| GATEWAI GRADUATE ARCHIVES TRAINING AND EDUCATION WORK AND INFORMATION |
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Pratt-SILS is proud to announce its IMLS award of $591,206 for 3 years in support of archival studies leading to careers in libraries, museums and other cultural institutions for a diverse group of Pratt-SILS MSLIS students |
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| About
the Program |
| Goals
& Objectives |
| New
Archives Vision |
| Program
benefits |
| Application |
| Archives
Faculty |
| Archives Certificate |
| Internship
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| Contact
information |
Goals and Objectives of GATEWAI: GATEWAI's primary goal is to give 30 students (50% of whom are targeted as minority and low income) over a period of three years a high-quality, academically excellent education in archives theory and practice underscored by a supervised internship leading to a certificate in archives within an M.S. in LIS degree, producing students as successful professionals with potential for leadership.
Key objectives include:
- Develop the GATEWAI archives curriculum to reflect the digital world and its global reach.
- Help minority and low-income students participate in GATEWAI through tuition scholarships.
- Instruct students in the skills and knowledge needed to be a professional archivist.
- Prepare students to work in a variety of archival settings from public and academic to corporate, museum and historical society libraries.
- Provide opportunities for students to participate and network with archives professionals as members of associations and by attending conferences and meetings.
- Increase the number and diversity of students in Pratt's archives program and in the profession