<div dir="ltr">FYI<div><br></div><div><br><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">---------- Forwarded message ---------<br>From: <strong class="gmail_sendername" dir="auto">CLARA CHU</strong> <span dir="auto"><<a href="mailto:cchu@ucla.edu">cchu@ucla.edu</a>></span><br>Date: Fri, Dec 18, 2020 at 11:12 AM<br>Subject: [REFORMANET] 2021 IDEA Institute on Artificial Intelligence - Call for Applications<br>To: <<a href="mailto:reformanet@googlegroups.com">reformanet@googlegroups.com</a>><br>Cc: <<a href="mailto:dania@utk.edu">dania@utk.edu</a>>, Soo Young Rieh <<a href="mailto:rieh@umich.edu">rieh@umich.edu</a>><br></div><br><br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><br></div><div dir="ltr"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Call for applications for 2021 IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on Artificial Intelligence</span></b>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We invite applications for the inaugural IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on Artificial Intelligence (AI). We are seeking library and information professionals holding full-time
positions in US institutions interested in enhancing and applying their knowledge of AI in their workplace, to participate in the Institute. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Funded by the </span><u><a href="https://www.imls.gov/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> Institute of Museum and Library Services</span></a>
</u><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (IMLS), the IDEA Institute offers one-week of intensive learning and practical experience in AI applications in library and information environments. The first Institute will be held at the University
of Tennessee - Knoxville on July 10-16, 2021 (dates are tentative, pending COVID-19 circumstances).</span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We are seeking 15 IMLS-funded Fellows. IMLS-funded Fellows will have their Institute expenses covered (housing, meals and program fee) and will only be responsible for the cost of their transportation. </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Our priority is to recruit and create a cohort of Fellows who will represent diverse socio-demographic backgrounds, types of positions, types of libraries, and capacities of implementing AI in their
workplace. We are recruiting applicants who: </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">are enthusiastic to learning, evaluating, and applying AI in library and information environments; </span></li><li style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">have a basic knowledge of programming languages (e.g., Python, Java, and/or equivalent) and web coding; </span></li><li style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">hold full-time positions in US institutions as library and information professionals; </span></li><li style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">are committed to participating in the online Pre-Institute Onboarding Program (10-15 hours contact time over three months) and post-Institute activities (e.g., project presentations and implementation); </span></li><li style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">can attend the 2021 IDEA Institute in Knoxville, Tennessee, for one week; and</span></li><li style="margin:0in 0in 0.0001pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">have institutional support to apply learning gained from the Institute to AI projects in their own workplace.</span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">IDEA Fellows will be chosen through a competitive selection process. </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We will hold a virtual information session</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">: January 12, 2021, 1pm ET. Please
<b>register at</b>: <a href="http://go.illinois.edu/ideainstitute" target="_blank">go.illinois.edu/ideainstitute</a> </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Applications will be accepted until February 15, 2021. Fellows accepted to the Institute will be notified in mid-March 2021. </span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information, visit
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="http://idea.infosci.utk.edu" target="_blank">http://idea.infosci.utk.edu</a></span>
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> or direct questions to Dr. Dania Bilal at
<a href="mailto:dania@utk.edu" target="_blank">dania@utk.edu</a></span></p>
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