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Freedman Fellows 2011 Announced

The Freedman Center is very happy to announce the winners of the 2011 Freedman Fellows Program.

The Samuel B. and Marian K. Freedman Digital Library, Language Learning, and Multimedia Services Center is a partnership between the College of Arts and Sciences and the Kelvin Smith Library. For the College of Arts and Sciences the Freedman Center is evidence of the College's commitment to the evolution of education and the integration of information technologies and digital tools in its curriculum, scholarship, and research. For KSL the Freedman Center is the culmination of a ten-year vision for a center that provides faculty, students, and staff the ability to utilize digital tools and technologies in their teaching and learning, and demonstrates the library's partnership value in developing new forms of digital research and scholarship.

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Freedman Fellows Program 2011

Freedman Fellows Program 2011

The Samuel B. and Marian K. Freedman Digital Library, Language Learning, and Multimedia Services Center is pleased to announce the 2011 Freedman Fellows Program for full-time faculty. The Freedman Center is a partnership between the College of Arts and Sciences and the Kelvin Smith Library.

In 2011, the Freedman Fellows Program will identify and support scholarly projects that meet all of the following conditions, i.e., the projects are: (1) currently underway, (2) involve some corpus of data that is of scholarly or instructional interest (e.g., data sets, digital texts, digital images, databases), (3) involve the use of digital tools and processes, and (4) have clearly articulated project outcomes.

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Freedman Fellows 2009 Announced

The Freedman Center is very happy to announce the winners of the 2009 Freedman Fellows Program. The Samuel B. and Marian K. Freedman Digital Library, Language Learning, and Multimedia Services Center is a partnership between the College of Arts and Sciences and the Kelvin Smith Library. For the College of Arts and Sciences the Freedman Center is evidence of the College's commitment to the evolution of education and the integration of information technologies in its curriculum. For KSL the Freedman Center is the culmination of a ten-year vision for a center that provides faculty, students, and staff with the ability to utilize both analog and hardcopy information sources in digital works and presentations.

The Freedman Fellows Program is further evidence of the commitment of both the College of Arts and Sciences and the Library to revolutionizing education at Case Western Reserve University. This year, the Freedman Fellows Program will distribute five (5) $3,000 awards to successful fulltime faculty applicants who discuss and demonstrate how information technology will be used in teaching or research. Contributors to this program include the Baker-Nord Center for the Humanities.

The following is a list of the 2009 Freedman Fellows Program Award recipients:

• William Deal, Professor, Department of Religion;
• Paul Iversen, Assistant Professor, Department of Classics;
• Daniel Lacks, Professor, Chemical Engineering
• Kathleen Meyer, Instructor, Frances Payne Bolton School of Nursing
• Peter Yang, Associate Professor, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures

It is with great pleasure that the Freedman Center, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Kelvin Smith Library welcome the award recipients to this program’s class of 2009.

The Freedman Center owes thanks to many people involved in making it possible to fund the five fellowship awards for 2009; as well as the numerous people involved in making the Freedman Fellows Program Award selections, as well as those who will contribute to the Seminar Week, running May 11-15, 2009.

For more information on this program, as well as a listing of past recipients and their projects, please see the Freedman Fellows website.

2009 Freedman Fellows Program to give 5, $3,000 grants

The Samuel B. and Marian K. Freedman Digital Library, Language Learning, and Multimedia Services Center is a partnership between the College of Arts and Sciences and the Kelvin Smith Library.

For the College of Arts and Sciences the Freedman Center is evidence of the College's commitment to the evolution of education and the integration of multimedia technologies and digital tools in its curriculum. For KSL the Freedman Center is the culmination of a ten-year vision for a center that provides faculty, students, and staff with the ability to utilize 'born digital' materials as well as analog and hard copy information sources in digital works and presentations.

This year, the Freedman Fellows Program will award up to five (5) $3,000 awards to successful regular, permanent fulltime faculty who discuss and demonstrate in their applications how information technology or digital tools will be used to enhance their teaching or research. In keeping with a 2008 Freedman Family gift, the Freedman Fellows Program has been expanded to include both Digital Humanities research and Digital Case activities. The Freedman Center Fellows Program:

• Supports new approaches to scholarly endeavors using information technology such as the use of text-analytic techniques, GIS, and multimedia in research and teaching;
  
• Supports Digital Case in experimenting with digital tools for storing, preserving, analyzing and making accessible digital resources;
  
• Facilitates the use of emerging technologies for dissemination and publication of scholarship;
  
• Provides research design and visualization strategies in data archiving and retrieval;
  
• Supports research in the area of Digital Humanities by encouraging the use of new technologies in faculty research—specifically, providing immersive instruction to faculty in the rapidly emerging tools that will benefit their scholarly pursuits.

Application information will be provided at an information session on Thursday, March 19th, 2009, from 12:00-1:30, in the Kelvin Smith Library's Dampeer Room.

The Freedman Fellows Program in 2009 will require attendance at a week-long seminar, May 11th-May 15th, covering information technology, theory of digital tools and concepts, discussions of the use of technology in curricular re-design, and hands-on access to and use of various technologies in the Freedman Center—all centered on getting fulltime faculty the tools necessary to move forward with course or research enhancements.

The Freedman Fellows Program is intended to showcase the Freedman Center’s potential. The awards encourage the use of information technologies and the building of teaching and research tools that support the development of information and research skills objectives for students, faculty, and staff. As well, a new addition to this year's Freedman Fellows Program is the accent on Digital Case and the expectation that the outcomes of research or digitization efforts will include deposits of said materials in Digital Case: Case Western Reserve University's digital library, institutional repository and digital archive.

Additionally, a general overview of the program will be given at this information session along with answers to any questions. Please RSVP to Thomas.Hayes@case.edu, as lunch will be provided (please include any dietary restrictions if applicable).

For more information please contact Tom Hayes, Freedman Center Managing Librarian and Head of Digital Library Programs, or go to the Freedman Center website: http://library.case.edu/ksl/freedmancenter/index.html and look under "Special Programs."

Freedman Fellows Program Awards Announced

The Freedman Center is very happy to announce the winners of the 2008 Freedman Fellows Program. The Samuel B. and Marian K. Freedman Digital Library, Language Learning, and Multimedia Services Center is a partnership between the College of Arts and Sciences and the Kelvin Smith Library. For the College of Arts and Sciences the Freedman Center is evidence of the College's commitment to the evolution of education and the integration of information technologies in its curriculum. For KSL the Freedman Center is the culmination of a ten-year vision for a center that provides faculty, students, and staff with the ability to utilize both analog and hardcopy information sources in digital works and presentations.

The Freedman Fellows Program is further evidence of the commitment of both the College of Arts and Sciences and the Library to revolutionizing education at Case Western Reserve University. This year, the Freedman Fellows Program will distribute six (6) $3,000 awards to successful fulltime faculty applicants who discuss and demonstrate how information technology will be used in teaching or research. Contributers to this program include the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE), and Instructional Technology and Academic Computing (ITAC).

The following is a list of the 2008 Freedman Fellows Program Award recipients:

• Robert Brown, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Physics;
• Daniel Goldmark, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Music;
• Yanna Popova, D Phil, Assistant Professor, Department of Cognitive Science
• Justin Sydnor, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Department of Economics
• Raymond Watkins, Ph.D., Fulltime Lecturer, Department of English
• Martha Woodmansee, Ph.D., Professor of English and Law, Department of English; School of Law

It is with great pleasure that the Freedman Center, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Kelvin Smith Library welcome the award recipients to this program’s class of 2008.

The Freedman Center owes thanks to many people involved in making it possible to fund the six fellowship award for 2008; as well as the numerous people involved in making the Freedman Fellows Program Award selections, as well as those who will contribute to the Seminar Week, running June 16-20, 2008.

Freedman Fellows Program 2008

The Samuel B. and Marian K. Freedman Digital Library, Language Learning, and Multimedia Services Center is a partnership between the College of Arts and Sciences and the Kelvin Smith Library. For the College of Arts and Sciences the Freedman Center is evidence of the College's commitment to the evolution of education and the integration of information technologies in its curriculum. For KSL the Freedman Center is the culmination of a ten-year vision for a center that provides faculty, students, and staff with the ability to utilize both analog and hard copy information sources in digital works and presentations.

The Freedman Fellows Program is further evidence of the commitment of both the College of Arts and Sciences and the Library to revolutionizing education at Case Western Reserve University. This year, the Freedman Fellows Program will distribute six (6) $3,000 awards to successful fulltime faculty applicants who discuss and demonstrate how he/she will use information technology in teaching or research. Contributers to this program include the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE).

For those interested in the Freedman Fellows Program, an information meeting will be held on Friday, April 4th, 2008, from 12:00-1:30 in the Kelvin Smith Library’s Room LL01. Interested fulltime facutly applicants must attend this meeting to be considered, and application instructions will be distributed at that time. Additionally, a general overview of the program will be given along with answers to any questions. Please RSVP to Thomas.Hayes@case.edu, as lunch will be provided (please include any dietary restrictions if applicable).

Six Freedman Fellows (faculty members) will be named in 2008 and each will receive a stipend of $3000 to be spent on projects. The award may be used to supplement salary. The Freedman Fellows program this year will require attendance at a week-long seminar, June 16th-June 20th, covering information technology and research principles, planning for the use of technology in curricular re-design, and hands-on access to and use of various technologies in the Freedman Center—-all centered on getting fulltime faculty the tools necessary to move forward with course or research enhancements.

The Freedman Fellows Program is intended to showcase the Freedman Center’s potential. The awards encourage the use of information and instructional technologies and the building of teaching and research tools that support the development of information and research skills objectives for students, faculty, and staff. As well, a new addition to this year's Freedman Fellows Program is the accent on Digital Case and the expectation that the outcomes of research or digitization efforts will include deposits of said materials in Digital Case: Case Western Reserve University's digital library, institutional repository and digital archive.

For more information please contact Tom Hayes, Freedman Center Managing Librarian and Head of Digital Library Programs. Click here to view the formal Freedman Fellows Program announcement.

Freedman Fellows Program Awards Announced

The Freedman Center is very happy to announce its Freedman Fellows Program Award Recipients for 2007.

The Freedman Fellows Program is a collaborative effort between the Kelvin Smith Library (KSL), the College of Arts and Sciences, the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education (UCITE), and the Information Technology and Academic Computing (ITAC) group. The Freedman Fellows Program is intended to showcase the Freedman Center’s potential. The awards encourage the use of information and instructional technologies and the building of teaching tools that support the development of information and research skills objectives for Case Western Reserve University students. The Freedman Fellows program is in its third year.

The following is a list of the 2007 Freedman Fellows Program Award recipients:

• Linda Ehrlich, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Japanese, Associate Director of College Scholars, Department of Modern Languages and Literatures;
• Anne Helmreich, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Art History;
• Eva Holsinger, MD, Assistant Professor, Department of Pediatrics;
• Peter McCall, JD, Ph.D., Professor, Geological Sciences; Director, Environmental Studies Program;
• Brad Ricca, Ph.D., Fulltime Lecturer, Department of English;
• Sara Waller, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Cognitive Science;

It is with great pleasure that the Freedman Center, the College of Arts and Sciences, and the Kelvin Smith Library welcome the award recipients to this program’s class of 2007.

The Freedman Center owes thanks to many people involved in making it possible to fund the six fellowship award for 2007; as well as the numerous people involved in making the Freedman Fellows Program Award selections, as well as those who will contribute to the Seminar Week, running May 21-25. The Freedman Center specifically thanks contributors from Instructional Technology and Academic Computing, as well as the University Center for Innovation in Teaching and Education.