Funder: Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies
Due Dates: March 1, 2027 (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: $36,500 plus standard tuition and fees for nine months
Summary: Practical training for UCLA graduate students in special collections cataloging, description, management, and collections care at the Clark Library.
Key Information: Requires 20 hours per week on-site at the Clark Library for the fellowship’s duration.
Description
UCLA’s Center for 17th- and 18th-Century Studies and the William Andrews Clark Memorial Library offer this nine-month fellowship for graduate students interested in special collections cataloging and description. The fellowship combines practical training in professional standards and technical services tools with hands-on work that helps make the Library’s physical collections available to researchers.
Projects are shaped by the successful candidate’s strengths and subject expertise. The fellow works with the Rare Books Librarian, the Manuscripts and Archives Librarian, or both on cataloging and description assignments, gaining experience in special collections management and collections care.
