The Bechtel Fellowship is designed to allow qualified children’s librarians to spend up to four weeksreading and studying at the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature, a part of the George A.Smathers Libraries at the University of Florida, Gainesville. The Baldwin Library contains a specialcollection of 120,000 volumes of children’s literature published mostly before 1950. The fellowship isendowed in memory of Louise Seaman Bechtel and Ruth M. Baldwin and provides a stipend of up to$7,500.
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Bechtel Fellowship Application Open!
Is it time for a “sabbatical” to recharge your experiences at work? You should consider applying for the Bechtel Fellowship. Note the change in terms. It is now for study “up to four weeks” and prorated at $1,000 per week up to $4,000.
Applications for the 2020 Bechtel Fellowship Are Now Open
Are you feeling a little burned-out and is it time for a “sabbatical” to “recharge your batteries” and gain a new perspective at work? Or, do you have a curious desire to deepen your knowledge about historical children’s literature? If either is the case, you should consider applying for the Bechtel Fellowship…
Beauty and the Book
Spending a month looking at old books, in a library that could be part of a Harry Potter movie set: priceless. Appreciating the book as an object is easy to do when said books are such items of beauty that they demand you stop, hold them delicately, and breathe in their history.
The better to see you with…
A little over five years ago, I started making a felt board version of Little Red Riding Hood. I headed to the Internet to find a couple of different versions, so I could decide which figures I would use and how I would tell the story. I found this Italian version, and was completely sidetracked. That felt story is still unfinished. But my fascination with this old tale was renewed, and I started dreaming about doing an in-depth study of Little Red.
“An Energizing Break”- Apply for a Bechtel Fellowship
Has anyone ever been jealous of your job because “you get to read all the time” and you wished they right? Apply for the Bechtel Fellowship and you can spend a month reading, researching, and writing!
“A Complete Professional Game Changer!” Apply for a Bechtel Fellowship
Yes, children’s librarians have a fellowship of their own! The Bechtel Fellowship provides a $4,000 grant to a qualified children’s librarian to spend a total of four weeks or more reading and studying at the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature of the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville.
Becoming a Bechtel Fellow Changed My Professional Life…
This is day two of tales from Bechtel Fellowship. The Bechtel Fellowship, endowed in memory of Louise Seaman Bechtel and Ruth M. Baldwin, provides a $4,000 grant to a qualified children’s librarian to spend a total of four weeks or more reading and studying at the Baldwin Library of Historical Children’s Literature of the George A. Smathers Libraries, University of Florida, Gainesville.