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<meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=Windows-1252"></head><body style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Calibri, sans-serif; word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">The Gerald H. and Victoria C. T. Read Assistantship is a graduate appointment made by <a href="http://www.library.kent.edu/specialcollections"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #3d00fe">Special Collections and Archives</span></a>, a department of the <a href="http://www.library.kent.edu"><span style="text-decoration: underline ; color: #3d00fe">Kent State University Libraries</span></a>. The assistantship is available to a full-time Master’s-level graduate student enrolled in the Kent State University School of Library and Information Science (SLIS) who displays an interest in special collections and archives librarianship while exhibiting a high level of scholarship and academic excellence. The award is merit-based, not need-based, and includes a stipend plus tuition remission.</span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; min-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">Please note: For the 2012/2013 Academic Year, <span style="text-decoration: underline">two</span> Read Graduate Assistantships will be awarded.</span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; min-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><span style="font-size: 16px;">Eligibility</span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;">The student must be enrolled full-time (as of the 2012/13 academic year), be in good academic standing, and have at least one full academic year remaining in completion of his or her SLIS Master’s program. </span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; text-indent: 36px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; min-height: 13px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px;"><br></span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><span style="font-size: 16px;">Application Procedures</span></p><p style="font-size: 14px; margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; font: normal normal normal 11px/normal Calibri; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; ">Application details and form are available at <a href="http://www.library.kent.edu/readassistant">http://www.library.kent.edu/readassistant</a></span></p></div></body></html>