Fellowship

Each year, the Library Research Service awards three to four Fellowships to students in the Library and Information Science Program, Morgridge College of Education, University of Denver. A Fellowship candidate must be supported by a DU LIS faculty member, complete an application, and submit a resume and writing sample. Based on a review of this information by the LRS staff, three to four finalists are selected for each vacancy. Interviews of finalists by the LRS staff and at least one representative of the DU LIS faculty provide the basis for selection of the Fellowship recipient.

An LRS Fellowship is an honor which offers opportunities to begin to develop a personal professional network, to gain experience both in designing and implementing research and in publishing and presenting its findings, and to develop advanced research and project management skills. Previous recipients are now employed in high-profile positions with the Library of Congress, the Colorado State Library, a variety of libraries and information centers in Colorado and beyond, and library consulting firms.

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Recent Projects by LRS Research Fellows include:

• PowerPoint Presentation about CDE, CSL, and LRS given to DU students
• Gaming Program Pack

Chelsea Jordan-Makely

Chelsea Jordan-Makely was a business administrator in Telluride, Colorado before deciding to apply her passions for community serviceand reading to a career in Library and Information Science. Eager to help those in need and to get her feet wet working in libraries, Chelsea moved to Moshi, Tanzania, to volunteer as the library manager of the Amani Children’s Center, a school and home for displaced, at-risk youth, many of whom had never held a book or written their own names. Working with the Amani students confirmed her heartfelt belief that libraries can be a viable means of empowering underserved populations. Following the Amani Center, Chelsea interned in Hoedspruit, South Africa, as a librarian at the Southern African Wildlife College. There, she taught ESL and computer classes to aspiring park rangers from across Africa, and also helped to begin a bookmobile to share library resources with rural townships.

As a Research Fellow at the Library Research Service, Chelsea has thus far worked to develop reporting tools and guidelines for BTOP, the Broadband Technology and Opportunity Program, which funds computers, training, partnerships and a public awareness campaign to develop or augment Public Computer Centers in public libraries and Tribal centers across Colorado.

In addition to working for LRS, Chelsea also works for the Denver Public Library as a shelver and as a docent, introducing ESL students from the Emily Griffith Opportunity School to library resources. Chelsea’s research interests include the digital divide and developing improved and innovative services to new immigrant and refugee populations. When not completely immersed in the world of LIS, Chelsea enjoys riding mountain bikes, cooking with butter, and, of course, reading.

Julie Teglovic

Julie is a second-year student in the DU MLIS program and also works as Administrative Assistant at the Colorado Library Consortium. In addition to libraries, her research interests include feminism, queer and critical race theory, LGBT activism, information technology, and the often silent ways in which information of all types is dispensed and controlled. She places particular importance on the social and political responsibilities of libraries and librarians and hopes to work for an academic research library or a progressive special library after graduation. She enjoys French New Wave films, big cities, and modernist literature.