Applications for the fellowships at the American Geographical Society (AGS) Library are now being accepted for 2011. The McColl Research Program Fellowship is a short-term program available to individuals who wish to communicate their geographical research results to a broad, educated general audience . Awards of $3,300 for four-week fellowships will be provided to support residencies for the purpose of conducting research that makes direct use of the AGS Library and results in publication in a murually agreed outlet. The Helen and John S. Best Research Fellowship provides stipends of$400 per week,
for periods up to four weeks, to support residencies for the purpose of conducting research that makes direct use of the AGS Library. The AGS Library, the former research library and map collection of the American Geographical Society of New York, has strengths in geography, cartography and related historical topics. Application deadline is 18 October 2010. (ACS Library, POB 399, Milwaukee, WI 53201; Ph. 4 14 229-6282; www.uwm.edu/Libraries/ AGSL/fellowships .html) ... Come 10 October, the Netherlands Antilles will cease to exist as a unified political entity. The Netherlands Antilles arose in 1954 as
an autonomo us entity within the Kingdom of the Netherlands, consisting then of Aruba, Curac;:ao, and Bonaire, just off the Venezuelan coast; and Sr. Eustatius, Saba and Sr. Maarren, located southeast of the Virgin Islands. Aruba broke off from the group in 1986 when she was granted "status aparte," and soon the five remaining islands wi ll form separate ties with the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In April, the Durch parliament agreed that C urac;:ao and St. Maarten will continue as auto nomous countries withi n the Kingdom and that Bonaire, Saba and Sr. Eustatius will become special overseas municipalities of the Neth-
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