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----------------------------Original message---------------------------- ------------------ Just a reminder: the deadline for applications for the Kress Fellowship at Yale is September 30. We will continue to review applications until the fellowship is filled, but applications received by September 30 will receive priority consideration. Max Marmor Art =26 Architecture Library, Yale University =2A=2A=2A 1999 KRESS FELLOWSHIP IN ART LIBRARIANSHIP AT YALE UNIVERSITY The Yale University Art =26 Architecture Library welcomes applications for the 1999 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 Art =26 Architecture 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=3B a nationally ranked department of the History of Art=3B and two outstanding university art museums, the Yale Center for British Art and the Yale University Art Gallery =97 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. Kress Fellows are expected to pursue a mutually agreed-upon project during their tenure at Yale, resulting in a serviceable product: a publishable paper or other form of art documentation, a new library service, etc. Of all the critical issues facing art libraries today, none is more pressing =97 and none requires more thoughtful and imaginative study =97 = than the present transition to an electronic library environment. The Yale Library is committed to pioneering the provision of new and enhanced library services through the judicious application of emerging technologies in support of teaching and learning in the arts. We believe our work here will benefit the entire art library community, and we will, where suitable, encourage Kress Foundation fellows to focus upon issues pertinent to this initiative. 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. Applications will be reviewed by a committee of Yale librarians and faculty. The 1999 Kress Fellow will be in residence at Yale for eight months (January-August, 1999), and will receive an award of =2420,000, prorated = over the fellowship period. For further information contact: Max Marmor, Director Art =26 Architecture Library P.O. Box 208242 Yale University New Haven, CT 06520-8242 tel 203-432-2641 fax 203-432-0549 Email: max.marmor=40yale.edu Apply to: Library Human Resources Yale University Library P.O. Box 208240 Yale University New Haven, CT 06520-8240 Application deadline: September 30, 1998