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Dec. 13, 2006 -The School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has announced the selection of eight fellows for the ARL Academy: Careers in Academic and Research Libraries.

The 2006–07 ARL Academy fellows are:

• Lyn Batty - J.D., Georgetown University Law School, Washington, D.C.
• Kim Burton-Oaks - currently completing her doctoral dissertation in the UNC Department of English on Literary Magic: Crafting Magic in Medieval Romance.
• Stephanie Horowitz - M.A. in Public History, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, NC.
• Jennifer Joyner - M.A. in History, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC.
• Amit Kumar - Master of Dental Surgery, Mangalore University, KMC, Manipal, India.
• Jennifer Solomon - M.F.A., Creative Writing, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN.
• Vedana Vaidhyanathan - currently pursuing a master's degree in Library Science with a specialization in Bioinformatics (Certificate in Bioinformatics Program).
• Todd Venie - J.D., Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.

The ARL Academy recruits and prepares MLIS students who have received graduate degrees in other disciplines — or specialized educational accomplishments — for careers in academic and research librarianship. The Academy is a partnership between the American Research Libraries (ARL) and three library and information science schools: Catholic University of America, Simmons College, and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. The program is supported by a grant from the Institute for Museum and Library Services, the Laura Bush 21st-Century Librarian grant program.