All applications must be submitted online. To apply, please follow these steps:

1. Complete the ARL Career Enhancement Program Application Form online.
2. With your online application, submit a structured resume (see sample).
3. Also with your online application, submit an essay of up to 400 words addressing the following:
1. What attracts you to a fellowship opportunity in an ARL library?
2. What are your professional interests as they pertain to a fellowship opportunity in an ARL library?
3. What are your goals for a six- to twelve-week fellowship?
4. Have an official graduate school transcript including your last academic semester completed mailed to ARL (see note below for mailing instructions).

If you have not successfully completed 12 academic credits by the application deadline, you must submit proof by June 1, 2009, that you have completed the required hours. It is the applicant’s responsibility to remember this deadline.

5. Have two recommendation letters and the accompanying two recommendation forms faxed to ARL:
1. Please select two persons who can assess your character and abilities.
2. Provide each recommender with the official ARL recommendation form and have them fax the completed form along with a recommendation letter to ARL by the deadline (see instructions below).

Instructions for Submitting Transcripts and Recommendation Forms

Transcripts

Applicants are required to submit an official graduate school transcript. Transcripts should be mailed directly to ARL from your institution. Please instruct your institution to mail your transcript to:

ARL Career Enhancement Program
c/o Marianne Seales
21 Dupont Circle NW, Suite 800
Washington DC 20036

Recommendation Letters and Forms

Applicants are required to submit two letters of recommendation and two accompanying recommendation forms. Each recommendation letter and completed recommendation form must be faxed directly to ARL from the recommender. Download an official form here. Letters and completed forms should be faxed to:

Attn: Marianne Seales
ARL Career Enhancement Program
Fax number: (202) 318-8991