[Tasl] FW: [aaslaffils] Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship: Leaders Wanted!

[Margaret Hausauer]

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From: Jennifer Habley <jhabley at ala.org>
Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:47:17 -0600
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Subject: [aaslaffils] Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship: Leaders Wanted!

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SPECTRUM DOCTORAL FELLOWSHIP: LEADERS WANTED!
Interested in a dynamic career in library and information science (LIS)
education, research, or executive level administration?

The Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship program is currently accepting
applications for students beginning doctoral studies in the Fall of
2008.  The deadline to apply is January 18, 2008. More information and
application materials can be found at www.ala.org/spectrumphd

ABOUT THE PROGRAM
The University of Pittsburgh and the American Library Association were
pleased to announce in 2006 the creation of the Spectrum Doctoral
Fellowship program funded by the Institute of Museum and Library
Services (IMLS) and designed to increase racial and ethnic diversity
among our profession*s next generation of LIS leaders.

ABOUT THE FELLOWSHIP
The Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship provides full tuition and annual
stipends of $20,000 to Fellows for the first two years of study.
Partnering programs provide full tuition and stipends to their Spectrum
Fellows for all remaining years of study. Six inaugural Spectrum
Doctoral Fellowships were awarded in 2007. We are pleased to announce
that Fellowships are available for individuals beginning doctoral
studies in the Fall of 2008. To underscore the fellowship program*s
emphasis on leadership, all Spectrum Doctoral Fellows will attend the
expense-paid E.J. Josey Doctoral Leadership Institute held in
conjunction with the 2009 annual meeting of ALISE, the Association for
Library and Information Science Education, and named for the University
of Pittsburgh Professor Emeritus acknowledged as one of the LIS
profession*s leading diversity advocates.

ELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTS
To be eligible for a Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship:
* Applicant must be a citizen or permanent resident of the U.S.
* Applicants should be of American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian,
Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific
Islander heritage.
* Applicants must exhibit intellectual curiosity, interest in the LIS
field and its sub-fields (i.e., archival science; academic, school, or
other types of librarianship, medical informatics; etc.), evidence of
academic excellence, effectiveness as a communicator, the ability to
excel as a scholar or executive administrator in the LIS field, and a
strong commitment to diversity.
* Applicants need not have received a Spectrum master*s-level
scholarship to be eligible, but must meet the requirements of each
participating program to which they are applying.
* Applicants must be admitted to one or more of the ten participating
PhD programs by February 1, 2008.

The ten participating programs are University of Pittsburgh, University
of Arizona*, University of California at Los Angeles,  University of
Michigan*, Rutgers University*, Simmons College*, Syracuse University*,
University of Tennessee at Knoxville*, University of Texas at Austin*,
University of Wisconsin at Madison.

Applicants must apply to one or more of the participating programs by
the January 18th deadline and must inform programs that they have
applied for the Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship.  Participating programs
have agreed to make early admission decisions on Spectrum Doctoral
Fellowship applicants, but in order to be considered applicants must
complete applications to LIS programs by January 18th and must notify
the programs of their interest in the Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship as
well. Note this may not be the posted deadline for a particular program.


* Indicates Participating Programs with no 2007 Spectrum Doctoral
Fellow in residence. Preference will be given to applicants who have
applied to participating programs that do not currently have Spectrum
Fellows. 

QUESTIONS
Please contact Program Director, Dr. Toni Carbo, Professor, University
of Pittsburgh School of Information Sc
iences and Graduate School of
Public and International Affairs, at tcarbo at mail.sis.pitt.edu with
questions regarding the Spectrum Doctoral Program.

If you have questions regarding the online application process please
contact Gwendolyn Prellwitz, Program Officer, ALA Office for Diversity &
Spectrum at 1.800.545.2433 ext. 5048.


Gwendolyn Prellwitz
Program Officer
Office for Diversity & Spectrum
American Library Association
50 E. Huron St.
Chicago, IL 60611
(800) 545-2433 x. 5048
direct: (312) 280-5048
fax: (312) 280-3256
email: gprellwitz at ala.org
website: www.ala.org/diversity


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