It is my pleasure to announce the 2005 Samuel H. Kress Foundation Fellowship in Art Librarianship at Yale. The Arts Library (Yale University Library) is honored to be hosting the Fellowship, which continues to enjoy the generous sponsorship of the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, for the ninth year. If anyone is interested in learning more about this unique and significant professional growth opportunity, please feel free to contact me or Hannah Bennett, Arts Library Public Services Librarian. 2005 Kress Fellowship in Art Librarianship at Yale University The Yale University Arts Library welcomes applications for the 2005 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 . 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. 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 2005, and will receive an award of $30,000 for the fellowship period. Katherine Haskins Director, Arts Library Yale University Art and Architecture Library 180 York Street P.O. Box 208242 New Haven, CT 06520-8242 (203) 432-2641 [log in to unmask] __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]