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Subject:        Fwd: Can you post this to GOVDOC-L and other appropriate lists?
Date:   Mon, 22 Feb 2010 09:05:07 -0700
From:   Aimee Camille Quinn <[log in to unmask]>
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Hi Folks,

Some of you may have students interested in the following opportunity!
Please excuse the cross-posting!

Best,




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The Center for Library & Information Innovation
(http://www.liicenter.org) in the iSchool at the University of
Maryland College Park, in partnership with the Government Information
Online (GIO; http://www.govtinfo.org/) initiative at the University of
Illinois Chicago, received a Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program
grant from the Institute of Museum and Library Services
(http://www.imls.gov) for 20 master’s of library science (MLS)
e-government and digital government degree scholarships.  This unique
program is for students interested in careers in librarianship and other
information sciences as specialists in digital government information
and e-government services. The program will prepare graduates to take
advantage of the evolving range of e-government services to develop
government information services that are not based in physical
collections.

The program is online, and will begin in fall 2010. Applications are
currently being accepted. Full tuition scholarships (20 total) are
available to highly qualified applicants to the program, and the grant
also includes travel funds for students to attend the Fall 2010 and 2011
Federal Depository Library Council meetings held in Washington, DC.
Applications are due by May 1, 2010.

The program entails four key components that will educate the next
generation of government information and e-government librarians:

Coursework.  The coursework will serve as the intellectual and
conceptual basis for the evolving government information environment.
Practice.  Though internships with the GIO program participants,
students will develop applied government information skills.
Professional.  By bringing students together annually to attend the
Fall Federal Depository Library meeting, students will become integrated
into the larger government information community and engage key issues
in government information.
Scholarship. Though inclusion in the review process of Government
Information Quarterly (http://www.elsevier.com/locate/govinf), students
will publish government resource reviews, contribute to furthering
scholarship in government information, and learn the publication
process.  The project principles will also work with students to publish
manuscripts in key areas of government information and e-government.
These four pillars will provide a critical foundation for students in
the program.

More information regarding the program is available at
http://www.liicenter.org/libegov.  Contact John Bertot
([log in to unmask] e-mail; 301-405-3267 phone; jcbertot skype) with any
questions.


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Aimée


Aimée C. Quinn
Manager, Library Operations
Parish Memorial Library
1 University of New Mexico
MSC 05 3020
Albuquerque, NM 87131
(505) 277-7095
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