Harvard University Library - Extended Professional Development Opportunity Program


Extended Professional Development Opportunity Program (EPDOP) EPDOP provides professional development leaves of one to three months' duration — with full pay and benefits — to professional library staff for independent projects that increase professional competencies while providing direct benefit to Harvard's libraries. Recipients are required to complete a written report and encouraged to schedule a talk or brief workshop on their subject. Application Guidelines Eligible Projects Deadlines Past Recipients For More Information... Application Guidelines The applicant must have completed a minimum of three consecutive years of service (full-time or part-time) to the University. Applicants must demonstrate the approval of appropriate supervisors, librarians, and/or other designates. Proposals must include descriptions of any "deliverables" to be presented afterwards and the amount of time needed. Arrangements must be possible to cover necessary assignments in the applicant's absence. Librarians cannot work in any paid positions during the period of EPDOP support. The program may be used in conjunction with awards from other fellowships or research grants if permitted by the supervising librarian of the faculty. Eligible Projects Projects might include: scholarly research in areas served by the applicant's position at Harvard; initiatives to improve technical or library-oriented activities, such as internships and exchanges; internships at other institutions; writing in areas served by the applicant's position; or intensive reading and study in areas new to one's profession of a scope that extends significantly beyond normal professional expectations. Deadlines Deadlines for submission to Barbara Graham, Associate Director of the University Library for Administration and Programs, are announced in Harvard University Library Notes and via HULINFO. Deadlines generally fall in June and October. Internal deadlines for approval by a supervising or faculty librarian are normally one month earlier. Past Recipients 2003 Karen Nipps Houghton Library Harvard College Library Study of Philadelphia printer Lydia Bailey. 2002 Choong Nam Yoon Harvard-Yenching Library Harvard College Library Trip to Seoul, Korea, and China to identify reliable channels for acquiring relevant scholarly materials for Korean Studies. 2001 Ksenya Kiebuzinski Ukrainian Research Center Faculty of Arts and Sciences Doctoral dissertation on "Fictions of Ukraine in 19th-Century French Culture." 2000 Barbara Halporn Collection Development Widener Library Harvard College Library A six-week practicum in collections conservation in the HCL Conservation Laboratory, training in assessment and repair techniques for 19th- and 20th-century books. For More Information... Contact Bette Viano, director of human resources in the Harvard University Library, at 617-495-3650 or bette_viano@harvard.edu. For information on the Bryant Fellowships, which may be used in conjunction with the EPDOP grant, visit http://hul.harvard.edu/bryant.html.

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