(Fwd) Grant: Library of Women's Studies

[Peto Andrea]

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                           Call for Applications
                 Gender/Women's Studies and Women's Issues
                      Library Core Collections Awards

Application Deadline: June 22

Project Description

The Network Women's Program (NWP) and the Network Library Program of the
Open Society Institute/Soros Foundations are pleased to announce a
network-wide competition for library core collections in gender/women's
studies and women's issues.

During the gender/women's studies workshops at the NWP's first Forum in
Budapest in September 1997, participants from national foundations,
gender/women's studies programs and women's NGOs articulated a need for
substantial collections of basic and advanced international literature on
women. Wanting both to learn from previous developments/experiences and to
adapt them appropriately to local contexts, representatives of women's
groups and programs identified book collections as one of the essential
ingredients for starting/expanding their endeavors.

These needs fit well with the mandates of both the Network Women's and
Library Programs. The Network Library Program's "Targeted Collections" area
is designed to further develop a library's existing collection in a
specific field. The long-term goals of the NWP's "Women and Education" area
are:

   * to provide resources for integrating gender-sensitive perspectives at
     all levels of education, including public education;
   * to promote library development: enhance existing collections,
     integrate women's studies literature into mainstream collections, and
     provide new collections for alternative sites, such as women's NGOs.

This pilot project will begin to address these needs by making 50 awards of
book collections (in English). Organizations/institutions receiving awards
may CHOOSE FROM ONE OF THREE TYPES of collections:

   * gender/women's studies classics (20 sets)
   * advanced international gender/women's studies literature (10 sets)
   * women's issues books for women's NGOs that have public outreach or
     educational activities (20 sets)

In the spring of 1998, the NWP solicited recommendations of books from an
international committee of scholar/activists representing diverse countries
throughout the OSI Network as well as other international experts in
gender/women's studies and women's issues. The three book collection lists
represent a general consensus on the most important and useful literature
in this rapidly-growing field. Each collection will contain approximately
40 books (see lists in following email). Institutions, programs, and
centers that receive book collections must demonstrate that the collections
will be open consistently to the public.

Eligibility

   * Institutions, not individuals, may apply.
   * Applicant institutions must be located in the countries of the OSI
     Network, as well as Belarus and Turkmenistan.
   * Applicant institutions must have facilities where collections will be
     open to the public.
   * All applicants must demonstrate prior commitment to gender/women's
     issues.
   * Gender/women's studies programs, projects, or centers--whether
     university-affiliated or independent--may apply for gender/women's
     studies classic or advanced sets.
   * Women's NGOs working on a broad range of issues (including but not
     limited to women's information centers) may apply if they have
     conducted prior public outreach or educational activities.

Application And Selection Process

Applicant institutions should apply to the Network Library Program.

Applicants should send one copy (electronic preferred) of the completed
application form IN ENGLISH to the Network Library Program kmurai at osi.hu.

Send applications via fax to: Kristina Murai, Library Program, at
361-327-3101.

Send applications by mail to:

Kristina Murai, Library Program, Open Society Institute-Budapest,
Oktober 6. ut.12, H-1051
Budapest, Hungary.

Kristina Murai may be reached by phone at 361-327-3835.

The APPLICATION DEADLINE is June 22, 1998.

Application Form

PROCEDURE & CONTACT INFORMATION

     CONTACT NAME:                            ORGANIZATION NAME:
     ORGANIZATION ADDRESS:
     COUNTRY:
     PHONE:
     FAX:
     E-MAIL:

     Book collections will be shipped in August.  AS A CONDITION OF THE
     AWARD, APPLICANTS MUST CONFIRM RECEIPT OF THE BOOKS TO THE NWP/NEW
     YORK OFFICE NO LATER THAN AUGUST 30.

     SHIPPING ADDRESS (if different from above in August 1998):

     COUNTRY:



     In an application of NO MORE THAN 3 PAGES, please answer the following
     questions:

     1. Which core collection are you applying for? ____ Gender/women's
     studies classics
     ____ Advanced international gender studies literature ____ Women's
     issues books for NGOs

     2. Describe briefly the history of your program or organization, its
     current work and its primary audiences.

     3. Describe the scope of your organization's current collection of
     gender/women's studies books.  Approximately how many books and
     journals do you have?  What subjects are they about?

     4. How will you use the book collection? Who is the audience for this
     collection?

     5. How will you make the books accessible to the public?  What days
     and hours will the collection be open?

     6. Have you ever received books from any other source?  If so, which
     organization and when?

     7.  How will you publicize the availability of the collection?  Do you
     have a reading area?

Contact Information

Kristina Murai
Program Assistant
Network Library Program
Open Society Institute
Oktober 6. ut.12,
H-1051 Budapest, Hungary
Phone: (361) 327-3835
Fax: (361) 327-3101
E-mail: kmurai at osi.hu





Dr Andrea Peto
Assistant Professor
Central European University
Department of History
Budapest
Nador u.9.
H-1051
fax:361-3273191
Phone:361-3273192