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Student Fellowships, Slavic/East European Institute, Champaign, IL

Posted December 18, 2019

Interested in a career in Slavic/East European/Eurasian librarianship?  Know someone else who might be? The Slavic Library Institute 2020 at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign is offering a limited number of fellowships (covering tuition, lodging, and up to $500 in travel costs) to participate in the Institute, which will take place at the top-ranked UIUC iSchool and Library in Urbana from May 19th to June 5th, 2020.

Leading national and international experts in the field will provide instruction and training to prepare participants for careers in libraries, archives, museums, government agencies, and other information sciences contexts with a focus on Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies.  The Institute is intended for graduate students in Library & Information Sciences as well as early-career librarians. Graduate course credit is available.

 

Fellowship Details

SLI Fellowships are intended for graduate students in Library & Information Sciences and/or early-career librarians who are interested in pursuing a career in the field of Slavic, East European & Eurasian Studies in libraries, archives, museums, government agencies, or other information sciences contexts.

 

Travel expenses up to $500, lodging, and full tuition will be covered.

 

Full graduate course credit is available through the University of Illinois’ dual M.S./M.A. program in Library & Information Sciences/Russian, East European & Eurasian Studies.

 

Professional Training with Leading Experts

The Slavic Library Institute 2020 will be offered as an intensive version of “Russian, East European & Eurasian Bibliography & Research Methods” (course number IS 530R), which has been taught at the University of Illinois since 1967. This course is offered through Illinois’ School of Information Sciences (the iSchool), whose MLIS program has been ranked #1 in the United States since 1996. In-person and virtual lectures will be provided on all aspects of librarianship by leading experts from:

  • Library of Congress

  • Russian State Historical Library

  • Biblioteka Jagiellońska

  • Columbia University

  • University of Chicago

  • Stanford University

  • New York Public Library

  • Hathi Trust Research Center 

  • Center for Research Libraries

  • ACRL ESS’s Slavic Cataloging Manual 

  • Other Leading REEES Institutions

 

The Library 

The University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign holds the largest collection of Slavic, East European and Eurasian materials west of Washington, D.C., and is the largest public university library in the country. Each year since 1976, its federally-funded Slavic Reference Service has answered thousands of reference queries from hundreds of local, national, and international scholars. Many former students and staff have gone on to assume leadership roles in SEEE collections across the United States and beyond.

 

The iSchool 

Founded in 1897, the School of Information Sciences at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (the iSchool) is ranked #1 in Digital Librarianship and has the oldest existing LIS doctoral program in the U.S. It has been ranked as the #1 U.S. graduate program in Library and Information Sciences every year since 1996, with nearly 7,000 alumni working in libraries, archives, museums, and other information-intensive environments around the world. 

 

Requirements

  • One-page personal statement explaining how SLI 2020 fits with your professional goals  

  • Contact info for three professional and/or academic references 

  • Your CV

 

The application deadline is January 29th, 2020.  Apply at https://tinyurl.com/sli1970-2020.   

 

Please contact Kit Condill ([email protected]) if you have any questions!

 

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