(via Dr. Clara Chu,\u00a0Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at Mortenson Center, UIUC Library)<\/p>\n
We invite applications for self-funded Fellows for the second IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on Artificial Intelligence (AI).\u00a0We are seeking library and information professionals and educators interested in enhancing their knowledge of AI to participate in the Institute.<\/p>\n
The IDEA Institute offers one-week of intensive learning and practical experience in AI applications in library and information environments.\u00a0The second Institute will be held at The University of Texas at Austin, on\u00a0July 10-15, Sunday-Friday\u00a0<\/strong>(dates are tentative, pending COVID-19 circumstances).<\/p>\n We are seeking 5 Self-funded Fellows. Program fee: estimated $300 (to be confirmed).\u00a0Fellows will additionally be responsible for the cost of their housing, transportation and non-program meals.<\/p>\n Our priority is to recruit and create a cohort of Fellows who will represent diverse socio-demographic backgrounds, types of positions, types of libraries, and capacities of implementing AI in their workplace. We are recruiting applicants who meet the following requirements.<\/p>\n (1) are enthusiastic to learning, evaluating, and applying AI in library and information environments; IDEA Fellows will be chosen through a competitive selection process.<\/p>\n The first Virtual Information Session was held on January 7.\u00a0The recording can be accessed\u00a0here<\/a>.<\/p>\n To apply, fill out the Application Form\u00a0directly here<\/a>,\u00a0or go to the Institute’s website<\/a>\u00a0and select APPLY.\u00a0 Applications will be accepted until\u00a0Friday,\u00a0March 4<\/strong>. Fellows accepted to the Institute will be notified by Friday, March 18.<\/p>\n For more information, please check here<\/a> or contact Soo Young Rieh at rieh@ischool.utexas.edu<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" (via Dr. Clara Chu,\u00a0Director and Mortenson Distinguished Professor at Mortenson Center, UIUC Library) We invite applications for self-funded Fellows for the second IDEA (Innovation, Disruption, Enquiry, Access) Institute on Artificial Intelligence (AI).\u00a0We are seeking library and information professionals and educators interested in enhancing their knowledge of AI to participate in the Institute. The IDEA Institute…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5,8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14777","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-awards-non-hsli","category-calls-and-requests","category-conferences-and-meetings-non-hsli"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14777","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14777"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14777\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14777"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14777"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14777"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\n(2) are committed to learning web coding and statistics fundamentals during the Pre-Institute Onboarding Program;
\n(3) are committed to participating in the online Pre-Institute Onboarding Program (10-15 hours contact time over three months) and post-Institute activities (e.g., project presentations and implementation); and
\n(4) can attend the 2022 IDEA Institute in Austin, Texas, for one week<\/p>\n