IMLS-RBS Fellowships Awarded


RBS is pleased to announce that the selection process for the IMLS-RBS Fellowships for Early-Career Librarians is now complete: a first cohort of twenty IMLS-RBS Fellows has been chosen. This fellowship will allow young professionals to attend an RBS course and to increase their professional involvement at the national level through participation in the conference of the Rare Books and Manuscripts Section (RBMS) of the Association of College and Research Libraries (ACRL), a division of the ALA. The aim of the program is to help fellows acquire skills relevant to professional work in special collections and build important professional networks.

The 2015 IMLS-RBS Fellows are:

  • Sarah M. Allison
  • George L. Apodaca
  • Stephanie Barnwell
  • Tameca Beckett
  • Yuh-Fen Benda
  • Rosemary K.J. Davis
  • Jason W. Dean
  • Marcela S. Estevez
  • Marcie Farwell
  • Jamillah R. Gabriel

  • Aaisha N. Haykal
  • Jameka Lewis
  • Alexsandra K. Mitchell
  • Albert Palacios
  • Tiffany Saulter
  • Curtis Small, Jr.
  • Sandra K. Tharp-Thee
  • Allison C. Tyous
  • Amy C. Vo
  • Brynn White

See the press release for more information.