{"id":193,"date":"2011-03-03T05:25:15","date_gmt":"2011-03-03T13:25:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/biblionews\/?p=193"},"modified":"2011-03-03T05:25:15","modified_gmt":"2011-03-03T13:25:15","slug":"fellowships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/journalismthatmatters.org\/biblionews\/2011\/03\/03\/fellowships\/","title":{"rendered":"Fellowships available to attend “Beyond Books” — apply by March 15"},"content":{"rendered":"

GRADUATE-STUDENT IMLS FELLOWSHIPS TO ATTEND \u201cBEYOND BOOKS\u201d APRIL 6-8 AT MIT CENTER FOR FUTURE CIVIC MEDIA;\u00a0 Cambridge event links journalists, librarians; <\/em><\/h3>\n

APPLICATIONS CLOSED
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CAMBRIDGE, Mass. <\/strong>\u2013 Some 30 partial\u00a0 fellowships, consisting of registration, travel and lodging stipends for graduate students, were awarded to attend \u201cBeyond Books: News, Literacy, Democracy & America\u2019s Libraries,\u201d<\/em> an unprecedented collaboration of journalists and librarians set for April 6-8 at the MIT Center for Future Civic Media.<\/p>\n

Funding for most of the fellows resulted from an Institute for Museum & Library Services,\u00a0 with additional support from the American Library Association’s Office for Information Technology Policy and from American Public Media’s Public Insight Network.<\/p>\n

The two-day, agenda-setting work session and symposium will consider how journalists and librarians can work together to promote civic engagement and open information access.\u00a0 It is designed to amplify the voices of between 90 and 130 librarians, teachers, graduate students, journalists, technologists, scholars and citizens in dialog, discussion and work.<\/p>\n

The event is immediately before the National Conference for Media Reform, in Boston, April 8-10. (http:\/\/conference.freepress.net<\/a> )<\/p>\n

For more information go to:
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Find out who\u2019s participating:\u00a0 http:\/\/www.journalismthatmatters.org\/biblionews\/whos-coming<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cBeyond Books\u201d\u00a0 will inform next steps for designing and implementing a possible national collaborative among, and training for, journalists, libraries and museums on methods for improving open access to public information and civic engagement —\u00a0 consistent with the recommendations of the 2009-2010 report of the Knight Commission on the Information Needs of Communities.<\/a><\/p>\n

The event seeks to identity recruit,\u00a0 and begin training journalists, technologists and other members of the public to uncover, study and test new methods of access to public information and civic engagement, particularly in common purpose between and among libraries, journalists and local news providers.\u00a0 It will:<\/p>\n

(a)\u00a0\u00a0 Outreach to library and information science thought leaders, especially graduate students, for their participation both onsite and through pre- and post-event virtual proceedings and networking.<\/p>\n

(b)\u00a0\u00a0 Prepare, convene, report and provide post-event assessment and next steps for \u201cBeyond Books: News, Literacy, Democracy and America\u2019s Libraries.\u201d<\/p>\n

CONVENING PURPOSE \/ APPROACH<\/strong><\/p>\n

For three centuries — in American towns large and small — two institutions have uniquely marked a commitment to participatory democracy, learning and open inquiry\u00a0 — our libraries and our free press.\u00a0\u00a0 Today, economic and political realities \u2013 or fashions \u2013 invite a thoughtful examination of their roles, and the opportunity for collaboration among these two historic community information centers, one largely public, one largely private.<\/p>\n

With via a pre-event social network, an evening agenda-setting dialogue, a day of roundtable planning and closing action commitments, we\u2019ll discover what\u2019s possible at the intersection of public spaces, open documents, citizen reporting and journalistic purpose.\u00a0 Among the questions we may ask:<\/p>\n