Grants & Acquisitions

Abstract

The University of North Carolina (UNC)-Chapel Hill has received a $320,777 grant to the University Libraries to help prepare the state’s future librarians and archivists to teach with primary source materials. The award comes from the Institute of Museum and Library Services through the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Program. It will fund the Primary Sources Teaching Fellowship Program, based at the Wilson Special Collections Library. The grant will provide stipends to three cohorts of fellows—eight each in the summers of 2022, 2023, and 2024. They will come from the state’s five master’s degree programs in information and library science at Appalachian State University, North Carolina Central University, East Carolina University, UNC-Chapel Hill, and UNC-Greensboro. Students from groups underrepresented in the library and archival profession will be especially encouraged to apply. Fellows will take part in a structured online learning experience led by UNC-Chapel Hill librarians and archivists and a roster of guest speakers. Fellows will then spend three days in UNC-Chapel Hill for an onsite workshop where they can create and receive feedback on lesson plans built around materials from Wilson Library.