<p dir="ltr">I'm forwarding this because I thought some of you might be interested. </p>
<div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: "Jenna Freedman" <<a href="mailto:jfreedma@barnard.edu">jfreedma@barnard.edu</a>><br>Date: Feb 2, 2015 6:14 PM<br>Subject: [WGSS-L] Library Research Awards at Barnard College<br>To: <<a href="mailto:wgss-l@lists.ala.org">wgss-l@lists.ala.org</a>><br>Cc: <br><br type="attribution"><div dir="ltr"><div><div>Hi All, <br><br>I haven't posted here in a while, so hello from snowy, slushy NYC! I'm writing to enlist your help. <br><br></div>We've had a surprisingly low application rate for our library research awards. Surprising because we're offering $2,500 to conduct research in the Barnard Archives, Center for Research on Woman and Zine Library, and all we ask for in return is a blog post. <br><br>Would you consider alerting scholars at your own institutions (or apply yourselves!) and perhaps share my call on any appropriate email lists, and social media groups you're on where it hasn't been posted yet/in a while?<br><br></div>The post will appear below my sig block, for each copying and pasting (I hope). <br><br>Gratefully, Jenna<br><br clear="all"><div><div><div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Jenna Freedman | Associate Director of Communications & Zine Librarian <br>IM: BarnardLibJenna (AIM, Google, Yahoo) | Lehman 208 B<br></div><a href="http://twitter.com/barnlib" target="_blank">@barnlib</a> | <a href="http://facebook.com/barnardlibrary" target="_blank">facebook.com/barnardlibrary</a> | <a href="http://zines.barnard.edu" target="_blank">zines.barnard.edu</a><br><br><h3>The Barnard Library will award two grants of $2,500 to researchers using its <a href="http://archives.barnard.edu" target="_blank">Archives</a>, <a href="http://zines.barnard.edu" target="_blank">Zine Library</a> or <a href="http://bcrw.barnard.edu/" target="_blank">Barnard Center for Research on Women</a> collection.</h3><p><a href="https://library.barnard.edu/news/Announcing-Library-Research-Awards-201516" target="_blank">https://library.barnard.edu/news/Announcing-Library-Research-Awards-201516</a><br></p>
<p>Undergraduate and graduate students, professors and independent
scholars from outside the New York metropolitan area are encouraged to <a href="https://barnard.az1.qualtrics.com/SE/?SID=SV_0IpEsKIrqbOLvmJ" target="_blank">apply</a>.</p>
<p>Particular strengths of the three collections are the history of the
college, second and third wave feminist and LGBTQ print ephemera
(1970s-present newsletters, pamphlets, zines, etc.), riot grrrl, late
20th century girlhood, 20th century women's education, NYC modern dance
history, representations of women’s sexuality and embodiment,
contemporary zine culture, zines by women of color.</p>
<p>Award money may be used for whatever will facilitate the researcher's work at Barnard, e.g., travel, housing, childcare.</p>
<p>Applications will be accepted through February 15, 2015. Award
notifications will be sent to applicants by April 30, 2015 for research
to be conducted at Barnard during the period July 1, 2015 – June 30,
2016.</p>
<p><em>Librarians at Barnard were inspired to create this program by similar awards at <a href="http://libawards.cdrs.columbia.edu/index.php/lra/lra14" target="_blank">Columbia University</a> and the <a href="http://library.duke.edu/rubenstein/bingham/grants/" target="_blank">Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture</a></em><br>
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