Dear colleagues,
We are pleased to issue the call for applications for the 2002 Kress
Fellowship in Art Librarianship at Yale. Please see the description
below or go to:
http://www.library.yale.edu/art/kress.html
Christine de Vallet
Arts Library
Yale University
2002 Kress Fellowship in Art Librarianship at Yale University
The Yale University Arts Library welcomes applications for the 2001
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. Previous Kress Fellows are
presently employed at the Guggenheim Museum and in the Yale University
Library.
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 - the oldest
university museum in the country.
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, the Arts of the
Book Collection, and the library and rare books department of the Center
for British Art. The rich professional and scholarly resources of New
York City's art libraries 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, 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: a
publishable paper or other form of art documentation, a new library
service, etc.
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. 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 and faculty will
review applications. The Kress Fellow will be in residence at Yale for
eight months beginning early in the Spring 2002 semester, and will
receive an award of $20,000, prorated over the fellowship period.
For further information contact:
Christine de Vallet, Interim Director
Arts Library
Yale University
P.O. Box 208242
New Haven, CT 06520
PHONE: 203 432-2642
FAX: 203 432-0549
EMAIL: [log in to unmask]
To apply contact:
Diane Y. Turner, Director
Library Human Resources
Yale University Library
P.O. Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520
FAX (203) 432-1806
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