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Subject: NHPRC's 1999-2000 Fellowships in Archival Administration
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 20, 1998

CONTACT:

Ann C. Newhall
National Historical Publications and Records Commission
National Archives and Records Administration
700 Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Room 111
Washington, DC 20408-0001

NHPRC Invites Applications for Fellowships in Archival
Administration

        The National Historical Publications and Records Commission
(NHPRC) is now accepting applications from individuals for its
Fellowships in Archival Administration, which provide advanced
administrative training in archives. Contingent upon the availability of
sufficient Fiscal Year 1999 funds, two fellowships will be awarded for
the 1999-2000 academic year. For the 1999-2000 fellowship year, the
stipend for an archival fellow is $42,000 (includes fringe benefits). The
fellowships are for a nine- to twelve-month period beginning between
August and October 1999. The fellows will also have some funds
available for professional travel during their fellowship year. The
application postmark deadline is March 1, 1999.

Fellows are provided with a series of administrative and decision-making
experiences. Included in past fellowships have been such diverse areas
as appraisal, budget preparation, personnel administration, publications,
plant operation, long-range planning, disaster planning, collection policy
development, and committee activities. In addition to work in these areas
of administration, the fellow is expected to complete a technical project.
Administrative fellowship applicants should have between two and five
years' experience in professional archival work. While not required, it is
desirable that applicants have the equivalent of two semesters of
full-time graduate training in a program containing an archival education
component.

Host Institution: Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections
Library, Duke University, Durham, NC. The fellow will participate
broadly in the administration and management of the Library, including
bi-weekly meetings of the management team, monthly staff meetings,
meetings of the university library system's management council, and
meetings of individual teams within the Library. The fellow will focus on a
project to review existing policy and procedures documentation, with
particular emphasis on exhibits and public programming, research
services and stack management, collection development, and technical
services. The fellow will work towards revising and augmenting that
documentation where needed and developing new policy manuals. The
fellow will also engage in more formal training by enrolling in or auditing a
course or workshop in management or administration.

Host Institution: Center of Southwest Studies, Fort Lewis
College, Durango, CO.
The fellow will participate in daily mentoring and meetings with the
Center's archivist and weekly meetings with the Center's co-directors.
The fellow will be involved on a daily basis in coordinating the Center's
planning activities, will supervise hourly and work-study archival
assistants, will participate in the instruction of students in undergraduate
archival courses, and will instruct volunteers and supervise their
activities. The fellow will learn the Calipr software program and
implement its findings as part of the development of a management model
for operating the Center's new repository, and may write a grant
application to fund the processing of Union Carbide's Manhattan Project
records. The fellow will also take two management courses in Fort
Lewis College's School of Business.

Duke University's Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library
will definitely host an Archival Administration Fellow; Fort Lewis
College's Center of Southwest Studies will also host a Fellow, contingent
upon the availability of sufficient funds.

Fellowship application forms and more complete descriptions of the
program should be requested from the NHPRC, National Archives and
Records Administration, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Room 111,
Washington, DC 20408-0001, (202) 501-5610 (voice); (202)
501-5601(fax); nhprc@arch1.nara.gov (e-mail). Application information
is also available at NHPRC's web site:
<http://www.nara.gov/nara/nhprc/training.html>

Following the March 1, 1999, deadline, the Commission will provide
eligible fellowship application forms to the host institution, which will
select a fellow by mid-June 1999.

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