Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the University of Illinois has suspended all in-person summer programming on our campus. The International Studies Research Lab will now take place virtually.
Program Description
The Center for Global Studies at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, is pleased to support the internationalization of community colleges nationwide. The International Studies Research Lab (ISRL) is designed for faculty, librarians, and administrators interested in expanding global studies curricula, instruction in less commonly taught languages, library collections, or international education programs at their home institutions. Projects for minority-serving institutions are particularly welcome. During their stay, Fellows can work one-on-one with international and area studies reference librarians and explore the unlimited print and online resources of the University of Illinois Library.
Resources
The International and Area Studies Library (IASL) offers an extensive service that facilitates access to a wide range of materials related to globalization and global and regional studies. These collections come from Africa, China, the E.U., Japan, Korea, Latin America and the Caribbean, North Africa and the Middle East, Russia, Eastern Europe and Eurasia, and South Asia. IASL provides access to workstations; print, digital, and microform collections, online research resources; reference collections, and current issues of over 1,000 periodicals and 110 newspapers in Western and less commonly taught languages. Additionally, the International Studies Research Lab (ISRL) participants may set up individual consultation sessions with the Global Studies Librarian and/or other international reference specialists who can provide individualized support and guidance on developing curricula, library collections, and international education programs. During the ISRL, you will receive courtesy borrowing privileges for our library collection.
For language instructors, the International Studies Research Lab offers the opportunity to conduct research and prepare curricula on less commonly taught languages: Arabic, Bosnian/Serbian/Croatian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, French, German, Modern Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Mandarin, Persian, Polish, Portuguese, Quechua, Russian, Swahili, Turkish, Ukrainian, Uzbek, Wolof, Yiddish, and Zulu.
For more information on library resources, consult the International Studies Research Lab Library and Resource Guide and Collection Highlights at Illinois. These guides highlight only a small fraction of resources available for patrons. You may wish to contact the International Reference Service to explore additional resources.
Dates
The ISRL will be held virtually from July 1 – July 31, 2020.
Library Access and Support
During the ISRL, participants receive full borrowing privileges and complete access to collections at the University of Illinois Library. The dates of ISRL usually fall during the University’s Summer Session 2. Please check the Library portal at the beginning of June for a full schedule.
Collaborative Workshop
The International Studies Research Lab is part of a joint initiative between the Center for Global Studies, the International and Area Studies Library, the Russian, East European, and Eurasian Center, the European Union Center, and the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, that aims to promote the internationalization of education in Illinois and nationwide. Participants will be invited to share their work and establish collaborations in a day-long virtual workshop that will take place on Friday July 24, 2020. Individuals specializing in community college engagement will be guest speakers, offering to participants insight into the process of internationalizing curriculum, programs, and library collections.
Please consult the 2020 schedule, when available, for more information.
Questions? Please contact:
Steve Witt
Director, Center for Global Studies
swwitt@illinois.edu
Nathan Sonnenschein
Graduate Assistant, Global Studies Library Services
ncs8@illinois.edu
This program is made possible by generous funds from the U.S. Department of Education Title VI Program and by co-sponsorships from the Center for East Asian and Pacific Studies, the Russian, East European and Eurasian Center, and the European Union Center.
