[Students-l] Fwd: [Asis-l] Fellowship openings for Doctoral Students: Educating Librarians in the Middle East

[M.J. Menou]

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Subject: [Asis-l] Fellowship openings for Doctoral Students: Educating 
Librarians in the Middle East
Date: Wed, 6 Oct 2010 18:17:54 -0400
From: Monroe, Wanda G. <wmonroe at email.unc.edu>
To: asis-l at asis.org <asis-l at asis.org>



The School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University 
of North Carolina at Chapel Hill is seeking doctoral student applicants 
interested in Middle Eastern Studies and librarianship. These 
Fellowships are funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services.

The three-year Fellowships offer:
*	A 20 hour a week position as a Research Fellow
*	An annual stipend of $20,000
*	In-state tuition and health coverage
*	Opportunities to work on developing programs and offering classes with 
Middle Eastern partner institutions.
*	Ph. D. students will travel to at least one of the Middle Eastern 
partner institutions where they will have the opportunity 	to work with 
students and provide instruction.

About ELIME-21
The Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) funded project, 
"Educating Librarians in  the Middle East: Building Bridges for the 21st 
Century: ELIME-21", will lead to the establishment of graduate level LIS 
programs adapted to meet the local needs of two Middle Eastern 
universities, the American University in Cairo and Al Akhawayn 
University in Morocco. To achieve this objective, SILS will recruit a 
cohort of doctoral students into a specialized PhD program that 
incorporates both coursework about the Middle East and its culture and 
an internship at one of the partner institutions as components. SILS 
faculty and ELIME-21 doctoral students will work with an advisory 
committee and key individuals from the two Middle Eastern universities 
to develop plans for a master's level LIS program and will teach the 
first courses in each program.  This project will address the urgent 
need for preparing future U.S. library educators with a greater 
familiarity with the Middle East and!
  , at the same time, will assist in the training of librarians in a 
region of the world of critical importance to the United States.

Applying for the Fellowship
To apply for the fellowship, please follow the regular application 
procedures found on the SILS Ph.D. Admissions page 
(http://sils.unc.edu/programs/phd/admissions.html). Applications are due 
by Dec. 15, 2010.

In addition to the required written statement of the student's intended 
research focus, we ask that each applicant write a separate one page 
essay elaborating on these goals and how they are related to the goals 
of ELIME-21. Please see the ELIME-21 webpage 
(http://ils.unc.edu/ELIME21/) for more details. Please send this essay 
in an e-mail message to: elime21(at)ils(dot)unc(dot)edu no later than 
Dec. 15, 2010. Earlier applications are encouraged. Please note that we 
are only able to accept applications from United States citizens.

Interested applicants may also direct correspondence to:

ELIME-21 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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Wanda Monroe
Director of Communications
School of Information and Library Science
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
100 Manning Hall, CB 3360
Chapel Hill, NC  27599-3360
Phone: 919-843-8337
Web: sils.unc.edu
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