World News Connection contains the full text summaries on newspaper articles, conference proceedings, radio and television broadcasts, periodicals and non-classified technical reports. For current access, this basically replaces the CD access to the daily reports from FBIS.
For back issues of the Daily reports on microfiche, contact GPD Reference.
WNC is a service of the National Technical Information Service. GPD has also received "NTIS Order Now Catalog" which describes thousands of the latest products available from NTIS (latest disc is Jan 95-Dec. 96).
Reference staff may also want to come try "Declassified Documents Reference System: Index and Abstracts", another CD-ROM product now available in GPD. If you all recall, the print indexes are not that user-friendly so we are pleased to have the cumulative CD-ROM version.
--Lou Malcomb, Head, Government Publications
3. ADVANCED RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS OFFERED
WOODROW WILSON INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR SCHOLARS
Fellowships in the Humanities and Social Sciences 1998-99
Located in the heart of Washington D C, the Center awards approximately 35 residential fellowships each for advanced research in the humanities and social sciences. Men and women from any country and from a wide variety of backgrounds (including government, the corporate world, the professions, and academe) may apply. Applicants must hold a doctorate or have equivalent professional accomplishments. Fellows are provided offices, access to the Library of Congress, computers or manuscript typing services, and research assistants. The Center publishes selected works written at the Center through the Woodrow Wilson Center Press. Fellowships are normally for an academic year. In determining stipends, the Center follows the principle of no gain/no loss in terms of a Fel low's previous year's salary. However, in no case can the Center's stipend exceed $62,000 and the average yearly stipend is $43,000. In addition, the Center provides travel expenses and 75% of health insurance premiums for Fellows and their immediate de pendents.
DEADLINE: October 1, 1997.
For application materials write to: Fellowships Office, Woodrow Wilson
Center, 1000 Jefferson Drive S W, SI MRC 022, Washington D C 20560.
Tel: (202) 357-2841; E-mail: wcfellow@sivm.si.edu; Fax: (202)
357-4439.
4. SUMMARY OF LIBRARY GRANT OPPORTUNITIES
National Science Foundation--Systematics and Ecology
Grants are available from the National Science Foundation for efforts to improve research collections and their preservation and accessibility to the research community. Of special interest is production of computerized databases openly available through electronic networks.
CONTACT: Dr. Meredith Lane, Division of Environmental Biology, NSF, 4201
Wilson Blvd., Arlington, VA 22230; (703) 306-1483; e-mail: malane@nsf.gov.
DEADLINE: Applications should be submitted by July 15, 1997.
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National Digital Library Competition
Libraries, universities, and nonprofits interested in putting their historically significant collections of Americana on-line should begin preparing for the next Library of Congress (LOC)/Ameritech National Digital Library Competition.
This 3-year, $2 million program supports the digitization of unique American historical materials for inclusion in LOC's American Memory, an on-line collection of primary source material in U.S. history and culture.
To be placed on the mailing list for guidelines, visit the program's web site at: http://lcweb2.loc.gov/ammem/award and fill out the guidelines request form.
CONTACT: National Digital Library Competition (202) 707-1087; e-mail
lc_ameritech@loc.gov
DEADLINE: For the 1997-98 competition, November 1, 1997.
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JOHN AND MARY R. MARKLE FOUNDATION
The foundation initiates and supports research, analysis, applications, programming, and other efforts directed toward serving the public interest in the fields of mass communications. The current program focuses on the areas of communications technology and political participation, advances in interactive communications technology, and communications policy. There is no formal procedure for submitting a request. A letter of inquiry should precede a full proposal, and should include a brief outline of the project, its purpose, methods, chief personnel, and financial needs.
DEADLINE: The board approves grants at its meetings in March, June, and
November.
AMOUNT: $3.5 million per year
CONTACT: Tracie Sullivan, Grants Manager, (212) 489-6655; fax: (212)
765-9690; e-mail: info@markle.org
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COUNCIL ON LIBRARY RESOURCES
Grants encourage efforts to improve library service, library operations, and the quality of information systems. Applications are accepted at any time. Guidelines are available on request.
DEADLINE: NS
AMOUNT: NS
CONTACT: Glen LaFantasie, President, (202) 939-3370; (202) 939-3499;
e-mail: gwlafant@cpa.org
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