Apply for the Special Collections Libraries Fellows program by Oct. 1

The UGA Center for Teaching and Learning (CTL) and the UGA Libraries are accepting applications for the 2019 Special Collections Libraries Faculty Fellows Program. Now in its fourth year, this program brings a select group of UGA faculty together to explore archives-based learning as a high-impact learning practice through intensive workshops with archivists from the University’s three special collections libraries and representatives from the Center for Teaching and Learning. Throughout the program, fellows have unparalleled access to the diverse and extensive holdings of the Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Richard B. Russell Library for Political Research and Studies, and Walter J. Brown Media Archives & Peabody Awards Collection. This program is inspired by the comprehensive work of TeachArchives.org.

The Special Collections Fellows program is ideal for faculty interested in developing new approaches to teaching and who are interested in experimenting with using archival collections to amplify or complement course content in significant or novel ways. Fellows will receive $2,000 to enhance the development of a new course or a retrofit of an existing course to make use of special collections materials.

Although archives often are thought to be the province of those working in humanities, the holdings of the special collections at UGA support research and learning in social sciences, professional programs, and STEM fields as well. In addition to serving as source material for historical inquiry, special collections materials can become useful datasets for analysis; serve as object lessons in chemical and physical processes; and serve as inspiration for new creative works.

Previous participants in the program represent a wide range of disciplines and professional fields including: istory, English, Communication Studies, Journalism, Advertising, Music, Theater, Art, Family and Consumer Sciences, Entertainment and Media Studies, Qualitative Studies, Geography, Women’s Studies, Sports Management, and Academic Enhancement.

To learn more about the past fellows participants and their projects, visit the Special Collections Faculty Fellows webpage.

The SCL Fellows program is open to all full-time University teaching faculty, tenure-track and non-tenure track. Please use the application form to apply by 5 p.m. on Tuesday, Oct. 1.

To learn more about the program, please contact SCL Fellows program coordinator,

Jill Severn

at 706-542-5766.