Elizabeth Hollenbeck, was selected to be a Dance Heritage Coalition Fellow this summer. She is glad to represent Texas Woman's University SLIS as one of the DHC
Fellows. Attached is the press release, and here is the link to her official blog:
http://dhcfellow2013jpdf.wordpress.com/
For
Immediate
release
Contact:
Imogen
Smith,
DHC
Project
Manager,
202
223 8393, [log in to unmask]">ISmith@danceheritage.org
Dance
Heritage
Coalition
announces
2013
Fellows
IMLS
Laura
Bush
21st
Century
Librarian
Program
supports second
year
of
Fellowships
WASHINGTON - The
Dance Heritage
Coalition
(DHC)
has
named
the 2013
recipients of
Fellowships in
Dance
Preservation
and Archives
for
master’s
degree
students,
supported
by a
generous
three-year
grant
from the
U.S. Institute of
Museum
and
Library
Services
(IMLS).
The 2013
Fellows
are Selena Chau, Hadley
Davis,
Sydney
Gulbronson,
Elizabeth
Hollenbeck,
Jennifer Kishi,
Lyla
Medeiros, and
Rinna Rem.
Year
2’s seven
finalists
were
selected
from
a large
applicant
pool
of highly
qualified
candidates
and
represent
the geographic,
ethnic,
and
cultural
diversity
of
the
field’s
young
professionals.
The fellowship
program will
kick off
with a week
of
orientation workshops
and site visits
for the
cohort in
the
dance-
and
library-rich city
of
Chicago.
Fellows
will receive
training
in dance-related
librarianship and
archival
practices
at one of
the
DHC’s
nationally
distinguished dance
archives,
a practicum
placement at
a smaller
dance
collection
like
a dance
company
or historical
society, and
travel to
national conferences.
Fellowships
for Summer
2013
are
$10,000
each.
When the
grant
was awarded to the
DHC in 2011,
it was the first
time
that
a grant
in this
IMLS
program
had supported a
dance-specific
project,
and only
two
other
awards in
the history
of
the grant
program
had singled
out
performing
arts librarianship.
“Dance
is a part of
our nation’s rich
cultural
heritage,” said
Susan
Hildreth, IMLS
Director.
“It is
important
that
we share
this
knowledge
and
ensure
these
valuable resources
are
available
to
the
widest
audiences.”
DHC Executive
Director
Libby
Smigel commented
on
the
significance
of
receiving
the award:
“Through this
grant,
the
IMLS staff
and
its reviewers
have
shown
great confidence
in our
work
to organize
and
preserve
dance
legacy
materials.
I believe
the outstanding
accomplishments
of
our Fellows
in the past
10
years spoke
convincingly
to the
impact
that this
program
will have
for
the Fellows,
the
DHC,
and
–
most
significantly
– for
the
small-size
dance
collections
that
otherwise
have
little
access
to
archival
assistance.”
Applications
for the
2014
Fellowships
will be
available
late fall
at www.danceheritage.org/apply.html.
To be
added
to the
email contact
list, send
an email
with name, library
school, email,
and
phone
to DHC@danceheritage.org
with
“Fellows Contact
List”
in
the
subject
line.
See
the blogs
of
last
summer’s
Fellows here.
http://www.danceheritage.org/imlsfellowshipsfirstyr.html
Read the IMLS
news announcement
here.
http://www.imls.gov/grant_awards_announcement_laura_bush_21st_century_librarian_program.aspx?
CategoryId=1&pg=4
The Dance
Heritage
Coalition
is the sole national
nonprofit
organization
that works
to
document and
preserve
the
records
of
America’s dance
legacy
and to ensure
access
to the
materials for
use
by
scholars and
critics, faculty
and their students,
and
the
general
public. www.danceheritage.org
The Institute
of Museum
and
Library
Services
is the
primary source
of
federal support
for the
nation’s
123,000
libraries and
17,500
museums. The
Institute's
mission
is to
create
strong
libraries
and
museums that
connect
people
to
information
and ideas.
www.imls.gov
Biographies
and
Placements
of
2013
Fellows
Selena
Elaine
Chau
–
Jerome
Robbins
Dance
Division, New
York
Public Library
for the
Performing
Arts. Selena is an
MLIS
graduate
student at
San Jose
State
University where
she is focusing
on
the
utilization
of technology
and
library
science
principles in
performing
arts collections
and museums.
As a performer,
she has
danced
in The
Lion
King, on
The
Metropolitan
Opera and
The Santa
Fe Opera stages, and
for Kazuko
Hirabayashi,
Mark
Morris,
and Reginald
Ray-Savage.
Hadley
Davis
–
Newberry
Library, Chicago.
Hadley
graduated
from
Washington
University
in St. Louis with a
bachelor’s in
philosophy.
She
is currently
at the University
of
Wisconsin–Madison
in the School
of
Library
and Information
Studies master’s
program,
specializing
in archives
and
records
administration.
Sydney Gulbronson
–
American
Dance
Festival,
Durham, NC.
Sydney
is pursuing
her MSIS at
The University
of
Texas
at Austin School
of
Information.
She
graduated
from
Stanford
University
in 2011, where
she studied
art history
and
dance.
Elizabeth
Hollenbeck
– Jacob’s
Pillow
Dance
Festival
Archives,
Becket,
MA.
Elizabeth
is a practicing artist and
a scholar, passionate
about
the digital
preservation
and online
presentation
of
resources
and archive
materials
pertaining
to
the visual and
performing
arts. She
is currently
a master’s
student
at Texas Woman’s
University,
completing
a degree
in library
and information
studies
with a
focus
on digital libraries and
archives.
Previously
she
earned a BFA in
ceramics and
furniture
design
at Virginia Commonwealth
University.
Jennifer
Maiko
Kishi
–
Lawrence and
Lee
Theatre
Research Institute,
The Ohio
State
University.
Jennifer will
receive
an MLIS from
UCLA in
June
2013,
specializing
in archival
science
and informatics.
She received her
bachelor’s
from
UCLA in
political
science.
As an
archivist
and former
dancer,
she is interested in
digital
preservation,
access,
and
documentation
of performing
arts and
dance
heritage
material
through
new
and
developing
technologies.
Lyla
Medeiros
–
UCLA Library.
Lyla
received
her
MLS
at Indiana University,
Bloomington.
She
holds
a
bachelor’s
in dance
studies
and art history
from
SUNY
Empire
State College.
She previously
trained as
a ballet
dancer
and continues
to teach aspiring
dancers.
Rinna
Rem
–
Arizona
State
University,
Tempe.
Rinna
is from the
Pacific
Northwest
and has a bachelor’s in
cultural
anthropology
from
Reed
College.
She
will receive
an MLIS
in June
2013
from
University
of Washington,
where she
is also
a Khmer
language
fellow.
She
is
a daughter
of
Khmer
Rouge
refugees
and
has a great
interest
in the
revival
of
apsara,
Khmer
classical
dance,
as a
means
of
healing
and reconciling
post-genocide
Cambodia.
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Michael López
Academic Advisor II
School of Library and Information Studies
Texas Woman's University
P.O. Box 425438
Denton, TX 76204-5438
http://www.facebook.com/twuslis
940-898-2720 voice
940-898-2611 fax