================================================ MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ** MAPS-L ================================================ Date: Friday, April 15, 2005 From: Brendan Whyte <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Fellowships to NLA >Program Number: 23142 >Title: Harold White >Fellowships > >Sponsor: National Library of Australia > >SYNOPSIS: > Each year four to seven Fellowships are awarded to enable >established scholars and writers to undertake research in the Library >for periods of from three to six months. Most Fellows have undertaken >research in the humanities and history, especially Australian history. >However, research projects can be in any discipline or area in which >the Library has strong collections. > >Deadline(s): 30/04/2005 > >Contact: Gianoula Burns, Business >Manager > >Address: > Canberra ACT, 2600 > Australia >E-mail: [log in to unmask] >Web Site: >http://www.nla.gov.au > >Program URL: >http://www.nla.gov.au/services/awards.html > >Tel: 02 6262 1232 >Fax: 02 6273 1133 >Deadline Ind: Receipt >Deadline Open: No > >Award Type(s): Facilities-Access To > Fellowship > In-Residence > > >Citizenship/Country of Applying Institution: > Any/No Restrictions > >Locations Tenable: Australian Institution > > >Appl Type(s): Librarian/Library Professional > Researcher/Investigator > Graduate Student > >Target Group(s): NONE >Funding Limit: $0 SEEBELOW >Duration: 6 MONTHS >Indirect Costs: No >Cost Sharing: No >Sponsor Type: Federal > >Geo. Restricted: NO RESTRICTIONS > >OBJECTIVES: > The Harold White Fellowships are named in honour of Sir Harold >White (1905-1992), the first National Librarian, in recognition of his >great achievements as a collection-builder. The Harold White >Fellowships aim to: Promote the Library as a centre of scholarly >activity and research; Encourage scholarly and literary use of the >Library's collections and the production of publications based on >them; and Publicise the Library's collections. > > Each year from four to seven Fellowships are awarded to enable >established scholars and writers to undertake research in the Library >for periods of from three to six months. Most Harold White Fellows >have undertaken research in the humanities and history, especially >Australian history. However, research projects can be in any >discipline or area in which the Library has strong collections. > >ELIGIBILITY > Fellowships are open to Australian citizens (including Canberra >residents) and the citizens of any other country. Fellowships will >not, however, be awarded to postgraduate students unless they have >completed all the requirements of their examiners. > >FUNDING > Fellows are provided with a return economy airfare to Canberra from >his/her home and a grant-in-aid towards the Fellow's living expenses >in Canberra. The Library also awards Honorary Fellowships to scholars >and writers who, being in full receipt of salaries or funds from other >sources, do not require financial assistance but who would benefit >from the other privileges of the Fellowships. > > The principal benefit of Fellowships is to give scholars and >writers the means and the uninterrupted time to work with the >Library's huge collections of books, journals, newspapers, maps, >music, manuscripts, pictures and oral histories. Fellows are provided >with a furnished office, including a personal computer with Internet >access. They can have access to the Library outside the opening hours >of reading rooms and are entitled to access to book stacks, free >photocopying and interlibrary loans. > > All Harold White fellows will be required to: Take up their >Fellowships during the calendar year for which the Fellowship is >awarded; Stay in Canberra and spend at least 75 per cent of their time >at the Library; Give a public presentation, such as a lecture, and >communicate the results of their research to staff; and Where >appropriate, give the Library the first opportunity to publish the >results of their research. (ja) > >KEYWORDS: Historic Preservation/Restoration > OTHER (ANY/ALL DISCIPLINES) > Library Science > Cataloging & Classification > Archival Programs Dr Brendan Whyte Assistant Map Curator ERC Library University of Melbourne Vic 3010 AUSTRALIA [log in to unmask] --