
Deadline
The deadline for submission of all materials, including letters of
support, is March 1, 2010.
Library Resident Research Fellowships
American Philosophical Society Library
105 South Fifth Street
Philadelphia, PA 19106-3386
Phone: (215) 440.3443
Fax: (215) 440.3423
Email: libfellows@amphilsoc.org
Visit the website at http://www.amphilsoc.org/grants/resident.htm
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June 21st, 2009 rachel
AHRC Postgraduate
Studentship 2009
Arts and Humanities
The Oxford Internet Institute is offering one AHRC postgraduate studentship, starting October 2009, for DPhil students in the subject area Librarianship, Archives & Records Management. The studentship is being offered under the new Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Block Grant Partnership scheme.
Applicants should be of high academic merit and meet all the admission requirements of the OII and the eligibility criteria for an AHRC Doctoral award. (see sections 6 and 7 of the notes of guidance for AHRC Doctoral awards available at
http://www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/graduate_study/ahrc/ahrc_notes_of_guidance..)
Types of studentships: One award for upto 3 years for students applying for a DPhil in Information Communication and the Social Sciences. UK students who satisfy certain residency criteria are eligible to apply for full awards covering fees and maintenance. (Maintenance levels are £12,940 p.a. for doctoral awards at 2008-9 rates.) Students from EU countries other than the UK who satisfy certain residency criteria are eligible to apply for fees-only awards.
How to apply: You must apply using the standard graduate application form.
For details on applying to Oxford, see
http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/postgraduate/apply/.
Please note that your formal application will be processed initially by the Graduate Admissions Office and then evaluated by a faculty committee.
Please note that applications can not be made through the OII, they must go through the Graduate Admissions Office, but we request that you also send a brief email to teaching@oii.ox.ac.uk, to let us know your application is on the way. The Graduate Studies Office will only process complete applications, if your application is incomplete then it will not be passed on for discussion.
If you are selected for nomination, you (in conjunction with the OII) will be required to complete an online AHRC form by 24 July.
Further information: For more details on eligible subject areas/courses, residency eligibility criteria and academic eligibility criteria, and on how to apply for an AHRC studentship at Oxford, see the notes of guidance on the University’s website:
http://www.humanities.ox.ac.uk/graduate_study/ahrc/ahrc_notes_of_guidance
For information about the Oxford Internet Institute’s DPhil programme please refer to http://www.oii.ox.ac.uk/teaching/dphil/. If you have any further queries please contact The Graduate Studies Coordinator Miss Laura Taylor at teaching@oii.ox.ac.uk.
Deadline: Applications must be received by the Graduate Admissions Office by Friday 3rd July. Interviews have been provisionally booked for either Tuesday 14th July or Wednesday 15th July.
Oxford University is an Equal Opportunity Employer.
Click here for Employer Profile [http://www.jobs.ac.uk/profiles/links/102/]
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February 5th, 2009 rachel
Please distribute widely.
The James P. Danky Fellowship for 2009.
In honor of James P. Danky’s long service to print culture scholarship, the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America, in conjunction with the Wisconsin Historical Society, is again offering its annual short-term research fellowship.
The Danky Fellowship provides $1000 in funds for one individual planning a trip to carry out research using the collections of the Wisconsin Historical Society (please see details of the collections at http://www.wisconsinhistory.org). Grant money may be used for travel to the WHS, costs of copying pertinent archival resources, and living expenses while pursuing research here. If in residence during the semester, the recipient will be expected to give a presentation as part of the colloquium series of the Center for the History of Print Culture in Modern America (http://slisweb.lis.wisc.edu/~printcul/).
Preference will be given to:
proposals undertaking research in print culture history
researchers from outside Madison
research likely to lead to publication
We strongly encourage applicants to speak with the Reference Archivist at the WHS (phone: 608-264-6460; email: askarchives@wisconsinhistory.org) before applying for a grant. We are happy to help identify potential collections of which you may not otherwise be aware.
There is no application form. Applicants must submit:
1) A cover sheet with name, telephone, permanent address and e-mail, current employer/affiliation, title of project, and proposed dates of residency.
2) A letter of two single-spaced pages maximum describing the project and its relation to specifically cited collections at the society and to previous work on the same theme, and describing the projected outcome of the work, including publication plans. If residents of the Madison area are applying, they must explain their financial need for the stipend.
3) Curriculum vitae.
4) Two confidential letters of reference. Graduate students must include their thesis advisor.
Applications are due by May 1st. The recipient will be notified by May 31st.
Please mail applications to
Christine Pawley
School of Library and Information Studies
University of Wisconsin-Madison
4234 Helen C. White Hall
600 N. Park St.
Madison, WI 53706
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January 5th, 2009 rachel
The National Library of Medicine will host a free one hour webinar on its Associate Fellows Program. The webinar will consist of a short presentation about the Associate Fellows program followed by a discussion by current 1st and 2nd year Associates about the application and interview process. Participants will be encouraged to ask questions. The webinar will be recorded for future listening.
Deadline for applying to this year’s program is February 6, 2009.
Up to 6 applicants will be accepted into the program.
Webinar will be held: Tuesday, January 13, 2009, 2:00pm EST
URL: https://webmeeting.nih.gov/nlmassociates/
Call:
Conference Number: 1-888-813-8477
Participant Code: 934901
Questions?
Kathel Dunn
Associate Fellowship Coordinator
National Library of Medicine
Bldg 38, Rm 2N-19
8600 Rockville Pike
Bethesda, MD 20894
301-435-4083
dunnk@mail.nih.gov
http://www.nlm.nih.gov/about/training/associate/
Preparing future leaders in health sciences libraries and in health services research
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January 5th, 2009 rachel
Deadline approaching for Columbia University Leadership Fellows
Scholarship — Apply by Friday, Jan. 9
Applications to the Leadership Development Program at Columbia
University’s Business School are due to the Public Library Association’s
(PLA) office on Jan. 9, 2009. PLA members can apply online at
http://pla.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plaawards/Leadership/index.cfm.
The Leadership Fellows program offers PLA members who are public library
managers a chance to attend executive leadership training at some of the
best universities in the United States. The programs were reviewed and
chosen by the PLA Leadership Taskforce because they focus on teaching
management concepts not generally learned in a library school setting.
Each executive leadership program varies in length, as well as scope and
focus, and candidates are encouraged to determine which programs are
best suited to their needs before applying. The PLA Leadership Fellows
program will cover the cost of tuition, as well as housing and most
meals. Transportation and any additional meals are the responsibility of
the attendee.
Candidates must be PLA members who belong to management staff in a
public library system, with a minimum of five years experience in a
leadership role. Selected participants will be asked to share their
experience at a PLA program and provide input to the Leadership
Taskforce in an effort to help shape a comprehensive leadership
development program for PLA. More information about the Leadership
Fellows program can be found online at
http://pla.org/ala/mgrps/divs/pla/plaawards/Leadership/index.cfm.
PLA is a division of the American Library Association. [publib]
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December 30th, 2008 rachel
The School of Information and Library Science (www.sils.unc.edu) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill encourages applications for Ph.D. fellowships in digital curation supported by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS)-funded DigCCurrII project (http://ils.unc.edu/digccurr/aboutII.html#cdcdf).
DigCCurr II seeks to develop an international, doctoral-level curriculum and educational network in the management and preservation of digital materials across their life cycle. This project will prepare future faculty to perform research and teach in this area, as well as provide summer institutes for cultural heritage information professionals already working in this arena.
What the Fellowship Offers
· A 20 hr/wk position as a Research Fellow for the Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS)-funded project, “DigCCurr II: Extending an International Digital Curation Curriculum to Doctoral Students and Practitioners.”
· A stipend of $19,000 for three years
· In-state tuition and health coverage
· Annual enrichment funds of $800
· Extensive opportunities to meet key leaders in the Digital Curation research and practice arenas through workshops and symposia to be held at UNC
Applying for the Fellowship
To apply for the fellowship, please follow the regular application procedures found on the SILS Ph.D. Admissions page. The deadline to apply for the Carolina Digital Curation Doctoral Fellowships (CDCDF) program is February 15, 2009; however, earlier applications are encouraged. In addition to the required written statement of your intended research focus, we ask that you write a separate essay elaborating on these goals and how they are related to the goals of DigCCurr II. Please send this essay in an email to Dr. Helen Tibbo at tibbo@email.unc.edu, Dr. Cal Lee at callee@email.unc.edu, or Heather Bowden at hbowden@email.unc.edu, no later than February 15, 2009. Earlier applications are encouraged. Please note that we are only able to accept applications from United States Citizens at this time.
For more information on Carolina Digital Curation Doctoral Fellowship opportunities, send e-mail to Dr. Helen Tibbo at tibbo@email.unc.edu, Dr. Cal Lee at callee@email.unc.edu, or Heather Bowden at hbowden@email.unc.edu.
Interested applicants may also direct correspondence to:
DigCCurr II Fellowships
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Campus Box 3360 Manning Hall
Chapel Hill NC 27566-3360
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December 23rd, 2008 rachel
2009/2010 Graduate School Diversity Mentoring Fellowship at the School of Information, The University of Texas at Austin: “Preparation for a Career in Indigenous Librarianship”
Dr. Loriene Roy has received a Graduate School Diversity Mentoring Fellowship for 2009-2010 to assist one individual with “Preparation for a Career in Indigenous Librarianship.” The new graduate student will be involved in three key activities: (1) documenting the national library initiative for “We Shall Remain, the PBS program on American Indian history that will air in spring 2009; (2) the American Indian Experience, the online reference source part of the American Mosaic project through ABC-CLIO; and (3) “If I Can Read, I Can Do Anything,” a national reading club for Native children.
“The purpose of the Diversity Mentoring Fellowship program is to help faculty members at The University of Texas at Austin bring
outstanding new graduate students to campus that add to the diversity to our campus and mentor them.
Diversity Mentoring Fellowships are reserved for students who are U.S. citizens (or permanent residents), with low socio-economic status and/or clear, demonstrated financial need, who are entering graduate school at the university for the first time in summer or fall 2009 (current undergraduates are eligible). The Mentoring Fellowship will be “awarded” to a faculty member who applies during fall 2008. During the recruiting season from January to early April, the faculty member will be able to nominate a student for their fellowship. The Fellowship Program in the Office of Graduate Studies will verify that the student nominated has been admitted to the faculty member’s program and satisfies the citizenship condition.
During the academic year 2009-2010, a Diversity Mentoring
Fellow will receive a stipend of $16,000, plus an additional amount to help with medical insurance expenses. During each long semester the Fellow will also receive up to the maximum Tuition Benefit Assistance (currently $3258) toward tuition and
required fees. A student entering in spring 2010 can continue the fellowship in the summer or the fall. Students will be expected to carry 9 hours of course work.”
Dr. Roy must nominate a student for the Fellowship by 11
March 2009. A prospective student who completes the application process may be invited to visit the University of Texas campus in April 2009. Please contact Dr. Roy immediately with your interest. She can be reached at loriene@ischool.utexas.edu.
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December 12th, 2008 rachel
The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is soliciting applications for the A. R. Zipf Fellowship in Information Management for 2009. The fellowship is awarded annually to a student currently enrolled in the early stages of graduate school who shows exceptional promise for leadership and technical achievement in information management. The amount of the award is $10,000, and applicants must be citizens or permanent residents of the United States. For applications and additional information, please go to www.clir.org/fellowships/zipf/zipf.html. [jesse]
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