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《Fellowship Opportunity: CLIR/Library of Congress Mellon Fellowship》

  • 来源专题：科学技术史学科动态
  • 编译者： ihns
  • 发布时间：2016-01-27

  • COUNCIL ON LIBRARY AND INFORMATION RESOURCES

    Call for Applications: CLIR/Library of Congress Mellon Fellowship

    Maximum award: $31,000

    Deadline: February 29, 2016

    Duration: 9-12 months

    Location: Washington, DC

    The Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR) is offering one fellowship award to support

    original source dissertation research in the humanities or related social sciences at the Preservation

    Research and Testing Division of the Library of Congress in Washington, DC. The fellowship is offered as

    part of CLIR's long-established Mellon Fellowship program and is generously funded by The Andrew W.

    Mellon Foundation.

    The total award ranges from $23,500 to $31,000, depending on the length of the project. Fellows must

    begin their research between June 1 and September 1, 2016 and end within 12 months of commencing.

    The application deadline is February 29, 2016.

    Information about the Preservation Research and Testing Division is available on the Library of Congress

    website: http://www.loc.gov/preserv/rt/. The full fellowship description, including instructions for

    submitting an application can be found on CLIR’s website:

    http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/preservation.html.

    What research is possible using the tools of the LC Preservation Lab?

    Cutting-edge technologies and methods of analysis enable new interpretations of the Library’s unique

    books, maps, manuscripts, photographs, sound recordings, and drawings. These new technologies with

    non-destructive analysis can reveal hidden or obscured information on objects, shed new light on

    techniques of document and object construction, and permit a more rigorous approach to scholarly

    questions concerning influence, provenance and intent. See a list of available technologies:

    http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/preservation.html/preservation.html#questions.

    Who can apply for this fellowship?

    CLIR seeks proposals from PhD students whose dissertation projects would benefit from the opportunity

    to examine original sources using the entire array of new technologies and equipment available

    at the Library of Congress. Employees at the Library of Congress will train and assist the fellow in

    using the available tools; no prior technical experience or scientific background is required.

    Is there original source material at the Library of Congress that is relevant to my dissertation

    research?

    There are 160 million items in the Library of Congress, including international collections of original

    source material. Search the catalog: http://www.loc.gov/search/?all=true.

    If you have questions regarding the fellowship application process email mellon@clir.org. For questions

    regarding the Library of Congress and the Preservation Directorate, contact Dr. Fenella France, Chief of

    the Library’s Preservation Research and Testing Division, frfr@loc.gov. See the fellowship website for

    additional information: http://www.clir.org/fellowships/mellon/preservation.html.

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    • 编译者：ihns
    • 发布时间：2016-02-17
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