1 00:00:01,186 --> 00:00:01,900 >> Kevin Butterfield: Hi, everyone. 2 00:00:01,901 --> 00:00:02,643 My name is Kevin Butterfield. 3 00:00:02,840 --> 00:00:04,874 I'm the Director of the John W. Kluge Center 4 00:00:04,875 --> 00:00:06,500 at the Library of Congress. 5 00:00:06,900 --> 00:00:09,770 We wanted to create a video to walk through some of 6 00:00:09,770 --> 00:00:12,890 the frequently asked questions and opportunities for 7 00:00:12,890 --> 00:00:15,650 fellowships here in-residence at the Library of Congress, 8 00:00:15,650 --> 00:00:20,060 including, later on in this presentation, a step-by-step 9 00:00:20,060 --> 00:00:21,985 walk through of the application process 10 00:00:22,185 --> 00:00:24,410 through the application portal that we use. 11 00:00:24,830 --> 00:00:28,160 The Kluge Center is based in the Jefferson Building at the 12 00:00:28,160 --> 00:00:31,680 dome of which you see here of the Library of Congress, which 13 00:00:31,680 --> 00:00:35,850 is one of the three buildings on the main campus and also one 14 00:00:35,850 --> 00:00:37,800 of the most beautiful buildings in Washington, D.C. 15 00:00:39,360 --> 00:00:43,530 the Library of Congress, as I hope everyone here knows, is the 16 00:00:43,530 --> 00:00:45,810 world's largest library and one of the most remarkable 17 00:00:45,810 --> 00:00:49,161 collections ever assembled. We think of this 18 00:00:49,162 --> 00:00:51,557 as an unparalleled collection with great 19 00:00:51,750 --> 00:00:55,070 research potential for just about any applicant working 20 00:00:55,070 --> 00:00:56,180 in the humanities and social sciences. 21 00:00:57,650 --> 00:01:00,710 The description that you see here of the scope and size of 22 00:01:00,710 --> 00:01:04,760 the collections is useful, but also something that we will 23 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:09,080 expect every candidate who is preparing materials to apply to 24 00:01:09,080 --> 00:01:12,290 think through specifically what they might use here, not simply 25 00:01:12,290 --> 00:01:18,240 to put together a proposal based on the massive volume of 26 00:01:18,240 --> 00:01:20,970 collections at the library, but to think through and to 27 00:01:20,970 --> 00:01:23,610 articulate quite clearly, as we'll describe later in this 28 00:01:23,610 --> 00:01:27,720 presentation, some of the ways that their work applies and 29 00:01:27,720 --> 00:01:30,125 would be supported by the collections 30 00:01:30,329 --> 00:01:34,057 of the Library of Congress. Within what you see here, 31 00:01:34,320 --> 00:01:39,540 one of the things that is quite remarkable and will digest 32 00:01:39,540 --> 00:01:40,590 this a bit further in the presentation, 33 00:01:41,640 --> 00:01:45,631 our individual collections within both the General 34 00:01:45,632 --> 00:01:47,614 and International Collections Directorate 35 00:01:47,615 --> 00:01:49,905 and the Special Collections. For instance, 36 00:01:50,100 --> 00:01:51,857 I'll mention Geography and Map Division. 37 00:01:51,858 --> 00:01:54,686 You see here the roughly 6 million maps in the 38 00:01:54,690 --> 00:01:56,940 collection. That is the largest cartographic collection in the 39 00:01:56,940 --> 00:02:03,480 world. And the breadth of those materials are able to support 40 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:09,330 a vast number of research projects, one of which there is 41 00:02:09,330 --> 00:02:11,340 a fellowship that we'll describe here that specifically 42 00:02:11,340 --> 00:02:13,530 devoted to the Geography and Map Division collections. 43 00:02:13,530 --> 00:02:20,340 But we could imagine compelling applications coming from 44 00:02:20,340 --> 00:02:23,370 any of the fellowships that that we describe here that 45 00:02:23,370 --> 00:02:25,980 might draw on that collection or any other specific 46 00:02:25,980 --> 00:02:28,680 collection. Only one of the four fellowships that has a 47 00:02:28,680 --> 00:02:34,670 September 15th deadline will be focused on one specific 48 00:02:34,670 --> 00:02:37,970 collection. But we also do imagine that each candidate will 49 00:02:37,971 --> 00:02:40,029 have specific collections in mind 50 00:02:40,030 --> 00:02:43,943 as they're preparing a research project proposal. 51 00:02:44,840 --> 00:02:47,300 The Kluge Center is, as I mentioned, based on the 52 00:02:47,300 --> 00:02:51,189 Jefferson Building. This is one of two 53 00:02:51,389 --> 00:02:54,089 large expanses in the library dedicated 54 00:02:54,289 --> 00:02:56,790 to Kluge Center scholars and residents. 55 00:02:56,790 --> 00:02:59,963 There's both a lower level, which includes 56 00:03:00,162 --> 00:03:02,160 both staff and chair offices. 57 00:03:02,160 --> 00:03:05,688 The chairs positions, I can briefly describe 58 00:03:05,689 --> 00:03:10,100 as being senior position, senior research positions 59 00:03:10,499 --> 00:03:13,260 that are come in by invitation of the Librarian of Congress. 60 00:03:14,250 --> 00:03:16,410 The fellow positions typically come in by 61 00:03:16,410 --> 00:03:19,020 application. That's what we're here to describe today. 62 00:03:19,370 --> 00:03:23,390 There are cubicles and offices set aside throughout 63 00:03:23,390 --> 00:03:28,580 both this room and one other adjacent to it, both of which 64 00:03:28,580 --> 00:03:31,084 are adjacent to the main reading room, 65 00:03:31,284 --> 00:03:33,380 which you saw just a moment ago, 66 00:03:33,530 --> 00:03:36,230 one of the great reading rooms in the world. The Kluge Center 67 00:03:36,230 --> 00:03:40,940 was founded in October of 2000 with the most generous financial 68 00:03:40,940 --> 00:03:44,700 gift of the library had yet received to create a center 69 00:03:44,700 --> 00:03:48,480 for research, both residential research but also scholarly 70 00:03:48,480 --> 00:03:53,190 programs and symposia within the library, and to 71 00:03:53,190 --> 00:03:57,600 support wide-ranging work in the humanities and what I tend 72 00:03:57,600 --> 00:04:01,410 to think of as humanistic social sciences, and find 73 00:04:01,410 --> 00:04:05,190 ways to connect that work both to the scholarly communities 74 00:04:05,191 --> 00:04:08,171 from which it's coming, and we certainly work hard 75 00:04:08,172 --> 00:04:10,514 to create symposia and programs 76 00:04:10,520 --> 00:04:15,950 that are dedicated to the academic dissemination of 77 00:04:15,950 --> 00:04:17,739 the ideas that are being developed here 78 00:04:17,939 --> 00:04:19,901 at the Kluge Center, but also to work 79 00:04:20,101 --> 00:04:21,650 with those immediately across the street 80 00:04:22,357 --> 00:04:26,957 in the US Congress, both the members and the staff, and 81 00:04:26,960 --> 00:04:30,080 find ways to make their work relevant, to make work 82 00:04:30,080 --> 00:04:35,460 accessible and useful in policy making ways. 83 00:04:35,461 --> 00:04:37,957 And that's one of the founding mission of the Kluge Center, 84 00:04:37,958 --> 00:04:40,714 and one of the ongoing efforts that we do here. 85 00:04:40,740 --> 00:04:43,830 One of the things that I can underscore, because sometimes I 86 00:04:43,830 --> 00:04:47,070 think it needs underscoring, is that the Kluge Center, though 87 00:04:47,070 --> 00:04:51,480 it has this policy-oriented mission, 88 00:04:51,870 --> 00:04:56,600 we very much, and we are very proud of our support of work 89 00:04:56,601 --> 00:05:00,543 that is not necessarily patently relevant 90 00:05:00,544 --> 00:05:03,386 to policy making questions of the day. 91 00:05:03,500 --> 00:05:06,500 We find ourselves supporting medievalists as well as those 92 00:05:06,500 --> 00:05:08,900 working in 21st century political science, 93 00:05:09,050 --> 00:05:10,490 just to give one example. 94 00:05:10,700 --> 00:05:14,300 So we're hopeful that you, as a potential applicant for a 95 00:05:14,300 --> 00:05:17,360 fellowship here, will think through the ways in which your 96 00:05:17,360 --> 00:05:20,700 project can be supported by the collection of the library and 97 00:05:20,700 --> 00:05:23,670 think through ways in which you can make the case for that, and 98 00:05:23,670 --> 00:05:27,240 not simply go out of your way to self-select and 99 00:05:27,240 --> 00:05:31,590 decide that your work isn't of the sort that 100 00:05:31,590 --> 00:05:35,910 best fits the sort of policy-making public scholarship 101 00:05:36,150 --> 00:05:39,180 because our panels, our selection panels will do that 102 00:05:39,180 --> 00:05:41,340 for you. They'll work and think through the ways in which your 103 00:05:41,340 --> 00:05:43,680 work is appropriate for the Kluge Centre. 104 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:48,320 And I can't emphasize enough that your work, great 105 00:05:48,320 --> 00:05:49,760 scholarship will be supported. 106 00:05:49,910 --> 00:05:52,049 It has potential to benefit from the 107 00:05:52,249 --> 00:05:54,140 collections of the Library of Congress. 108 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,260 So while there is this sort of underlying mission, we're 109 00:05:57,260 --> 00:06:00,920 hopeful that we will also support what I think of as pure 110 00:06:00,950 --> 00:06:04,250 research and and cutting-edge scholarship of all sorts. 111 00:06:05,990 --> 00:06:08,940 We have approximately 100 scholars in residence residents 112 00:06:08,940 --> 00:06:13,260 across a given year that includes both early career 113 00:06:13,290 --> 00:06:15,360 scholars. Some of the fellowships that we'll be 114 00:06:15,360 --> 00:06:18,750 describing are limited to those within a certain number of years 115 00:06:18,750 --> 00:06:21,425 after their terminal degree, typically a PhD, 116 00:06:21,529 --> 00:06:23,879 as well as those very senior positions, 117 00:06:23,880 --> 00:06:27,540 the chairs that come in by invitation, as well as another 118 00:06:27,540 --> 00:06:30,630 category that's described as distinguished visiting scholar 119 00:06:30,630 --> 00:06:33,590 that, again, the Library of Congress makes specific 120 00:06:33,590 --> 00:06:37,880 invitations for. So, roughly 100 scholars in residence across an 121 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:41,390 entire year, some of them funded directly out of the Kluge 122 00:06:41,390 --> 00:06:46,670 funds and other endowments that we have here at 123 00:06:46,670 --> 00:06:47,870 the Library of Congress. 124 00:06:48,230 --> 00:06:50,660 And some of them coming in through international 125 00:06:50,661 --> 00:06:53,171 partnerships. So you actually will find a good number 126 00:06:53,172 --> 00:06:58,557 of non-US scholars in residents that are funded by home 127 00:06:58,560 --> 00:07:01,830 institutions or by programs in their home country. 128 00:07:02,970 --> 00:07:05,790 One of the great things about the Kluge Fellowship 129 00:07:05,820 --> 00:07:09,270 is that it's open to scholars from around the world who can 130 00:07:09,270 --> 00:07:12,224 apply directly to tap into Kluge funds 131 00:07:12,424 --> 00:07:14,400 for their time in residence. 132 00:07:16,950 --> 00:07:21,510 The number of discrete collections and reading rooms 133 00:07:21,510 --> 00:07:25,523 throughout the library is large and will take 134 00:07:26,586 --> 00:07:30,243 a little bit of time for you as a prospective scholar 135 00:07:30,250 --> 00:07:34,900 to work through and think about where you would want to be 136 00:07:34,900 --> 00:07:39,730 connecting your work, in which collections and do some 137 00:07:39,730 --> 00:07:42,760 advance work, both in the finding aids and the catalogs 138 00:07:42,760 --> 00:07:44,830 and the other online materials that can help you understand 139 00:07:44,830 --> 00:07:47,340 what's in these collections, as well as potentially reaching out 140 00:07:47,340 --> 00:07:50,700 to librarians and curators in the individual collections. 141 00:07:50,700 --> 00:07:54,810 For some of you, it's quite obvious which collections and 142 00:07:54,810 --> 00:07:57,150 which reading rooms you'll be wanting to connect with. 143 00:07:57,150 --> 00:07:58,770 For others, it may be less so. 144 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:04,890 So I encourage you to use the loc.gov website and explore some 145 00:08:04,890 --> 00:08:07,020 of the various reading rooms that you see described here, 146 00:08:07,530 --> 00:08:11,410 which are spread out across the three buildings of the 147 00:08:11,410 --> 00:08:12,580 D.C. campus of the Library of Congress. 148 00:08:13,780 --> 00:08:17,020 The majority of them are in the Madison Building, but quite 149 00:08:17,020 --> 00:08:20,860 a number of them are right here in Jefferson, including some 150 00:08:20,860 --> 00:08:23,626 of the area studies reading rooms such as African 151 00:08:23,826 --> 00:08:28,210 and Middle East and Hispanic reading room, Asian as well. 152 00:08:28,840 --> 00:08:32,410 One of the most important things that you can do at this 153 00:08:32,410 --> 00:08:36,150 stage, as you're preparing an application in the 2024 cycle, 154 00:08:36,150 --> 00:08:39,436 is to think through exactly which collections to explore, 155 00:08:39,443 --> 00:08:42,671 how you might be able to, with specificity, describe your use 156 00:08:42,870 --> 00:08:44,790 of those collections as well as, 157 00:08:44,791 --> 00:08:49,114 and I will admit that this is something that is a part of 158 00:08:49,414 --> 00:08:51,986 most applications, successful and unsuccessful, 159 00:08:51,987 --> 00:08:54,629 because it's always the case. 160 00:08:55,020 --> 00:08:58,500 A description of the breadth of the collections and 161 00:08:58,500 --> 00:09:02,500 the ways in which the sheer breadth of the general 162 00:09:02,500 --> 00:09:05,073 collection of the circulating library collection 163 00:09:05,273 --> 00:09:06,940 can be useful to support your work. 164 00:09:07,270 --> 00:09:10,360 But most compelling proposals find some way to 165 00:09:10,360 --> 00:09:14,260 connect to materials unique to the Library of Congress or 166 00:09:14,260 --> 00:09:16,990 uniquely collected at the Library of Congress. 167 00:09:16,990 --> 00:09:19,360 So there might be individual libraries that have various 168 00:09:19,360 --> 00:09:22,660 things, but no one library has all of the things that can be a 169 00:09:22,660 --> 00:09:28,110 useful point of connection, and particularly those who can 170 00:09:28,110 --> 00:09:33,180 make a case that your project needs to draw materials 171 00:09:33,180 --> 00:09:37,470 that are unique to the library and particular use for 172 00:09:37,470 --> 00:09:40,110 your collection that you can describe in specificity. 173 00:09:41,010 --> 00:09:43,170 To go into more detail about some of the individual 174 00:09:43,170 --> 00:09:44,381 fellowships, let me hand things over 175 00:09:44,386 --> 00:09:46,014 to my colleague, Sophia Zahner. 176 00:09:48,220 --> 00:09:50,620 >> Sophia Zahner: Hello. So I will be discussing 177 00:09:50,621 --> 00:09:53,586 the fellowships covered in the application portal. 178 00:09:53,740 --> 00:09:57,730 There will be four fellowships that you can apply for 179 00:09:57,730 --> 00:09:59,650 through our application portal. 180 00:09:59,650 --> 00:10:02,590 And the deadline for all four of those fellowships will be 181 00:10:02,590 --> 00:10:05,341 September 15th. These fellowship programs 182 00:10:05,541 --> 00:10:07,240 include the Kluge Fellowship, 183 00:10:07,240 --> 00:10:08,380 which is our flagship fellowship. 184 00:10:09,610 --> 00:10:11,663 The Fellowship in Digital Studies, 185 00:10:11,857 --> 00:10:14,643 the David B. Larson Fellowship in Health and Spirituality, 186 00:10:14,644 --> 00:10:17,429 and the Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship. 187 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,030 So I'll be talking in more detail about each of these. 188 00:10:21,030 --> 00:10:23,730 However, you can find more information about all four of 189 00:10:23,730 --> 00:10:27,184 these fellowships on our website. 190 00:10:27,384 --> 00:10:31,161 So, the Kluge fellowships at the library 191 00:10:31,361 --> 00:10:33,900 are our flagship fellowships. 192 00:10:33,900 --> 00:10:36,164 There's 12 of them, and they've been in existence 193 00:10:36,364 --> 00:10:38,080 since the start of the Kluge Center. 194 00:10:38,170 --> 00:10:41,350 The Kluge Center encourages humanistic and social science 195 00:10:41,350 --> 00:10:44,410 research that makes use of the library's large and varied 196 00:10:44,410 --> 00:10:47,830 collections. Interdisciplinary and cross-cultural research is 197 00:10:47,830 --> 00:10:51,070 particularly welcome in the Kluge Fellowship program. 198 00:10:51,670 --> 00:10:54,670 Scholars who have received a terminal advance degree within 199 00:10:54,670 --> 00:10:57,730 the past seven years in the humanities, social sciences, or 200 00:10:57,730 --> 00:11:00,612 in a professional field such as architecture or law 201 00:11:00,614 --> 00:11:02,557 are eligible for these fellowships. 202 00:11:02,760 --> 00:11:06,090 These applicants can be U.S. Citizens or foreign nationals, 203 00:11:06,090 --> 00:11:07,650 as Kevin mentioned before. 204 00:11:07,950 --> 00:11:13,350 The stipend for the fellowship programs are $5,000 a month for 205 00:11:13,350 --> 00:11:18,390 periods of 4 to 11 months, as are the stipends for the Digital 206 00:11:18,390 --> 00:11:21,780 Studies and Larson Fellowships, which will be mentioning in the 207 00:11:21,780 --> 00:11:26,680 next slides. So the Digital Studies Fellowship at the 208 00:11:26,680 --> 00:11:31,540 library asks for proposals from scholars worldwide that 209 00:11:31,540 --> 00:11:34,720 will generate deep, empirically grounded understanding of the 210 00:11:34,720 --> 00:11:38,530 consequences of the digital -- people think, how society 211 00:11:38,530 --> 00:11:41,230 functions and how international relations shift. 212 00:11:41,230 --> 00:11:44,950 Proposals may also explore and analyze emerging trends and new 213 00:11:44,950 --> 00:11:47,560 phenomena that may generate consequential changes in the 214 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:50,910 future. All proposals must state the importance of the 215 00:11:50,910 --> 00:11:53,070 research to fundamental thinking about the human 216 00:11:53,070 --> 00:11:56,700 condition. There are two Digital Studies fellowships, and 217 00:11:56,700 --> 00:12:00,570 these fellowships have been in existence since 2014. 218 00:12:01,290 --> 00:12:04,080 Eligibility for the Digital Studies fellowships is pretty 219 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:07,320 broad. It's open to scholars and practitioners worldwide. 220 00:12:07,800 --> 00:12:09,912 And as I mentioned before, the stipend 221 00:12:10,112 --> 00:12:12,726 for the Digital Studies Fellowship is $5,000 222 00:12:12,729 --> 00:12:14,857 a month for a period of up to 11 months. 223 00:12:15,050 --> 00:12:18,500 So the Kluge Center offers one David B. Larson Fellowship in 224 00:12:18,500 --> 00:12:19,820 Health and Spirituality each year. 225 00:12:20,780 --> 00:12:24,170 The Kluge Center invites qualified scholars to apply for 226 00:12:24,170 --> 00:12:26,510 a postdoctoral fellowship in the field of health and 227 00:12:26,750 --> 00:12:29,540 spirituality as part of this fellowship program. 228 00:12:29,840 --> 00:12:33,350 The eligibility for the Larson Fellowship is U.S. 229 00:12:33,350 --> 00:12:36,350 citizens or permanent residents with a doctoral degree. 230 00:12:36,350 --> 00:12:39,720 And like the Digital Studies and Kluge fellowships, the 231 00:12:39,720 --> 00:12:43,620 stipend is $5,000 per month for periods of 6 to 12 months. 232 00:12:45,030 --> 00:12:50,010 Finally, the Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship is 233 00:12:50,010 --> 00:12:53,340 the fellowship that Kevin mentioned earlier as being 234 00:12:53,340 --> 00:12:56,640 related to the Geography and Maps collection, specifically 235 00:12:57,030 --> 00:12:59,760 the Kluge Center and the Philip Lee Phillips Society at the 236 00:12:59,760 --> 00:13:02,560 Library of Congress invite qualified scholars to conduct 237 00:13:02,560 --> 00:13:04,550 research at the Kluge Center using the 238 00:13:04,750 --> 00:13:06,828 Geography and Map Division's collections 239 00:13:06,829 --> 00:13:08,300 and resources for a period of two 240 00:13:08,301 --> 00:13:12,718 months. Eligibility for this fellowship, 241 00:13:12,719 --> 00:13:15,500 has no degree requirements. 242 00:13:15,700 --> 00:13:18,820 Applicants must have a history of successful accomplishment in 243 00:13:18,820 --> 00:13:22,150 the field of geography, cartography, or history and have 244 00:13:22,150 --> 00:13:25,660 a record of publication commensurate with a senior 245 00:13:25,660 --> 00:13:28,474 fellowship of this kind. Applicants may be U.S. 246 00:13:28,475 --> 00:13:30,357 citizens or foreign nationals. 247 00:13:30,830 --> 00:13:34,340 The stipend for the Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship is 248 00:13:34,340 --> 00:13:39,680 $5,750 per month for a period of two months, and there are two 249 00:13:39,680 --> 00:13:42,980 Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowships available each year. 250 00:13:43,160 --> 00:13:45,188 Now, I'm going to turn it back to Kevin 251 00:13:45,388 --> 00:13:47,240 to discuss the review process. 252 00:13:48,200 --> 00:13:49,529 >> Kevin Butterfield: The criteria by which 253 00:13:49,530 --> 00:13:51,279 these fellowship applications will be 254 00:13:51,280 --> 00:13:55,840 reviewed are similar, in fact, nearly identical across the 255 00:13:55,840 --> 00:13:57,610 four fellowships being described here. 256 00:13:57,610 --> 00:14:00,790 Although as you may note, there will be specific 257 00:14:00,790 --> 00:14:04,594 expectations for each one. Digital studies, for instance, 258 00:14:04,800 --> 00:14:07,186 will certainly -- a successful applicant 259 00:14:07,286 --> 00:14:10,986 will have focused on digital scholarship in ways that 260 00:14:10,990 --> 00:14:13,420 aren't necessarily going to be the case in others, 261 00:14:13,420 --> 00:14:14,914 same with Philip Lee Phillips in the 262 00:14:14,915 --> 00:14:17,014 Geography and Map Division's collections. 263 00:14:17,660 --> 00:14:20,330 But I do want to walk through these so that we can think 264 00:14:20,330 --> 00:14:23,930 through some of the ways in which applicants can be made 265 00:14:23,930 --> 00:14:25,640 stronger and potentially successful. 266 00:14:26,900 --> 00:14:29,600 For each of the four fellowships, panels will be 267 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,480 established that will review the application materials that 268 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,210 will have strict guidelines that I'll describe in a moment, 269 00:14:35,210 --> 00:14:38,600 in terms of length and details that need to be included. 270 00:14:39,257 --> 00:14:41,486 They'll be considering the application 271 00:14:41,487 --> 00:14:44,169 in relation to numerous other proposals. 272 00:14:44,170 --> 00:14:46,930 So there is a comparative aspect to these. 273 00:14:47,320 --> 00:14:51,940 And for each of these fellowships, these criteria will 274 00:14:51,940 --> 00:14:53,953 be laid out in front of the panelists 275 00:14:53,957 --> 00:14:56,800 who will be working to make the selections. 276 00:14:57,520 --> 00:14:59,680 The significance of the project's contribution to 277 00:14:59,680 --> 00:15:00,880 knowledge in the field. 278 00:15:00,880 --> 00:15:05,870 This is an important thing for scholars based at 279 00:15:06,200 --> 00:15:08,510 academic institutions in particular to think through, 280 00:15:08,510 --> 00:15:11,360 which is you need to make the case that this is important 281 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:12,800 work within your field of study. 282 00:15:13,490 --> 00:15:17,060 You don't need to focus on the ways in which it's 283 00:15:17,060 --> 00:15:21,440 obviously relevant to all general readers or to 284 00:15:21,440 --> 00:15:24,770 members of Congress, even. Emphasize the ways in which your 285 00:15:24,770 --> 00:15:28,036 work is important and makes a real contribution 286 00:15:28,043 --> 00:15:30,557 to knowledge in your field of study. 287 00:15:30,820 --> 00:15:33,910 And the panels will be assembled, including 288 00:15:33,910 --> 00:15:38,170 specialists from a wide range of fields and disciplines. 289 00:15:38,560 --> 00:15:41,230 But they will be evaluating, based on this 290 00:15:41,230 --> 00:15:46,090 criterion of how persuasively the author or the 291 00:15:46,090 --> 00:15:48,400 applicant makes the case for the significance of the 292 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:51,880 project's contribution to knowledge in your discipline and 293 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:55,490 field of study. Second, the quality of the conception, 294 00:15:55,490 --> 00:15:59,210 definition, organization and description of the project goes 295 00:15:59,210 --> 00:16:04,850 without saying that persuasive, clear writing in the 296 00:16:04,857 --> 00:16:07,057 proposal is a good indicator of persuasive 297 00:16:07,058 --> 00:16:09,286 and clear writing in the finished project. 298 00:16:09,957 --> 00:16:11,514 And this is, of course, something that 299 00:16:11,515 --> 00:16:13,814 the panelists will be taking into account. 300 00:16:15,170 --> 00:16:18,400 The next two are the ones that are, I think, potentially the 301 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,500 most important to do advance work. 302 00:16:21,160 --> 00:16:24,610 The first two, one imagines that any applicant has already 303 00:16:24,610 --> 00:16:27,670 thought through ways in which they can make the case for this 304 00:16:27,670 --> 00:16:31,660 for a variety of possible funders or even hiring 305 00:16:31,660 --> 00:16:35,440 institutions. But the next two, I want to underscore the 306 00:16:35,440 --> 00:16:37,047 likelihood that the applicant will complete 307 00:16:37,048 --> 00:16:39,043 the project in the proposed timeline. 308 00:16:39,100 --> 00:16:42,680 This is not an emphasis that one will complete a book 309 00:16:42,680 --> 00:16:46,970 manuscript. It's actually something more clearly that 310 00:16:46,970 --> 00:16:50,450 the applicant will complete the work that they lay out in the 311 00:16:50,450 --> 00:16:54,860 proposal. So if one lays out that they will be working on 312 00:16:54,860 --> 00:16:58,190 chapters three through five and goes into detail about what 313 00:16:58,190 --> 00:17:01,310 these chapters are, that is the criterion by which the panelists 314 00:17:01,314 --> 00:17:03,199 will be evaluating the applicant. 315 00:17:04,386 --> 00:17:06,414 Is the applicant biting off more 316 00:17:06,415 --> 00:17:08,357 than he or she can chew, essentially? 317 00:17:08,560 --> 00:17:13,690 And so, thinking through with precision what the proposal 318 00:17:13,691 --> 00:17:17,000 describes will be the outcome of four to 11 months 319 00:17:17,001 --> 00:17:18,329 in residency, in the case of the 320 00:17:18,330 --> 00:17:21,879 Kluge Fellowship and describing it and making the 321 00:17:21,880 --> 00:17:25,600 case, hopefully a persuasive case, that the 322 00:17:25,600 --> 00:17:27,886 applicant will be able to complete and meet 323 00:17:27,887 --> 00:17:30,414 those goals in the proposed timeline. 324 00:17:30,440 --> 00:17:33,650 I hope this is clear, and it's one of the things that I think 325 00:17:33,650 --> 00:17:37,370 often separates a successful from a near successful 326 00:17:37,490 --> 00:17:42,470 applicant. Fourth, and certainly the most important 327 00:17:42,530 --> 00:17:46,400 in terms of being specific to this institution, is 328 00:17:46,401 --> 00:17:48,043 describing the appropriateness of the research 329 00:17:48,044 --> 00:17:50,386 project for the Library of Congress. 330 00:17:50,570 --> 00:17:55,480 Now, this has been read, I think, in misleading ways by 331 00:17:55,480 --> 00:17:57,670 some unsuccessful applicants in the past. 332 00:17:57,670 --> 00:18:01,330 Not a large number, but a small number of applicants that have 333 00:18:01,330 --> 00:18:07,780 emphasized the value of their research for improving the 334 00:18:07,780 --> 00:18:11,260 functioning of the Library of Congress, or for strengthening 335 00:18:11,260 --> 00:18:14,020 the cataloging of the Library of Congress, or some quite 336 00:18:14,020 --> 00:18:18,046 specific thing where I think the applicant 337 00:18:18,246 --> 00:18:21,112 somewhat misread criterion on the appropriateness 338 00:18:21,314 --> 00:18:23,329 of the research for the Library of Congress 339 00:18:23,330 --> 00:18:27,799 to mean the value of the research to do something of 340 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:31,190 value for the Library of Congress, which is very 341 00:18:31,190 --> 00:18:36,980 rarely, if not never the the expectation. The fourth 342 00:18:36,980 --> 00:18:39,350 criterion that's being described here is the 343 00:18:39,350 --> 00:18:41,150 appropriateness of the collections of the Library of 344 00:18:41,150 --> 00:18:45,310 Congress to further the research, right? The 345 00:18:45,310 --> 00:18:49,270 appropriateness of the research to be done here based on 346 00:18:49,270 --> 00:18:51,987 collections that are either unique here 347 00:18:52,187 --> 00:18:54,430 or certainly part of the collections here. 348 00:18:54,430 --> 00:18:59,770 And to make out the case that the the proposed research and 349 00:18:59,770 --> 00:19:01,990 the collection of the Library of Congress are a good fit. 350 00:19:01,990 --> 00:19:06,740 Some of the most successful applications are ones that 351 00:19:06,740 --> 00:19:10,040 itemize and specific by name, particular manuscript 352 00:19:10,040 --> 00:19:13,790 collections or particular rare books collections, or some such 353 00:19:13,790 --> 00:19:19,490 thing, often by name, often describing the scope and scale 354 00:19:19,490 --> 00:19:22,559 of a specific collection. It's not necessary 355 00:19:22,759 --> 00:19:25,070 that everyone has that same level of 356 00:19:25,070 --> 00:19:27,890 specificity, because it's certainly more appropriate for 357 00:19:27,891 --> 00:19:32,400 some projects than others. But please do the advanced work. 358 00:19:32,401 --> 00:19:33,914 Look through the different collections 359 00:19:33,915 --> 00:19:39,039 and reading rooms. Use the, I think well-described ways, 360 00:19:39,040 --> 00:19:41,530 reading room by reading room to reach out to specific 361 00:19:41,530 --> 00:19:46,780 librarians, often through a general inquiry line, a 362 00:19:46,780 --> 00:19:49,330 particular email address that goes to the reading room. 363 00:19:49,810 --> 00:19:54,040 And sometimes you can actually get to have a back and 364 00:19:54,040 --> 00:19:56,870 forth with a curator or librarian in a specific 365 00:19:56,870 --> 00:20:01,280 collection. This will be a great value for adding detail 366 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:02,690 and specificity to the application. 367 00:20:04,580 --> 00:20:07,550 A few key points to remember. Do, as I've been saying, 368 00:20:07,550 --> 00:20:10,670 include specific LOC collections you need in order to complete 369 00:20:10,670 --> 00:20:14,300 the research objectives. Be specific where possible. 370 00:20:14,990 --> 00:20:19,980 A second thing that often trips people up is the 371 00:20:19,980 --> 00:20:23,393 eligibility requirements to use the Kluge Fellowship 372 00:20:23,400 --> 00:20:27,014 in specific, which says that this is available to people 373 00:20:27,157 --> 00:20:29,286 who have earned their terminal degree 374 00:20:29,287 --> 00:20:31,843 within the last seven years. So please do, 375 00:20:32,040 --> 00:20:36,270 in your application materials, include your year and month of 376 00:20:36,270 --> 00:20:37,950 the terminal degree that you've received. 377 00:20:39,390 --> 00:20:42,570 There are a number of immediately disqualified 378 00:20:42,570 --> 00:20:46,166 applications each year. Often someone who is 379 00:20:46,171 --> 00:20:50,529 at a PhD for a longer time than seven years. 380 00:20:50,986 --> 00:20:53,809 We certainly don't want to have too many 381 00:20:53,810 --> 00:20:55,700 applications that are set aside immediately. 382 00:20:56,270 --> 00:21:00,620 So please take the time to be sure that you are eligible 383 00:21:00,621 --> 00:21:02,786 before completing your application. 384 00:21:03,086 --> 00:21:05,229 A couple of don'ts that I'll emphasize. 385 00:21:05,390 --> 00:21:09,030 Exceeding page limits that are laid out in the application 386 00:21:09,030 --> 00:21:12,120 proposals. As Sophia mentioned, each of the four fellowships 387 00:21:12,120 --> 00:21:14,730 have their own page on the website, so you can go into 388 00:21:14,730 --> 00:21:18,300 great detail and highlight and read closely 389 00:21:18,300 --> 00:21:22,530 the page limits and expectations. Don't exceed the 390 00:21:22,530 --> 00:21:26,970 page limits. If something is too long, the additional 391 00:21:26,970 --> 00:21:27,990 pages simply won't be consulted. 392 00:21:29,130 --> 00:21:33,980 So follow those page limits and condense when 393 00:21:33,980 --> 00:21:39,080 necessary. And last, one note that we can mention, the 394 00:21:39,290 --> 00:21:43,340 applications all require two letters of recommendation. 395 00:21:43,580 --> 00:21:46,850 But don't stress if your references aren't in by the due 396 00:21:46,850 --> 00:21:51,230 date of September 15th, because there is an additional two 397 00:21:51,230 --> 00:21:54,440 weeks for letters of reference to come in. 398 00:21:54,470 --> 00:21:56,360 They are due by September 30th. 399 00:21:56,700 --> 00:22:00,870 And so plenty of time between -- in the 2024 cycle, 400 00:22:00,960 --> 00:22:03,840 plenty of time for collecting those two letters of 401 00:22:03,840 --> 00:22:06,840 recommendation. And even after the due date, there's an 402 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:12,180 opportunity to nudge and get letters of recommendation 403 00:22:12,180 --> 00:22:13,914 submitted to the Kluge Center. 404 00:22:14,114 --> 00:22:16,110 To go through the application process, 405 00:22:16,110 --> 00:22:19,650 in particular, the step-by-step use of the application portal, 406 00:22:19,650 --> 00:22:21,680 let me hand things over to my colleague, Michael Stratmoen. 407 00:22:21,971 --> 00:22:24,657 >> Michael Stratmoen: Now that we've talked about the 408 00:22:24,658 --> 00:22:27,643 fellowships in general and some of the criteria 409 00:22:27,644 --> 00:22:32,209 and specific, I am the manager of our application portal. 410 00:22:32,210 --> 00:22:35,690 I'm going to run through how to actually file one of these 411 00:22:35,690 --> 00:22:39,110 applications. Let me share my screen. 412 00:22:43,370 --> 00:22:49,560 So starting from the main page of the Kluge Center, simply 413 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:54,330 scroll over to 'Chairs & fellowships' and click. From 414 00:22:54,330 --> 00:22:57,660 there. On the left hand side, click 'Fellowships.' 415 00:22:58,410 --> 00:23:02,580 There are several fellowships on the left hand side, all four 416 00:23:02,580 --> 00:23:05,692 of the ones that are included in our application portal. 417 00:23:05,700 --> 00:23:11,400 Kluge, Digital, Larson and Phillip Lee Phillips 418 00:23:11,401 --> 00:23:14,539 are on this side, this left hand side. 419 00:23:14,543 --> 00:23:17,014 You can click on either, any of the four of them 420 00:23:17,015 --> 00:23:19,369 to get on to the application portal. 421 00:23:19,371 --> 00:23:22,000 But to be quick, we're just going to click here on 422 00:23:22,001 --> 00:23:26,456 the 'Kluge fellowships.' If you scroll 423 00:23:26,457 --> 00:23:28,629 all the way to the bottom on the right, 424 00:23:28,630 --> 00:23:31,557 you'll see access our online application portal here. 425 00:23:31,940 --> 00:23:35,220 Simply click on there and it will take you to the portal. 426 00:23:36,150 --> 00:23:39,870 Now when you first arrive, if you are already someone 427 00:23:39,870 --> 00:23:42,614 that's been using our portal in the past, 428 00:23:42,814 --> 00:23:45,270 on the left side, you can just simply log in. 429 00:23:45,810 --> 00:23:48,810 If you've never created an account, on the right side, you 430 00:23:48,810 --> 00:23:51,051 have all the information you need here 431 00:23:51,057 --> 00:23:54,043 to create an account. So I will log in. 432 00:24:13,486 --> 00:24:16,757 [Inaudible] makes you do this twice. 433 00:24:22,200 --> 00:24:25,031 Now, once you are in, you have the option 434 00:24:25,032 --> 00:24:27,143 to either create a new submission 435 00:24:27,144 --> 00:24:29,557 or to review any past submissions. 436 00:24:29,640 --> 00:24:31,840 Simply click here to create a new submission 437 00:24:32,040 --> 00:24:33,960 and it will take you to the folder. 438 00:24:34,230 --> 00:24:37,800 Now what I'm going to do is go to the incomplete here, because 439 00:24:37,801 --> 00:24:41,271 I have filled out much of the information 440 00:24:41,272 --> 00:24:49,886 on one of these already. So there are several windows 441 00:24:49,887 --> 00:24:52,309 that you need to go through to finish the application. 442 00:24:52,310 --> 00:24:55,610 The first one is right here, fellowship to apply to, and it 443 00:24:55,610 --> 00:24:59,330 shows right here as you can continue along to the end. 444 00:24:59,330 --> 00:25:03,410 Now when you first begin, you have to give consent to use this 445 00:25:03,410 --> 00:25:08,360 system as the library requires consent for 446 00:25:08,360 --> 00:25:10,890 conditions of usage for anything that they run 447 00:25:10,891 --> 00:25:14,069 themselves or use outside. Afterwards, 448 00:25:14,070 --> 00:25:17,130 you can choose which fellowship you would like to apply to. 449 00:25:17,130 --> 00:25:20,619 All four of them are here. You can apply to multiple 450 00:25:20,814 --> 00:25:23,671 fellowships if you want. However, in order to do so, 451 00:25:23,672 --> 00:25:27,029 you have to file an individual application each time. 452 00:25:27,030 --> 00:25:30,000 So if you wanted to do the Kluge Fellowship followed by a 453 00:25:30,000 --> 00:25:33,420 Larson Fellowship, you would fill out an entire application 454 00:25:33,420 --> 00:25:36,050 for Kluge, and then you would go back and start a new 455 00:25:36,057 --> 00:25:38,443 application for the Larson Fellowship. 456 00:25:40,940 --> 00:25:43,976 Afterwards, you can choose race, ethnicity, 457 00:25:44,176 --> 00:25:46,730 and a sex and gender if you would like. 458 00:25:46,857 --> 00:25:50,786 We do want to stress that these demographic information 459 00:25:51,050 --> 00:25:54,020 they're not used to make a selection decision in any way. 460 00:25:54,020 --> 00:25:58,310 But we do report the numbers based off race, 461 00:25:58,310 --> 00:26:01,620 ethnicity, sex and gender for these applications each year. 462 00:26:02,314 --> 00:26:04,871 Hit 'Save' and 'Next.' And this will take you to 463 00:26:04,872 --> 00:26:07,986 a single paragraph abstract describing your 464 00:26:08,100 --> 00:26:11,879 proposed research. This is a maximum of 500 words. 465 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:15,600 And this is a great place to summarize what exactly it is 466 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:17,820 that you are trying to accomplish at the Library of 467 00:26:17,820 --> 00:26:21,450 Congress. I've already filled in some text from the web page 468 00:26:21,450 --> 00:26:24,220 at the Kluge Center, just so that you can see what it sort of 469 00:26:24,220 --> 00:26:27,520 looks like when you're done typing in the information. 470 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,880 Hit 'Save' and 'Next' to go to the next section. 471 00:26:31,120 --> 00:26:33,970 And this is explaining how the Library of Congress and its 472 00:26:33,971 --> 00:26:35,886 collections will benefit your work. 473 00:26:36,040 --> 00:26:40,360 Now, as described a few times in this webinar already, we 474 00:26:40,360 --> 00:26:43,660 do, one, recommend you reach out to curatorial and 475 00:26:43,660 --> 00:26:46,960 reference staff here at the library in order to identify 476 00:26:46,960 --> 00:26:49,350 collections that you will use in your research. 477 00:26:49,410 --> 00:26:52,980 And it is the responsibility of applicants to make clear which 478 00:26:52,980 --> 00:26:55,470 Library of Congress resources they will use. 479 00:26:55,586 --> 00:26:58,800 And the use of collections is one of our primary criteria 480 00:26:58,801 --> 00:27:00,714 we use to evaluate proposals. 481 00:27:00,720 --> 00:27:03,630 And this is the space right here to put exactly which 482 00:27:03,630 --> 00:27:06,540 Library of Congress collections you would like to use if you 483 00:27:06,540 --> 00:27:10,050 were selected. Afterwards, hit 'Save' and 'Next' again, 484 00:27:10,243 --> 00:27:12,842 and this will bring you to the place 485 00:27:12,843 --> 00:27:14,109 that probably will take you the most 486 00:27:14,110 --> 00:27:16,900 amount of time, which is the general proposal. 487 00:27:17,830 --> 00:27:21,550 We'll talk about how you heard from this fellowship, title of 488 00:27:21,550 --> 00:27:26,380 the proposal, your name, last, first and middle, your home 489 00:27:26,380 --> 00:27:31,120 address, followed by a phone number where we can reach you 490 00:27:31,120 --> 00:27:34,480 at. And then two options for an email address. 491 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:37,200 We have a regular one, which generally is for your home 492 00:27:37,200 --> 00:27:40,650 institution. But we also do ask that you give us a long-term 493 00:27:40,650 --> 00:27:43,170 email address, that's a personal email address, if you 494 00:27:43,170 --> 00:27:46,680 can, because we do have several scholars each year that might 495 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,950 leave their home institution between when we receive their 496 00:27:49,950 --> 00:27:52,530 application and when we are evaluating it. 497 00:27:52,530 --> 00:27:55,320 And we wouldn't want to be able to not to reach out to someone 498 00:27:55,320 --> 00:27:59,220 if we have questions or want to accept their 499 00:27:59,221 --> 00:28:03,100 application. We also ask for country of citizenship 500 00:28:03,101 --> 00:28:06,400 and permanent residence, your current position, 501 00:28:06,443 --> 00:28:09,714 title or rank, the discipline, your department 502 00:28:09,911 --> 00:28:12,130 and your home institution, as well as the 503 00:28:12,131 --> 00:28:15,286 address of this institution. If you do not have 504 00:28:15,287 --> 00:28:16,839 a home institution at the time of your 505 00:28:16,840 --> 00:28:19,054 application, we ask that you please write 506 00:28:19,254 --> 00:28:21,820 independent scholar in that field right there. 507 00:28:23,380 --> 00:28:25,890 We also have you provide the country of your home 508 00:28:25,890 --> 00:28:30,210 institution. And as was stated earlier, we do ask for the month 509 00:28:30,210 --> 00:28:32,970 and year your PhD or terminal degree was awarded. 510 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:36,750 This is especially necessary if you are applying to 511 00:28:36,750 --> 00:28:38,430 the flagship Kluge Fellowship 512 00:28:38,430 --> 00:28:41,250 because of the fact that we need -- we can only accept 513 00:28:41,250 --> 00:28:45,030 applications for those who have received a PhD or other 514 00:28:45,030 --> 00:28:47,760 terminal degree in the last seven years. 515 00:28:48,450 --> 00:28:50,530 After this, we ask for your language abilities. 516 00:28:50,530 --> 00:28:53,260 We ask everyone for their abilities in English. 517 00:28:53,560 --> 00:28:58,060 Afterwards, we ask for up to two languages for their 518 00:28:58,060 --> 00:29:02,200 speciality. The first one is required and the second one 519 00:29:02,200 --> 00:29:07,930 is not. Finally, at the end, we ask for how many months of 520 00:29:07,930 --> 00:29:10,900 residency that you are asking for in this fellowship 521 00:29:10,900 --> 00:29:14,204 program. Applicants can choose between four and 11 months 522 00:29:14,400 --> 00:29:16,942 for the Kluge Fellowship. Four and 11 months 523 00:29:16,943 --> 00:29:19,428 for the Kluge Fellowship in Digital Studies. 524 00:29:19,429 --> 00:29:22,770 Six to 12 for Larson and only two months 525 00:29:22,771 --> 00:29:25,557 for the Phillips Fellowship. You can also indicate 526 00:29:25,751 --> 00:29:29,400 if you'll accept less than your desired number of months. 527 00:29:29,670 --> 00:29:34,110 And finally, you'll type your name in lieu of a signature. Hit 528 00:29:34,110 --> 00:29:36,851 'Save' and 'Next' to bring you to the next section 529 00:29:36,857 --> 00:29:38,886 which is supporting documentation. 530 00:29:38,890 --> 00:29:42,130 The first one is a copy of your curriculum vitae. 531 00:29:42,700 --> 00:29:47,643 We limit this to up to two pages, single-spaced. 532 00:29:47,829 --> 00:29:51,971 For the project proposal, which is a much more 533 00:29:51,972 --> 00:29:54,200 detailed proposal than what was 534 00:29:54,201 --> 00:29:57,579 provided in the single paragraph abstract, 535 00:29:57,580 --> 00:30:01,930 we limit that to three pages, single-spaced. And 536 00:30:01,931 --> 00:30:05,886 finally, the bibliography of works cited is also limited 537 00:30:05,887 --> 00:30:07,857 to three pages, single-spaced. 538 00:30:08,550 --> 00:30:11,520 Any extra pages for all three of these documents will not be 539 00:30:11,520 --> 00:30:15,930 considered. You'll hit 'Save' and 'Next.' 540 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:19,110 And this brings you to the reference letter, which is the 541 00:30:19,110 --> 00:30:24,060 last section. As Kevin stated, we are only accepting two 542 00:30:24,060 --> 00:30:26,920 reference letters for the application for all four 543 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:28,360 of these fellowship programs. 544 00:30:28,570 --> 00:30:32,020 What you will do is down here for each of them, you will put 545 00:30:32,020 --> 00:30:36,460 full name and an email address of your reference. 546 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:39,490 The system will generate an email directly to this 547 00:30:39,490 --> 00:30:43,120 individual, and they will ask in a statement of not more than 548 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:47,020 1200 words in length, the following information. 549 00:30:47,650 --> 00:30:50,790 There are eight pieces of information that are asked for, 550 00:30:50,790 --> 00:30:54,750 and we do ask that they are kept to 1200 words or less. 551 00:30:55,380 --> 00:30:58,830 As Kevin said, if these reference letters are not 552 00:30:58,830 --> 00:31:02,640 submitted and received by September 15th, that is okay. 553 00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:05,190 You have a two-week grace period for them to come in, 554 00:31:05,191 --> 00:31:08,943 which is September 30th. If they have any issues 555 00:31:08,944 --> 00:31:14,729 whatsoever, they can email scholarly@loc.gov. 556 00:31:14,740 --> 00:31:18,280 And someone can help them to get those letters in. 557 00:31:18,280 --> 00:31:21,430 And that email will be shown at the end of this 558 00:31:21,430 --> 00:31:27,040 presentation as well. Finally, hit 'Save and finalize.' 559 00:31:27,857 --> 00:31:29,829 You hit 'Okay' to submit the application. 560 00:31:29,830 --> 00:31:32,380 And please note you're not allowed to make changes after 561 00:31:32,386 --> 00:31:36,157 submitting. So if you're not ready, you can hit 'Cancel' 562 00:31:36,509 --> 00:31:38,622 and go back to 'Save' and it will be saved 563 00:31:38,822 --> 00:31:40,641 for you that you can come back later. 564 00:31:40,841 --> 00:31:42,940 But here, just to show you what it looks like, I 565 00:31:42,940 --> 00:31:44,620 want to hit 'Save and finalize.' 566 00:31:46,150 --> 00:31:49,930 And just like that, we have received your information. 567 00:31:49,930 --> 00:31:51,040 You have a confirmation of that. 568 00:31:51,970 --> 00:31:56,350 And that is how you will submit an application for one of these 569 00:31:56,350 --> 00:31:59,260 four fellowships this year at the Kluge Center. 570 00:31:59,290 --> 00:32:03,220 And with that, I will return this back to Kevin. 571 00:32:04,930 --> 00:32:06,350 >> Kevin Butterfield: Thank you, Mike, and thank you, Sophia. 572 00:32:06,550 --> 00:32:09,790 We've gone through the four applications that are a part of 573 00:32:09,790 --> 00:32:13,870 the application portal, open in 2020 for the Kluge Fellowship, 574 00:32:13,870 --> 00:32:16,450 Kluge Digital Studies, the Larson Fellowship, and the 575 00:32:16,450 --> 00:32:18,310 Philip Lee Phillips Society Fellowship. 576 00:32:19,157 --> 00:32:21,171 If you have questions about any of these, 577 00:32:21,172 --> 00:32:24,386 it's a single line to follow up. 578 00:32:24,700 --> 00:32:28,043 The scholarly@loc.gov is a place that you can 579 00:32:28,050 --> 00:32:30,690 reach out to us and ask questions about anything, 580 00:32:30,690 --> 00:32:34,080 whether substantive or technical, and we will be happy 581 00:32:34,086 --> 00:32:36,286 to respond as promptly as we can. 582 00:32:36,330 --> 00:32:38,910 The only other thing that I could think to say is good luck, 583 00:32:38,914 --> 00:32:41,314 and we're excited about your application coming into 584 00:32:41,315 --> 00:32:43,560 the Kluge Center. Take care everyone. Thanks.