From: "Diane Goldenberg-Hart diane@cni.org" Sender: To: CNI-ANNOUNCE Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 11:11:45 -0400 Message-ID: X-Original-Return-Path: Received: from triplicate-girl.cni.org (account diane@cni.org [192.100.21.35] verified) by cni.org (CommuniGate Pro SMTP 6.2.1) with ESMTPSA id 34016778 for CNI-ANNOUNCE@cni.org; Mon, 23 Apr 2018 09:31:17 -0400 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="Apple-Mail=_01559D9A-2503-404A-9D16-213DEAF269FD" Subject: Call for Applicants: Paul Evan Peters Fellowship for Information Studies X-Original-Date: Mon, 23 Apr 2018 09:31:33 -0400 References: <78A6B7C6-DB2F-4326-B95D-A62B16852596@cni.org> X-Original-To: CNI-ANNOUNCE -- News from the Coalition X-Original-Message-Id: Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 8.2 \(2104\)) X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.2104) --Apple-Mail=_01559D9A-2503-404A-9D16-213DEAF269FD Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) invites applicants for the 2018 Paul Evan Peters Fellowship https://www.cni.org/go/pep-fellowship = Applications due no later than MAY 24, 2018 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 students 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. Two fellowships will be awarded in 2018: =95 One to a doctoral/PhD student in the amount of $5,000 per year, = to be awarded two consecutive years. =95 One to a master=92s student in the amount of $2,500 per year, to = be awarded two consecutive years. The Award=92s Impact: Comments & Updates from Fellowship Recipients Kristen Matteucci received the 2016 award for master=92s students and = will receive her degree this summer. Continuing with her interest in = equitable information access, she has focused her attention on the = health sciences and is currently a reference intern at both the = Biomedical Library of the University of Pennsylvania and at the = Collingswood Public Library, following completion of field experience at = the Community Health and Literacy Center/South Philadelphia Branch of = the Free Library of Philadelphia.=20 Jordan Eschler, who received the 2014 Peters Fellowship for doctoral = students, used the award to design and execute research that she then = presented at conferences. The award supported the research work itself, = as well as travel to the events. One of her papers detailed a = preliminary illness phase-based information behavior model for young = adult cancer survivors, which will serve as the basis for her = dissertation. Olivia Dorsey was the recipient of the master=92s level fellowship in = 2014; her master=92s project, =93Visualizing Police Brutality,=94 = focused on visualizing data relating to incidents of police brutality = against unarmed African Americans from 1979-2014. After graduation, = Dorsey served as Technology Specialist within the IT Department of the = Mountain Area Health Education Center in Asheville, NC. Jessica A. Koepfler received the Peters fellowship in 2010, completed = her degree in 2014, and then served as Managing Director at Intuitive = Company, a user-centered research, design, and development firm. = Koepfler commented, =93The fellowship provided a source of funding that = allowed me to commit myself to a =91fringe=92 topic like the study of = values within the context of homelessness=85 The award =85 put a = spotlight on me early on in my program, which had the snowball effect of = people noticing me=85 I am truly grateful for the fellowship and credit = it with being very instrumental to me particularly in those early years = of my Ph.D. program.=94 =93The characteristics that have often been associated with = Paul=97positivity, creativity, humor, vision, humanity, and = imagination=97are, I hope, dimensions that I also bring to the work that = I do as a scholar and as a teacher,=94 wrote Philip Edwards, 2004 = fellowship recipient. Edwards credits the award with helping to broaden = his professional horizons as a student: =93Because 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.=94 Christopher (Cal) Lee, who received the first Peters Fellowship, is = currently a Professor at the School of Information and Library Science = at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches 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. Links to the application forms, as well as more information about the = Paul Evan Peters Fellowship and the application process, are available = at https://www.cni.org/go/pep-fellowship = . __________________________________________________ Diane Goldenberg-Hart Communications Coordinator Coalition for Networked Information 21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800, Washington, DC 20036 202.296.5098 | cni.org --Apple-Mail=_01559D9A-2503-404A-9D16-213DEAF269FD Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/html; charset=windows-1252 The Coalition for Networked Information (CNI) invites = applicants for the

2018 = Paul Evan Peters Fellowship
https://www.cni.org/go/pep-fellowship
Applications due no later than MAY 24, = 2018


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 = students 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.

Two fellowships will be = awarded in 2018:

=95 = One to a doctoral/PhD student in the amount of = $5,000 per year, to be awarded two consecutive years.
=95 = One to a master=92s student in the amount of = $2,500 per year, to be awarded two consecutive years.


The Award=92s Impact: Comments & Updates = from Fellowship Recipients

Kristen Matteucci received the 2016 award for master=92s = students and will receive her degree this summer. Continuing with her = interest in equitable information access, she has focused her attention = on the health sciences and is currently a reference intern at both the = Biomedical Library of the University of Pennsylvania and at the = Collingswood Public Library, following completion of field experience at = the Community Health and Literacy Center/South Philadelphia Branch of = the Free Library of Philadelphia. 

Jordan Eschler, who = received the 2014 Peters Fellowship for doctoral students, used the = award to design and execute research that she then presented at = conferences. The award supported the research work itself, as well as = travel to the events. One of her papers detailed a preliminary illness = phase-based information behavior model for young adult cancer survivors, = which will serve as the basis for her dissertation.

Olivia = Dorsey was the recipient of the master=92s level fellowship in 2014; = her master=92s project, =93Visualizing Police Brutality,=94 focused on = visualizing data relating to incidents of police brutality against = unarmed African Americans from 1979-2014. After graduation, Dorsey = served as Technology Specialist within the IT Department of the Mountain = Area Health Education Center in Asheville, NC.

Jessica A. Koepfler = received the Peters fellowship in 2010, completed her degree in 2014, = and then served as Managing Director at Intuitive Company, a = user-centered research, design, and development firm. Koepfler = commented, =93The fellowship provided a source of funding that allowed = me to commit myself to a =91fringe=92 topic like the study of values = within the context of homelessness=85 The award =85 put a spotlight on = me early on in my program, which had the snowball effect of people = noticing me=85 I am truly grateful for the fellowship and credit it with = being very instrumental to me particularly in those early years of my = Ph.D. program.=94

=93The characteristics that have often been associated with = Paul=97positivity, creativity, humor, vision, humanity, and = imagination=97are, I hope, dimensions that I also bring to the work that = I do as a scholar and as a teacher,=94 wrote Philip = Edwards, 2004 fellowship recipient. Edwards credits the award with = helping to broaden his professional horizons as a student: =93Because 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.=94

Christopher (Cal) = Lee, who received the first Peters Fellowship, is currently a = Professor at the School of Information and Library Science at the = University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he teaches 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.


Links to = the application forms, as well as more information about the Paul Evan = Peters Fellowship and the application process, are available at https://www.cni.org/go/pep-fellowship.



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Diane Goldenberg-Hart

Communications Coordinator
Coalition for = Networked Information
21 Dupont Circle, Suite 800, = Washington, DC 20036
202.296.5098 | cni.org







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