HELEN WALLIS FELLOWSHIP AT THE BRITISH LIBRARY
(2001)<br><br>CLOSING DATE: 1 MAY 2001<br><br>This annual, named
fellowship offers a convenient and unusually privileged
working environment in the British Library. The fellow
will be treated like a member of staff (i.e. not
restricted to reading room hours) and will be provided with
their own work-station, with an e-mail account and
access to the Internet. In addition, the fellowship
carries with it a voucher worth 300 pounds to be spent
within the Library.<br><br>The award honours the memory
of the former Map Librarian at the British Museum
and then British Library, Dr Helen Wallis OBE
(1967-86), and confers recognition by the Library on a
scholar, from *any* field, whose work will promote the
extended and complementary use of the British Library's
book and cartographic collections.<br><br>Preference
will be given to proposals that relate to the
Library's collections and have an international dimension.
The fellowship may be held as a full or part-time
appointment, and would normally be for 6-12 months.<br><br>For
the *full* terms of reference please contact the
undersigned.<br><br>[It would be most helpful if you told us where you
saw this notice]<br><br>tony.campbell@...<br>Tony
Campbell, Map Librarian<br>British Library Map
Library<br>96 Euston Road<br>London NW1 2DB<br><br>Phone: 020
7412 7525 International: +44 20 7412 7525<br>Fax: 020
7412 7780 International: +44 20 7412
7780<br><br>Please see, bookmark and PROVIDE LINKS to:-<br><br>1.
The British Library Map Library homepage<br>
<a href=http://www.bl.uk/collections/maps
target=new>http://www.bl.uk/collections/maps</a><br><br>2. Map History/History
of Cartography: THE Gateway
to the subject<br> <a href=http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/
target=new>http://ihr.sas.ac.uk/maps/</a>