Wolfgang Freitag Professional Development Award

DESCRIPTION: The Wolfgang M. Freitag Professional Development Award, named in honor of the chapter's founding member, was instituted in 1992. Dr. Freitag served as Chief Librarian of the Harvard College Fine Arts Library at the Fogg Art Museum from 1964 to 1991, and as lecturer and senior lecturer in bibliography and art historiography at Harvard from 1967 to 1991. A charter member of ARLIS/NA, he was elected president of the organization for 1980 and continues to play an active role in the affairs of the Society. Wolfgang Freitag exemplifies the highest standards of the profession and serves as an inspiration to us all.

PURPOSE: The original purpose of the Freitag Award was to support travel to the annual ARLIS/NA conference. Since 1995, the scope of the award has been expanded to aid and encourage the professional development of chapter members by supporting research and publishing projects, continuing education, or other objectives pertaining to art librarianship, as well as travel to conferences.

QUALIFICATIONS: Applicants must be a member of ARLIS/New England for one full year. The applicant cannot have received full funding from other sources for the same project or objective. Award winners will report to the chapter upon completion of the project or objective, either in writing to the president, or at one of the chapter meetings.

AWARD: Chapter members have generously contributed to the Freitag Award fund over the years and donations are always welcome. Currently, at least one award of $500 is given each year.

APPLICATION PROCEDURE & DEADLINE: Applicants should send a letter describing their project and financial need to the Award Committee. The deadline for applications for the 2008 Wolfgang Freitag Professional Development Award is December 15, 2007. Winners will be notified in January 2008.

Please send applications via mail or email to:

Darin Murphy

Fine Arts Library, Harvard College

32 Quincy Street

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA 02138 USA

murphy@fas.harvard.edu

(if you choose to send the application via email, please put ARLIS/NE in the subject heading)