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The School of Information at ¾ÛÉ«¸ó is pleased to offer scholarships to students with a variety of professional interests.

Scholarship applications are typically accepted in September/October of the academic year. Watch your email and this website for announcements. Full- and part-time students with a minimum 3.25 GPA in all collegiate coursework are invited to apply and may apply to multiple scholarships. Previous winners are eligible to apply. The list below indicates scholarships that may be available, but not all scholarships are awarded every year. To find more scholarships, sign up for ScholarshipUniverse.

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Our Two Fellowships

The iSchool at ¾ÛÉ«¸ó offers two $1,500 research fellowships connected to the Reinberger Children's Library Center (RCLC):

The Jacqueline M. Albers Guest Scholar in Children’s Literature Fellowship was endowed by iSchool alumna Jacqueline M. Albers to support a guest scholar who will study children’s literature using the collections in the Reinberger Children’s Library Center.

The Kenneth and Sylvia Marantz Fellowship for Picturebook Research, supported by Dr. Kenneth and Sylvia Marantz, encourages scholarly research on the study of picture books using the resources of the Marantz Picturebook Collection for the Study of Picturebook Art.

Each fellowship provides a stipend of $1,500 for outstanding scholars to spend approximately one week on-site, researching children’s literature, picture books, or ephemera related to picture books in the Reinberger Children's Library Center and Marantz Picturebook Collection at the ¾ÛÉ«¸ó School of Information in Kent, Ohio, U.S.A. Funds are awarded after completion of on-site research.

For questions please contact Michelle R. Baldini, mbaldini@kent.edu

Mission of the RCLC and the Marantz Picturebook Collection for the Study of Picturebook Art

From historical books for children to contemporary literature for young people, the Reinberger Children's Library Center and the Marantz Picturebook Collection encompass diverse collections of youth literature that span geographic, cultural, physical, technological and temporal borders. The collections represent the best literature and related materials for young people. They also demonstrate the processes involved in producing, publishing and marketing such literature over time, from evolving means of production to differing constructions of childhood. In addition, the state-of-the-art Center provides opportunities to study connections between literacy, reading and digital technologies, which is valuable for practitioners as well as scholars.

The Center’s research purpose is threefold:

1. To support and encourage scholarly research within its collections
2. To provide professional training to students and practitioners, and
3. To engage in activities and outreach to the community and beyond. The Center's collection is of interest to interdisciplinary scholars and practitioners from such fields as youth services librarianship, school library media, children's literature, education, English, communication, media studies, design, and others interested in studying youth literature, publishing, young people and reading in both an historical and contemporary context.

The Research Collections

The Reinberger and Marantz research collections combine to form a research library collection of more than 40,000 books and related ephemera.

Examples of studies the collections may support:

• The art of picture book illustration (media and techniques)
• Themes and trends in children’s literature
• Social construction of childhood through children’s literature
• Social justice in children’s picture books
• Studies of American Children’s Award winners
• Historical perspectives on children’s literature (and the work of May Hill Arbuthnot)
• Contemporary perspectives (e-book vs. print picture books)
• Reviewing studies (Including the work of Ken and Sylvia Marantz)
• Publishing studies on books for young readers
• Study of pop-ups/paper engineering

Criteria for Eligibility

• Preference will be given to topics likely to be published or otherwise disseminated.
• Awards also will be based on applicants’ scholarly qualifications.
• Applicants from diverse academic disciplines are welcome to apply, including but not limited to: youth services librarianship, school library media, children's literature, art, education, English, communication, media studies, design, art education, illustration, publishing, and others interested in studying youth literature, young people and reading.
• Applicants must hold at least a master’s degree.

Albers: Applicants are evaluated based on their proven dedication to the study of children’s literature (not specifically picture books) and selection of a topic of study related to the Reinberger and Marantz collections.

Marantz: Applicants will be evaluated based on their proven dedication to the study of children’s picturebooks and selection of a topic of study related to the Reinberger and Marantz collections.

Conditions

1. Recipients of the Marantz Fellowship for Picturebook Research must be willing to present (in-person or online) their research related to the fellowship findings at a future picture book symposium hosted by ¾ÛÉ«¸ó’s School of Information.
2. Recipients of the Albers Fellowship must be willing to present (in-person or online) their research related to the fellowship findings at a future symposium hosted by ¾ÛÉ«¸ó’s School of Information.
3. Recipients must be willing to have their name, photo and title of research promoted via publicity and marketing channels at ¾ÛÉ«¸ó.
4. Any publications resulting from this support should credit the appropriate fellowship.
5. Applicants agree to send a copy of any ensuing publications to the Reinberger Children’s Library Center at ¾ÛÉ«¸ó’s School of Information.

Application Process

1. A two-page summary addressing the topic of your proposed study and the potential impact of your work. Include an outline of the project and its