From: "Diane Goldenberg-Hart" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 10:26:16 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from triplicate-girl.cni.org ([192.100.21.35] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 5.3.13) with ESMTPS id 17777817 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:53:51 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-5--204997181 Subject: Call for Applicants: Paul Evan Peters Fellowship for Information Studies X-Original-Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2012 09:54:48 -0400 References: <3BB41F90-2CFC-46F2-9AD4-38E78D611719@cni.org> X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition X-Original-Message-Id: <463E9C73-3499-4906-A457-E643DBED1B1E@cni.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) --Apple-Mail-5--204997181 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) announces the 2012 Paul = Evan Peters Fellowship Applications due no later than May 10, 2012 The Paul Evan Peters Fellowship was established to honor and perpetuate = the memory of CNI's founding executive director. The fellowship is = awarded every two years to a student pursuing graduate studies in = librarianship, the information sciences, or a closely related field, who = demonstrates intellectual and personal qualities consistent with those = of Paul Evan Peters, including: --commitment to use of digital information and advanced technology to = enhance scholarship, intellectual productivity and public life; --interest in the civic responsibilities of information professionals = and a commitment to democratic values; --positive and creative approach to overcoming personal, technological, = and bureaucratic challenges, and --humor, vision, humanity, and imagination. The fellowship is in the amount of $5000 per year, to be awarded two = consecutive years to a student in a graduate program. =93The characteristics that have often been associated with = Paul--positivity, creativity, humor, vision, humanity, and = imagination--are, I hope, dimensions that I also bring to the work that = I do as a scholar and as a teacher, " wrote Phillip Edwards, 2004 = fellowship recipient and currently at the Center for Teaching Excellence = at Virginia Commonwealth University. Edwards credits the award with = helping to broaden his professional horizons as a student: "Because of = this funding, I was able to travel to conferences which I would have = otherwise been unable to attend, and the interactions I had among other = researchers and practitioners at these gatherings have been more = valuable than I could have ever imagined." =20 Cal Lee, who received the first Peters Fellowship, is currently = Associate Professor at the School of Information and Library Science at = the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he teaches classes = for graduate and undergraduate students, as well as continuing = professional education workshops, in a variety of subjects, including = archival administration, records management, digital curation, = understanding information technology for managing digital collections, = and the construction of digital repository rules.=20 More information about the Paul Evan Peters Fellowship and the = application process are available at http://www.cni.org/pepfellowship/. *********************************************** Diane Goldenberg-Hart Communications Coordinator Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800 Washington, DC 20036 202-296-5098 202-872-0884 (Fax) diane@cni.org www.cni.org For the latest news & information: CNI-ANNOUNCE: cni-announce-subscribe@cni.org CNI News: http://www.cni.org/news/ Follow CNI: @cni_org= --Apple-Mail-5--204997181 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) = announces the 2012 Paul Evan Peters Fellowship

Cal Lee, who = received the first Peters Fellowship, is currently Associate Professor = at the School of Information and Library Science at the University of = North Carolina, Chapel Hill, where he teaches classes for graduate and = undergraduate students, as well as continuing professional education = workshops, in a variety of subjects, including archival administration, = records management, digital curation, understanding information = technology for managing digital collections, and the construction of = digital repository rules. 

More = information about the Paul Evan Peters Fellowship and the application = process are available at http://www.cni.org/pepfellowshi= p/.




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