Grant, Scholarship and Internship Programs

Tuition Scholarships for Continuing Students - applications now being accepted for 2012-2013 academic year -

For the continuing scholarship application - see download box above.  Follow instructions on application form.

 

Project CHART - 2012- 2013 - Visit the CHART Web site for application form & instructions

Applications for CHART 2012-2013 will be available soon.

Preparing Information Professionals as Digital Managers - Pratt-SILS with Brooklyn Historical Society (BHS), Brooklyn Museum (BM) & Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) Project CHART focuses on Digitizing Brooklyn Historical Photography and responds to the challenge and need for LIS education to prepare information professionals as digital mangers and curators for digital collections and services in cultural institutions. Pratt?SILS and its three partner institutions have been working together over the past few years on projects for access and preservation using Pratt interns. This project builds on our collaborative activities and mutual interests in advancing education for information professionals to better serve libraries, archives and museums in the digital age.
CHART - the elements
Cultural Heritage - represented by Brooklyn historical Photograph Collections are digitized for access, education and scholarship
Access- applying user?centered methods for search, content discovery, metadata, taxonomy, semantic Web
Research - the professional landscape for digital managers to define roles and responsibilities and knowledge and skills required to be effective and valued professionals; research technical and user aspects of the project
Technology - evaluate and select appropriate technology including open source software, project platforms, search engines and content management systems; design project site employing usability testing, social media, user participation and d
Collaborating Across Institutions: Drawing upon Pratt?SILS' in depth programs in arts

 

Project M-LEAD

Pratt-SILS in partnership with the Brooklyn Museum, a 3-year IMLS grant award for $756,324.00 to support internships for 30 Pratt-SILS students, preparing Information Professionals for careers in Museum Libraries and Archives in the Digital Age.

 

 

SILS Fellows Program

This new program is designed to support outstanding SILS students who have demonstrated leadership potential and academic excellence in their area of focus within the MSLIS degree. The program supports field experience, research and international studies and encourages our students to be reflective of professional practice as expressed through practicum and research projects.  

Practicum

The practicum is a 3-credit course in which students learn from: 100 hours of on-site work experience supervised by information professionals in settings that reflects their interests, 4 seminar sessions and a project based on site experience research and observation.