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The
Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) has announced
a significant grant to the School of Information Sciences
and the American Library Association (ALA) to fund the
creation of the Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship Program.
This program will recruit and provide tuition support
and stipends to 10 full-time LIS PhD students for study
at one of the participating institutions. The IMLS is
providing nearly $1 million to fund the program. SIS
Faculty member Toni Carbo, who also holds a joint appointment
in the Graduate School of Public and International Affairs,
will serve as Director of the Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship
Program.
“I’m very proud to be a part of this groundbreaking
initiative, which builds upon my life-long commitment
to address inequalities in society,” explains Professor
Carbo. “In particular, this program will
provide educational and research opportunities for individuals
from underrepresented groups who might otherwise find
it difficult to undertake doctoral studies.” In
addition to the University of Pittsburgh, nine other
library and information science programs are participating
in the effort: 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, and University
of Wisconsin at Madison.
The fellowship builds on the success of the ALA Spectrum
scholarship program, which began in 1997 and has since
provided financial support to 415 individuals pursuing
LIS master’s degrees or school media certification. Now
approaching its 10-year anniversary, the program has
become one of the profession’s most significant
diversity and recruitment efforts. SIS has been
very successful in attracting the Spectrum students – the
School has enrolled 13 Spectrum Scholars since the inception
of the program.
The Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship is open to applicants
of American Indian/Alaska Native, Asian, Black/African
American, Hispanic/Latino or Native Hawaiian/Other Pacific
Islander heritage and need not have received a Spectrum
master’s-level scholarship. Interested individuals
may apply for the Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship beginning
November 1. The due date for receipt of all materials
is January 12, 2007. Applicants must also apply for admission
to one or more of the 10 participating library and information
science programs. Spectrum Doctoral Fellows are expected
to be announced on or before May 15, 2007; they will
begin their studies in Fall 2007.
Further information and application procedures for the
program will be available on the ALA Office for Diversity
and University of Pittsburgh’s School of Information
Sciences Web sites.
Please contact Spectrum Doctoral Fellowship Director,
Dr. Toni Carbo at tcarbo@mail.sis.pitt.edu.
For more information on the Office for Diversity and
the Spectrum Program visit: www.ala.org/diversity.
For more information on the University of Pittsburgh
School of Information Sciences visit: http://www.sis.pitt.edu.
For more information on the Institute of Museum and Library
Services visit: www.imls.gov |
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