originally: http://www.oclc.org/programsandresearch/grants/default.htm
OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Incorporated and OCLC Research, in collaboration with the Association for Library and Information Science Education (ALISE), announce the Library and Information Science Research Grant Program (LISRGP) for 2010 and invite research proposals.
In recognition of the importance of research to the advancement of librarianship and information science, OCLC and ALISE promote independent research that helps librarians integrate new technologies into areas of traditional competence and contributes to a better understanding of the library environment.
The LISRGP provides grant awards of up to $15,000. Monies can be applied to the following costs:
Staff training, general operating or overhead expenses, and other indirect costs are not funded.
Guarantees of cost sharing are not required, although institutional support of projects is anticipated. All costs must be clearly defined in the budget portion of the proposal.
Capital equipment cost should be prorated if the useful life of the equipment extends beyond the end of the project.
LISRGP-supported projects are expected to be conducted within approximately one year from the date of the award. Projects should be planned to begin in January 2010.
Full-time academic faculty (or equivalent) in schools of library and information science are eligible to apply. OCLC and ALISE encourage international proposals and collaborative projects under this program. To aid new researchers, priority will be given when possible to proposals from junior faculty and applicants who have not previously received LISRGP funds. Proposals must be signed by the principal investigator, by the dean/director (or equivalent) of the school, and by an authorized official of the university.
Proposals are invited that address the issues identified in "On the Record: Report of The Library of Congress Working Group on the Future of Bibliographic Control" (.pdf: 437K/49 pp.), January 9, 2008.
Proposals are evaluated by a panel selected by OCLC and ALISE. Occasionally, proposals may be distributed to additional expert reviewers selected by OCLC and ALISE who may advise the panel. The panel's recommendations are forwarded to the vice president of OCLC Research, for final review and funding decisions. The decisions of the vice president of OCLC Research are final. When a decision to award a grant has been made, a research project monitor is assigned by OCLC Research. The research project monitor serves as the point of contact for the LISRGP recipient during the duration of the project.
Reviewers consider the following criteria, among others, when evaluating proposals:
As a condition of the grant, researchers must furnish OCLC a final project report in digital format within 60 days of the completion date indicated on the proposal cover page. The results of the research must be nonproprietary and in the public domain. OCLC and ALISE may elect to publish and distribute all or portions of the report without restriction. The final project report will be available on the OCLC Research Web site.
The report should
If a paper describing the research methodology and findings is accepted for publication in a journal, a cover letter briefly explaining the research outcomes and a pre-print of the published paper, or a link to the network-accessible journal, must be submitted to OCLC Research for inclusion on the Web site. Researchers must include, or cause to be included, recognition of the OCLC/ALISE LISRGP grant in all publications of research results from the LISRGP-funded project.
To apply, complete and submit the following items. (A printable checklist (PDF:25K/1p.) is available to assist you in assembling your application package.)
Applications must be submitted by 23:59:59 your local time on 15 September 2009. Receipt will be acknowledged. Late applications will be disqualified.
Grant recipients will be notified by the end of December 2009 and announced at the 2010 ALISE Annual Conference, 12-15 January 2010, in Boston, Massachusetts.
Previous recipients and final papers are available at: www.oclc.org/programsandresearch/grants/awarded.htm.
Founded in 1967, OCLC Online Computer Library Center, Inc. is a nonprofit, membership, computer library service and research organization dedicated to the public purposes of furthering access to the world's information and reducing the rate of rise of library costs. More than 69,000 libraries in 112 countries and territories around the world use OCLC services to locate, acquire, catalog, lend and preserve library materials. OCLC and its member libraries cooperatively produce and maintain WorldCat—the OCLC Online Union Catalog. www.oclc.org
Additional information about OCLC Research is available at www.oclc.org/programsandresearch/.
ALISE is a nonprofit organization that serves as the intellectual home of university faculty in graduate programs in library and information science in North America. Its mission is to promote excellence in research, teaching, and service and to provide an understanding of the values and ethos of library and information science. ALISE serves 500 individual members and more than 60 institutional members, primarily in the United States and Canada. www.alise.org
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