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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Greetings!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">If you are a current member of the Association for Library Service to Children (ALSC), a division of the American Library Association, please read on. If you are not, feel free
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Is it time for a “sabbatical” to recharge your experiences at work? You should consider applying for the Bechtel Fellowship. Note the change in terms. It is now for study
“up to four weeks” and prorated at $1,000 per week up to $4,000.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The Louise Seaman Bechtel Fellowship provides a grant up to $4,000 to a qualified children’s librarian to spend up to four weeks reading and studying at the Baldwin Library of
Historical Children's Literature of the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville. The Baldwin Library contains a special collection of 130,000 volumes of children’s literature published mostly before 1950. The fellowship is endowed
in memory of Louise Seaman Bechtel and Ruth M. Baldwin.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">The guidelines for the grant and link to apply are found here:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/bechtel"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/bechtel</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
Remember, applicants must be members of ALSC. Applications and supporting materials are due by
<b>October 15, 2019.</b> </span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Current Committee Member Joyce Laiosa describes her Bechtel experience in this way:
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">“The Bechtel Fellowship was a highlight of my career! I was amazed at the range of material, the dedication of the staff with their expert guidance, and the beauty of the locale.
I studied illustrated alphabet books. Serving young people in a public library, I definitely learned to evaluate alphabet books for use of vocabulary and the quality of the illustrations. One of my outside highlights was visiting the Marjorie Kinnan Rawlings
homestead near Gainesville.”</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For a peek at past winning Bechtel Fellowship topics, click here:
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/bechtel/bechtelpastwinners"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">http://www.ala.org/alsc/awardsgrants/profawards/bechtel/bechtelpastwinners</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For more information about the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature’s Collection, click on the first link above or contact Suzan Alteri, Curator: </span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:salteri@ufl.edu" target="_blank"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">salteri@ufl.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">For other questions about the Fellowship and application process, feel free to reach out to me at
</span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><a href="mailto:sbange57@gmail.com"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">sbange57@gmail.com</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">.</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">We look forward to reading your application. Good luck!</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Best,</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Stephanie Bange<br>
Chair, 2019-20 Special Collections and Bechtel Fellowship Committee</span><span style="font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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