[Asis-l] Thinking about a Summer School Class? Five Scholarships Now Available for the UNC/ Charles University Summer Seminar in Prague

Wed Apr 2 14:49:58 EDT 2014

Still looking for a Summer Class? How about a summer class ABROAD? For the first time ever, with the help of a generous benefactor we are able to provide  $500 scholarships to the first 5 LIS students from any LIS school who enroll for the 2014 Prague Summer Seminar.  Students  will have the opportunity  to travel to Prague for the outstanding summer seminar and earn  summer  school credit! And in addition, if  you register in time, you will qualify for a $500 scholarship for the program.
If you've dreamed of traveling to this beautiful and historic, now is the time to take advantage of this opportunity. It's an incredible chance to see another part of the world, learn about its libraries, archives,  and museums, visit  historical landmarks and get 3 hours of  graduate credit at a very reasonable cost. If you want to be one of the five students to qualify for a scholarship, please sign up as possible.
For more details or to register, please visit http://sils.unc.edu/programs/international/prague.  When registering, please choose the LIS Scholarship to Prague registration option to receive the $ 500 scholarship. Once the first five students have signed up, we will be closing registration for the scholarships.  Registration for the program will end on April 15th but the scholarships will be given out to the first students to register. If you have any questions about the seminar, please contact us via e-mail at: silsabroad at unc.edu<mailto:silsabroad at unc.edu>
Paul Jones, faculty member at the School of Information and Library Science (SILS) at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, will lead the exciting summer seminars to Prague, Czech Republic this summer. The Prague seminar presents a once in a lifetime opportunity to visit some of the most remarkable libraries and museums in the world. Set for May 18 to May 31, 2014, the two week seminar offer an opportunity to gain an in-depth view of libraries and librarianship in the world's most historic places. Registration is open to everyone. However, students enrolled in a library science program can receive three (3) hours of graduate credit for the seminar.
THE PRAGUE SUMMER SEMINAR<http://sils.unc.edu/programs/international/prague>
Prague, the magical city of cathedrals, gold-tipped towers, and church domes, is one of the most popular destinations in East Central Europe. This summer seminar allows library professionals to explore the past, present and future of libraries and librarianship in the heart of one of the world's most remarkable, yet largely undiscovered, countries. During this two-week, residential summer program participants will enjoy lectures and tours related to librarianship in this culturally and academically rich country. In addition to visiting libraries and museums in Prague, the group will also make trips to visit two UNESCO World Heritage sites, Kroměříž (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/860) and Český Krumlov (http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/617) with their historic libraries, castles and gardens.
Accommodation in the center of Prague allows participants to explore this historic and absorbing capital city during the week, and the surrounding countryside during their free time on the weekends. More information about Prague can be found in the Lonely Planet Guide at http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/617. This seminar has been offered each summer by UNC and Charles University in Prague since 2002.
The Prague Summer Seminar will be led by SILS clinical professor Paul Jones<http://www.dailytarheel.com/article/2014/02/unc-professor-paul-jones-went-from-pioneering-to-protesting-email>. Paul has been the lead faculty from UNC on our London program (2012) and has traveled in the Balkans, Greece, Turkey and Italy. With the support of SILS and the UNC School of Journalism and Mass Communication, he has directed ibiblio.org<http://ibiblio.org/> since its beginning in 1992 as sunsite.unc.edu<http://sunsite.unc.edu/>. Having earned his MFA (in Writing) from Warren Wilson College, Jones is particularly looking forward to visiting the city of Václav Havel, Milan Kundera and Franz Kafka. While Jones is very involved in digital preservation and digital distribution, his experiences in Europe and Asia inform his passion for libraries and museums as both a local and global practice.
"The seminar in Prague was a spectacular addition to my graduate studies. With the group I was able to see libraries and books unavailable to any tourist, or through any other program. The guides were attentive and put together creative and interesting programs and tours for us. We were treated like visiting scholars and colleagues. The Czech Republic itself is a quintessentially beautiful European country and we got to see quite a lot of it. I recommend this program to anyone!"
                                                                                                                                                                        ~ Prague summer seminar participant
To register, or to learn more about the summer seminar in Prague, visit: http://sils.unc.edu/programs/international/prague


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