2008/09 Kress Fellowship in Art Librarianship at Yale University
Arts Library
Yale University Library
Duration: 8 months from date of hire.

All offers are contingent on successful completion of a background check.

THE UNIVERSITY AND THE LIBRARY
The University Library, which is a highly valued partner in teaching and
research at the University, has more than 12.5 million volumes housed in the
Sterling Memorial Library and 22 school and department libraries. It employs
a dynamic and innovative staff of nearly 600 FTE who have the opportunity to
work with the highest caliber of faculty and students, participate on
committees and are involved in other areas of staff development. A full
spectrum of library resources, from rare books and manuscripts to a rapidly
expanding network of electronic resources, constitutes one of Yale's
distinctive strengths. The Library is engaged in numerous ambitious projects
to expand its collections and access to them. For additional information on
the Yale University Library, please visit the Library's Web site at:
http://www.library.yale.edu/

THE ARTS LIBRARY
The Arts Library at Yale consists of four operating units: Art and
Architecture, Arts of the Book, Classics, and Drama. Together, the Arts
Library supports the arts area programs at Yale, including the Schools of
Architecture, Art, and Drama, and the departments of Classics and the
History of Art, as well as the teaching and research needs of the Yale
community beyond the visual arts. The Arts Library houses several prominent
archival and special collections in Art and Architecture, Arts of the Book,
and Drama. These range from type specimens and woodblocks to theatrical
archives to one of the world's foremost collection of books on color.

The Arts Library at Yale serves a distinguished array of academic and museum
programs, architects, artists and scholars. Kress Fellows have the
opportunity to interact routinely with faculty, staff and students in
distinguished Schools of Architecture, Art, and Drama; a nationally ranked
department of the History of Art; and two outstanding university art
museums, the Yale Center for British Art and the Yale University Art
Gallery. They also have occasion to collaborate with colleagues from
throughout the Yale University Library, including the Sterling Memorial
Library, the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, and the library and
rare books department of the Center for British Art. The rich professional
and scholarly resources of New York City and Boston's art libraries and
museums are within two hours travel, providing still further opportunities
for professional growth and professional contact with colleagues.

POSITION DESCRIPTION
The Yale University Arts Library welcomes applications for the 2008/9 Kress
Fellowship in Art Librarianship. The Kress Fellowship is intended for a
recent graduate from library school who wishes to pursue a career in art
librarianship. This fellowship is made possible through the generosity of
the Samuel H. Kress Foundation. Through this fellowship, the Kress
Foundation seeks to achieve in the field of art librarianship what it has
accomplished for art history and art conservation: ensuring the growth of
the discipline by promoting the advancement of new professionals.

This year the focus of the Kress Fellowship will be on all aspects of public
services in the arts, which will include experience in providing reference,
instruction, and outreach as well as designing and undertaking an innovative
exploration of a specific aspect of these services. During their tenure at
Yale Kress Fellows are expected to pursue a mutually agreed-upon project
resulting in a publishable paper or a new library service. Kress Fellows are
also introduced to a broad spectrum of professional activities beyond public
services and will have the opportunity to perform collection development
activities, interact with a variety of special collections, and participate
in the work of library committees and external professional organizations.

The Kress Fellowship is a competitive fellowship. Applicants should submit
current resume as well as a brief statement of interest and names of three
references to Diane Y. Turner, Associate University Librarian for Human
Resources, Staff Training & Security, PO Box 208240, New Haven, CT
06520-8240. Submissions are also welcome via email and can be sent to
hrlibrary@yale.edu. The statement of interest is expected to reflect a
genuine commitment to art librarianship and an interest in the provision of
information services to the visual arts community. There is no application
form. A committee of Yale librarians will review submissions. The Kress
Fellow will be in residence at Yale for eight months, and will receive an
award of $30,000, prorated over the fellowship period. Health insurance will
be provided.

Yale University is an Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer