2004 Kress Fellowship in Art Librarianship at Yale University
Arts Library
Yale University Library
Duration: 8 months from date of hire.
THE UNIVERSITY AND THE LIBRARY
The University Library, which is a highly valued partner in teaching and
research at the University, has more than 11 million volumes housed in the
Sterling Memorial Library and 22 school and departmental libraries. It
employs a dynamic and innovative staff of nearly 600 FTE who have the
opportunity to work with the highest caliber of faculty and students,
participate on committees and are involved in other areas of staff
development. A full spectrum of library resources, from rare books and
manuscripts to rapidly expanding network of electronic resources,
constitutes one of Yale's distinctive strengths. The Library is engaged in
numerous ambitious projects such as completion of retrospective conversion
of the Library's catalog, and various automation projects, which include
network access to scholarly information and preservation imaging. Yale is a
member of the Program for Cooperative Cataloging and contributes to the
NACO and BIBCO Programs. For additional information on the Yale University
Library, please visit the Library's Web site at: http://www.library.yale.edu/
THE ARTS LIBRARY
The Arts Library at Yale consists of five operating units: Art and
Architecture, Arts of the Book, Classics, Drama and Visual Resources.
Together, the Arts Library supports the arts area programs at Yale,
including the Schools of Architecture, Art, and Drama, and the departments
of Classics and the History of Art, as well as the teaching and research
needs of the Yale community outside the arts. The Arts Library houses
several prominent archive and special collections, in Art and Architecture,
Arts of the Book, Drama, and Visual Resources. These range from type
specimens and woodblocks in the Arts of the Book collections to theatrical
archives in the Drama Library to historically significant photographic
collections in the Visual Resources collections.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Yale University Arts Library welcomes applications for the 2004 Kress
Fellowship in Art Librarianship. The Kress Fellowship is intended for a
recent graduate from library school who wishes to pursue a career in art
librarianship or visual resources curatorship. Individuals working in a
related discipline (e.g., art history, museum studies, etc.) and
considering the professional transition to art librarianship or actively
engaged with issues central to the profession are also encouraged to apply.
This fellowship is made possible through the generosity of the Samuel H.
Kress Foundation. Through this fellowship, the Kress Foundation seeks to
achieve in the field of art librarianship what it has accomplished for art
history and art conservation: ensuring the growth of the discipline by
promoting the advancement of new professionals.
The Arts Library at Yale serves a distinguished array of academic and
museum programs, architects, artists and scholars. Kress Fellows have the
opportunity to interact routinely with faculty, staff and students in
distinguished Schools of Architecture, Art, and Drama; a nationally ranked
department of the History of Art; and two outstanding university art
museums, the Yale Center for British Art and the Yale University Art
Gallery. They also have occasion to collaborate with colleagues from
throughout the Yale University Library, including the Sterling Memorial
Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the library and
rare books department of the Center for British Art. The rich professional
and scholarly resources of New York City and Boston's art libraries and
museums are close at hand, providing still further opportunities for
professional growth and professional contact with colleagues.
Kress Fellows are introduced to a broad spectrum of professional
activities. They have the opportunity to provide reference and information
services, offer bibliographical instruction to undergraduates and graduate
students in the classroom and the library, assist users with an increasing
range of electronic resources, perform collection development activities,
interact with a variety of special collections and learn about visual
resources curatorship. During their tenure at Yale Kress Fellows are
expected to pursue a mutually agreed-upon project resulting in a
serviceable product such as a publishable paper or a new library service.
The Kress Fellowship is a competitive fellowship. Applicants should submit
an academic and professional resume as well as a brief statement of purpose
and names of three references to Diane Y. Turner, Associate University
Librarian for Human Resources, Staff Training & Security, PO Box 208240,
New Haven, CT 06520-8240. Submissions are also welcome via email and can be
sent to [log in to unmask] The statement of purpose is expected to reflect
a genuine commitment to art librarianship and the provision of information
services to the visual arts community. There is no application form. A
committee of Yale librarians will review submissions. The Kress Fellow will
be in residence at Yale for eight months beginning as early as Summer 2004,
and will receive an award of $30,000, prorated over the fellowship period.
Health insurance will be provided.
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