For immediate release:
December 6, 2010

For more information, contact:
Mark A. Puente
Association of Research Libraries
202-296-2296
mpuente@arl.org

2011 ARL Career Enhancement Program Fellows Selected

Washington DC--The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) Career Enhancement Program (CEP) Coordinating Committee has selected 19 fellows to participate in the third and final year of this competitive fellowship program.

The ARL Career Enhancement Program, funded by the Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS) and ARL member libraries, gives master of library and information science (MLIS) students from underrepresented groups an opportunity to jump-start their careers in research libraries by providing a robust fellowship experience that includes an internship in an ARL member library. This program reflects the commitment of ARL members to create a diverse research library community that will better meet the challenges of changing demographics in higher education and the emphasis on global perspectives in the academy.

The 2011 Career Enhancement Program fellows are:

• Anjali Bhasin, University of Texas at Austin
• Felipe Castillo, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Steven Chong, San Jose State University
• LeNesha DeBardelaben, Indiana University
• Mariaelena de la Rosa, University of Arizona
• Hoan-Vu Do, San Jose State University
• Valerie Enriquez, Simmons College
• Jennifer Garrett, University of British Columbia
• Don Jason, Kent State University
• Charlene Johnson, North Carolina Central University
• Kelly E. Lau, University of British Columbia
• Holly Nguyen, San Jose State University
• Karla Nielsen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Cynthia Orozco, San Jose State University
• Joung Park, University of Wisconsin at Madison
• Ashley Rayner, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
• Denise Toranzo Zacker, University of South Florida
• Shirley Zhao, Long Island University
• Yanjuan Zou, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

The Career Enhancement Program has four main components: a six- to twelve-week internship experience in an ARL library, mentoring by a professional librarian at the host institution, participation in the ARL Leadership Symposium, and career placement assistance. The host institutions for the internships are:

• University of Arizona
• University of California, San Diego
• Columbia University
• University of Kentucky
• National Library of Medicine
• University of Michigan
• North Carolina State University
• University of Washington

For more information about the ARL Career Enhancement Program, see http://www.arl.org/diversity/cep/.

The Association of Research Libraries (ARL) is a nonprofit organization of 126 research libraries in North America. Its mission is to influence the changing environment of scholarly communication and the public policies that affect research libraries and the diverse communities they serve. ARL pursues this mission by advancing the goals of its member research libraries, providing leadership in public and information policy to the scholarly and higher education communities, fostering the exchange of ideas and expertise, facilitating the emergence of new roles for research libraries, and shaping a future environment that leverages its interests with those of allied organizations. ARL is on the web at http://www.arl.org/.