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Pulitzer Summer Fellowships in Conservation

Program Description:

The Library of Congress is the largest library in the world, with more than 121 million items on approximately 530 miles of bookshelves. The collections include some 17 million books, 2 million recordings, 12 million photographs, 4 million maps, and 50 million manuscripts. With collections of this depth and breadth, there are enormous preservation challenges.

To help address these challenges, the Library's Preservation Directorate launched a series of Fellowships in the conservation of library materials. Beginning in June 2000, Fellowships have been offered in the areas of book, paper, photograph, and preventive conservation.

The Fellowships, made possible through the generous support of Ceil and Michael Pulitzer, are awarded on a competitive basis and complement the Library's long-standing program of Intern training that the Library of Congress Conservation Division has provided for graduate students completing their third year of formal study in conservation.

Says Mark Roosa, Director for Preservation, "The Fellowships will provide beginning conservators with formative opportunities that will mutually benefit the Library and the field of conservation."

The Fellowships in Conservation are intended for students in conservation training programs majoring in book, paper, photograph, or preventive conservation. Applicants are expected to have had coursework in basic documentation, treatment, characterization, and analysis of books, paper, or photographs.

Application Schedule:

Individuals selected to participate in these three-month Fellowships each receive stipends while they explore and address conservation problems and issues considered to be high priorities within the Library. Fellows will produce written summaries of their findings at the end of their Fellowships. Deadline for Fellowship applications is March 15.