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---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Alan Inouye <[log in to unmask]> Date: Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 8:31 PM Subject: [Asis-l] Graduate Students: Apply to the Google Policy Fellows program at the American Library Association Washington Office To: [log in to unmask] Graduate Students: Apply to the Google Policy Fellows program at the American Library Association Washington Office For the summer of 2012, the selected fellow will spend 10 weeks in residence at the ALA Washington Office to learn about national policy and complete a major project. Google provides the stipend for the summer, but the work agenda is under the full control of ALA and the fellow. The Google Washington office provides an educational program for all of the fellows, such as lunchtime talks. Jessie Mannisto from the School of Information at the University of Michigan served as our 2011 fellow. The fellows work in diverse areas of information policy that include digital copyright, e-book licenses and access, future of reading, international copyright policy, broadband, net neutrality, open access to information, free expression, digital literacy, online privacy, the future of libraries generally, and many other topics. Further information about the program and host organizations is available at the Google Public Policy Fellowship website: www dot google dot com slash policyfellowships. Applications are due by February 3, 2012. Alan Inouye, Ph.D. Director, Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) American Library Association 1615 New Hampshire Avenue NW First Floor Washington, DC 20009 ainouye at alawash.org <202-628-8410> ________________________________________ Asis-l mailing list [log in to unmask] http://mail.asis.org/mailman/listinfo/asis-l