Applications due on Tuesday, March 18, by 4:00 p.m.

Information Session on Tuesday, March 4, 2:00-3:30 p.m.

in the Jones Room of the Woodruff Library

Funded by the Graduate School, the Robert W. Woodruff Library will award up to four fellowships for 2008-2009 (9-month or 12-month) to advanced graduate students expecting to complete their dissertations by the end of the fellowship period. Fellows will work 16 hours per week in the library in an area relating to their subject specialization or interest.  Library areas hosting fellows may include the Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library (MARBL); the Lewis H. Beck Center for Electronic Collections and Services; the Electronic Data Services Center including Geospatial Data Services; Research and Instruction; Collection Management; Digital Programs and Systems; Scholarly Communication; Circulation and Reserves; Library Planning and Assessment; and other areas described below.

Fellows will be assigned to a variety of projects or activities related to their subject areas over the course of the year and while centered in one library area may engage in projects across several library departments.  Fellows will work with curators and specialists in the various library areas on projects such as preparing manuscript collections and rare books for research use; developing or managing a digital project in the fellow’s subject area; assisting in research projects with numeric data sets; assisting in designing data gathering tools and in statistical analysis of user survey instruments; assisting in analyzing and developing library collections in a particular subject area; assisting students with research projects.  In April 2009, each fellow will make a presentation on his or her fellowship project(s).   

The Woodruff Library will host an Information Session on Tuesday March 4, 2008 from 2:00-3:30 in the Jones Room (level 3) to provide additional information about the fellowship areas and library staff will be on hand to answer questions.

Two types of fellowships may be offered: a 12-month fellowship (September 1, 2008 – August 31, 2009) with a stipend of $20,000 or a 9-month fellowship (September 1, 2008-May 31, 2009) with a stipend of $16,000.  Three-month fellowships for the summer of 2009 may also be available.

Applicants must meet the eligibility requirements listed below.  Applications will be evaluated on the basis of the subject specialty of the dissertation and the ways in which the library’s needs and the applicant’s research areas would produce mutually beneficial collaborations.  The goal of the fellowship is to enhance the applicant’s skills in using specialized resources in research and teaching, including archival and electronic collections.

Eligibility:

(1)    Fellows must be enrolled in doctoral programs and must have filed for candidacy by the date of application.

(2)    Fellows cannot be otherwise employed since the goal is to work fully on the dissertation except for the time required in the library.

(3)    Fellows should not be receiving other financial support from the University.

(4)    Preference will be given to applicants entering their sixth year who are expected to complete their dissertations by the end of the fellowship year.

Application Material:

The application must include:

1. A Graduate School Fellowship cover sheet, posted on the Graduate School website (go to New and Current Students, then go to Forms).
2. Application skills sheet (see attached)
3. Letter of application to include:

a) a brief description of the dissertation research, including progress thus far and a realistic schedule for the completion of the dissertation; and

b) the library placement area(s) in which the applicant wishes to be based, and how the library placement area will enhance the applicant’s skills in research and teaching;

4. Curriculum vita of no more than two pages;
5. Letter of recommendation from an Emory faculty member, preferably the dissertation director, who is familiar with the applicant and the dissertation. The letter should address the applicant’s schedule for completing the dissertation, and assess the likelihood that the applicant would complete by the end of the fellowship year. This letter should be emailed to Andrea Barrett (administrative assistant to Rick Luce) at agoldso@emory.edu. 

Submit two collated copies of application materials 1-4 in a folder labeled with your last name, first name, and academic program. Please clip the sheets together instead of using staples. Application materials should be addressed to Rick Luce, Vice Provost and Director of Libraries, Administrative Office (3^rd level), Robert. W. Woodruff Library, Emory University, Atlanta, GA  30322-2870 and received no later than 4 p.m. Tuesday, March 18, 2008.

Descriptions of Fellowship Opportunities for 2008-2009

Fellows in the Electronic Data Center will participate in the creation, maintenance, and support of electronic data sets. Previous fellows have built the Center's online collections and developed the EDC website (http://einstein.library.emory.edu). Optimally, the fellowship seeks to match resources of the Data Center with the research interests of the graduate fellow.  Rob O'Reilly (roreill@emory.edu) coordinator of the Electronic Data Center will coordinate the fellowship.

Fellows in the Lewis H. Beck Center for Electronic Collections and Services will work on digitization projects as project managers.  In this capacity, they will develop expertise in selecting texts for digitization, skills for critical reading and editing, and experience in the highly complex field of text markup.  Fellows would be able to publish their own electronic editions.  Alice Hickcox (ahicko@emory.edu), electronic text specialist, and Erika Farr (elfarr@emory.edu), digital programs team leader, will coordinate the fellowship.

Fellows working on the Emory-based internet journal and scholarly forum, Southern Spaces(http://southernspaces.org) will collaborate with a group of nationally renowned faculty members in Southern Studies to produce an innovative model of digital scholarship.  Serving in the capacity of editorial associates for the year, Fellows will provide various types of support for the journal, including reviewing and editing submissions, working with authors to develop new internet-oriented presentation styles, and contributing to the journal’s conceptual and physical design.  Fellows will gain training and experience in various facets of digital publishing including the preparation of multi-media essays, techniques of digital markup, coding, and editing, and best practices for cataloging and archiving of scholarly electronic essays and journals.  Erika Farr (elfarr@emory.edu) digital programs team leader, and Martin Halbert (mhalber@emory.edu), director for library digital programs and systems, will coordinate the fellowship.

Fellows in the area of Scholarly Communication will have an opportunity to work with a variety of librarians, curators, archivists and technologists involved in assessing, documenting and researching emerging issues in the areas of digital repositories, digital scholarship and scholarly communication, which comprise key elements of the library's strategic plan.  Specific issues to be explored include, but are not limited to: data repositories, institutional repositories, Open Access, author rights, and alternative publishing models.  Activities may include survey design, administering surveys and facilitating focus groups, collecting data about the above issues, organizing information for presentation, and interpreting statistical data for the general library audience.  The fellowship will be directed by Lisa Macklin (lmackli@emory.edu, Coordinator of Emory Libraries Intellectual Property Rights Office) and will involve collaboration with Lars Meyer (lmeyer2@emory.edu, Preservation Officer), Erika Farr (elfarr@emory.edu, Digital Programs Team Leader) and Susan Bailey (libsbb@emory.edu, Coordinator for Library Assessment).

Fellowships in the Manuscript, Archives and Rare Book Library will focus on the organization, management, and access of rare book and archival materials.  The fellows will work with modern literary archives, the Raymond Danowski poetry library, African American collections, or southern history archives in various ways, including arranging and describing collections, developing digital resources based on primary resources held in the collection, writing catalogs and descriptions, consulting with visiting scholars, working with researchers at the reference desk, instructing students about the collections and developing exhibitions. Based on the project assignment, the coordinator for the fellowship will be one or more of the following: Susan McDonald, coordinator of arrangement and description services (libspm@emory.edu); Naomi Nelson, coordinator of research services (libnn@emory.edu); Steve Enniss, director of MARBL and curator of literary collections (librse@emory.edu), David Faulds, the rare book librarian (dfaulds@emory.edu) or Randall Burkett, curator of African American collections (rburket@emory.edu).

Fellows may work with Subject Liaisons in the areas of collection management, instruction, and research consultation.  Fellows will help analyze collection strengths and weaknesses, select library resources, provide library instruction, and offer research consultations with faculty and students all within their particular subject specialties.  Projects for fellows may be in any subject area, depending on current needs. Kim Collins (kcolli2@emory.edu), coordinator of collection management liaisons, and Nancy Reinhold (libngr@emory.edu), research and instructional services team leader, will coordinate the fellowship.

Fellows in Emory’s Center for Interactive Teaching (ECIT) will have the opportunity to work with IT professionals and faculty in the development of resources to enhance teaching at the graduate and undergraduate levels. Developing teaching and research materials utilizing technologies for Website authoring, digital audio and video editing, streaming audio and video, electronic collaboration, Web 2.0 applications and videoconferencing will be part of this fellowship. The fellow will evaluate, use and assess several of these technologies as they pertain to instruction in their areas of study. Wayne Morse (whmorse@emory.edu), the director of ECIT, will coordinate the fellowship.  Their website can be found at http://www.ecit.emory.edu <http://wcw.emory.edu/>.

Fellows in the area of Library Planning and Assessment will work with a variety of library individuals and groups involved in assessing and documenting the effectiveness of library services in support of the university’s research and teaching mission.  Activities may include survey design, administering surveys and facilitating focus groups, collecting data about library products and services, organizing information for presentation, and interpreting statistical data for the general library audience.  The fellowship will be directed by Susan Bailey (libsbb@emory.edu, Coordinator for Library Assessment.

Joan I. Gotwals Fellowship: One of the fellows selected for any of the fellowships described above may be named the Joan I. Gotwals Fellow and will receive a $1000 research/travel fund to supplement the stipend.

Name:                                                 Department:

Campus Mailing Address:                  Home Mailing Address:

Home phone:                                      Faculty Recommender:

Work phone:                                      Date filed for Ph.D. candidacy:

Email:

Fall 2008 will begin my ____ year of graduate study at Emory University

Placements of interest: ______________________, ___________________, ______________

Are these in order of preference? ____Yes     _____No

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Instructions: Please complete the following 4 sections and indicate your language, teaching, computing and research skills.

I.          Language Skills

Please list foreign languages you have studies and rate your proficiency level for each.

II.        Teaching

What course(s) did you teach as a part of the TATTO program?

Have you held a Dean’s Teaching Fellowship?  __ yes           __no

            If yes, what course(s) did you teach as a DTF?

Have you taught other courses at Emory or other universities  __yes  __no

            If yes, what course(s) did you teach, and where?

Have you worked with undergraduates involved in research? Please explain the context of this involvement.

III.       Computing Skills

Please rate your proficiency in the following areas/applications.

*For “Statistical Packages” that you have used, briefly describe your use for each one on an attached sheet.

III.       Research Skills

                Please rate your expertise with each of the following:

For research methodologies in which you have expertise, briefly describe your experience with each one on an attached sheet.