Drexel IMLS Fellowships

[Peter Jacso]

Dear Gene, although I have not heard from you for quite a time directly,
I have seen you active in alerting us of interesting papers thru
SIGMETRICS, so I hope and presume you are well, and have the medical
problems behind you, and I wish you Happy New year and good health.
Best wishes
peter
p.s. as you may now our library school was totally destroyed by a
flashflood in November, so I am back at square one with some of my
research unfortunately, and I have been in emrgency mode ever since
along with all the faculty members.


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From: "Garfield, Eugene" <garfield at CODEX.CIS.UPENN.EDU>
Date: Wednesday, January 5, 2005 8:42 am
Subject: [SIGMETRICS] Drexel IMLS Fellowships

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> IMLS Fellowships for Doctoral Studies
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> The College of Information Science and Technology at Drexel
> University (IST)
> invites
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> applications for IMLS/MDI (Management of Digital Information)
> fellowshipsfor studies
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> toward the Ph.D. program. The fellowships are funded by the IMLS
> "Librariansfor the
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> 21st Century" program. A total of five fellows will be selected;
> each will
> be awarded a
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> full tuition fellowship, plus a research fellowship of $19,500 per
> year for
> at least two
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> years.
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> About the Fellowships
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> A main objective of the program is to accelerate the development
> of new
> faculty for
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> educating the next generation of library professionals. The library
> community is in
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> critical need of professionals who have the knowledge and skills
> to provide
> digital
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> services in a library environment, from organizing digital
> collections and
> providing
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> access to various digital resources, to personalizing services for
> users of
> all ranges of
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> skills and ethnic backgrounds. We expect to train the selected
> IMLS/MDIfellows to
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> become leaders in educating such new library professionals.
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> Applying to the Program
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> We are seeking students who are passionate about Management of Digital
> Information
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> (MDI), digital libraries, or serving the information needs of
> users in the
> digital
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> environment. The successful applicant should meet all the admission
> requirements of our
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> Ph.D. program (See the Program Web site http://www.cis.drexel.edu/ for
> details).
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> Applicants are not required to have library work experience or a
> Master of
> Library
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> Science degree. Familiarity with information technologies is
> desirable but
> not required.
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> We encourage working professionals who have strong technical
> skills and who
> are not in
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> the field of library and information science to apply. Applicants from
> underrepresented
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> ethnic groups are particularly encouraged to apply.
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> The application forms are available here link to
> http://www.drexel.edu/em/apply/ <http://www.drexel.edu/em/apply/>
> . The
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> application procedure is the same as applying for our regular
> Ph.D. program.
> In your
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> personal statement, however, you must state your interest in this
> fellowshipand discuss
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> how your background and research interest would fit this
> fellowship program.
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> Early consideration for this fellowship starts December 2004. You are
> encouraged to
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> submit applications earlier to receive full consideration. All of the
> fellows will start their
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> studies in September 2005.
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> Why IST?
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> Founded in 1892, IST is an innovative and multidisciplinary
> college that
> educates
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> outstanding information science and technology professionals.
> Drexel's ALA
> accredited
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> M.S. in Library and Information Science is ranked number one for its
> specialized
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> programs in information systems and ninth overall nationally by
> U.S. News &
> World
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> Report. It's also ranked No.1 nationally. The College's Ph.D. program,
> founded in 1974,
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> is an interdisciplinary degree built on a long tradition of
> excellence.Graduates of the
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> program have been placed throughout the country and many become
> leaders in
> various
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> areas of library and information science. Current active research
> areas in
> the College
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> include Digital Libraries, Knowledge Management, Metadata and
> Ontology,Computer-
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> Supported Collaborative Learning, Information Visualization, Citation
> Analysis and
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> Bibliometrics, and the Information Seeking Behavior of Urban Young
> Adults.
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> For inquires or questions, please contact:
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> Dr. Xia Lin,
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> xia.lin at cis.drexel.edu
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> 215-895-2482
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> Dr. Michael Atwood,
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> mike.atwood at cis.drexel.edu
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> 215-895-6273
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> Dr. Kate McCain,
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> kate.McCain at cis.drexel.edu
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> 215-895-2486
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> Dr. Sandra Hughes-Hassell,
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> sandra.hughes at cis.drexel.edu
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> 215-895-6628
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