Date: Wed, 12 August 1992 12:10:54 -0800
From: heycke@sumex-aim.stanford.edu (Torsten Heycke)
Original-To: gopher-news@boombox.micro.umn.edu
Subject: Call for Project Descriptions
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Forwarded message:

This seems relevant to some (all!) of you folks out there. I hadn't seen it
before, so maybe you haven't either, but among other things, there's MONEY
involved, so you might be interested.
 
> ----------------------------Original message----------------------------
> INTRODUCTION --
>
> This communication is a _Call for Project Descriptions_
> prepared and issued by the Coalition for Networked
> Information.
>
> The Coalition is a joint project of the Association of
> Research Libraries (ARL), CAUSE, and EDUCOM that was
> organized in March, 1990 to promote the creation of and
> access to information resources in networked environments in
> order to enrich scholarship and to enhance intellectual
> productivity.
>
> Periodically the Coalition issues a _Call for Project
> Descriptions_ as a vehicle for pursuing a Coalition interest
> in a manner that promotes the widest and fairest possible
> identification of individuals, institutions, and
> organizations that are willing and able to share the
> experience that they have that is relevant to that interest.
>
> The Coalition encourages you to read an reflect upon the
> following _Call_ and then to contact the person identified
> below.
>
> INTEREST --
>
> How Networked Information Resources and Services are being
> used to Improve Teaching and Learning
>
> DESCRIPTION --
>
> The Coalition Working Group on Teaching and Learning seeks
> assistance with identifying projects that use networking and
> networked information resources and services in the broadest
> possible ways to support and enhance teaching and learning.
>
> The Coalition will use the project descriptions it receives
> in response to this call:  (1) to build a database that can
> be used to share information and experience in this area;
> (2) to promote awareness of individuals, institutions, and
> organizations making important contributions to the state-of-
> the art in this area;  (3) to attract attention to and
> mobilize resources for this area;  (4) to plan a program in
> this area for the EDUCOM '92 (October 28 - 30) conference in
> Baltimore, offering scholarships to attend this conference to
> representatives of the projects selected to participate in
> this program;  and, (5) to otherwise encourage individuals,
> institutions, and organizations to use networks and networked
> information resources and services to support and enhance
> teaching and learning.
>
> The Coalition is particularly interested in projects that:
> (1) use technologies that interoperate with the National
> Science Foundation Network (NSFNET), the global Internet, and
> the emerging National Research and Education Network (NREN);
> (2) explore how library and other information resources and
> services can be made available in the networked teaching and
> learning process;  (3) are collaborations involving different
> types of institutions, organizations, and agencies;  (4)
> observe the contemporary economic imperative to "do more with
> less" while providing an "elegant" approach to networked
> teaching and learning;  and,  (5) manifest a high degree of
> replicability and long-term viability.
>
> PROCEDURE --
>
> Individuals, institutions, and organizations who are willing
> to submit a project description are encouraged to send the
> following information to the person identified below:  (1) a
> 250 word, more or less, abstract presenting the purpose,
> methods, and current status of their project;  and,  (2) a
> letter providing the names, affiliations, and summary
> biographical details of all of the key contacts associated
> with the project.
>
> All responses to this call must be submitted by electronic mail
> to the person identified below at the network address specified
> below.  Responses to this call must be received on or before
> September 1, 1992 to be considered as part of the EDUCOM '92
> scholarship program.  Scholarship winners will be notified on
> or before September 30, 1992.
>
> CONTACT --
>
> Susan Lane Perry
> Director, Departmental Systems Group
> Stanford University
> Stanford Data Center
> Polya Hall, Room 262
> Stanford, California
> 94305-4136
> Voice:  415-725-8425
> Fax:  415-723-2011
> Internet:  gd.slp@forsythe.stanford.edu
>
> ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION --
>
> The Coalition for Networked Information, a joint project of
> the Association for Research Libraries, CAUSE, and EDUCOM,
> was founded in March, 1990 to promote the creation of and
> access to information resources in networked environments in
> order to enrich scholarship and to enhance intellectual
> productivity.
>
> Currently 169 organizations and institutions belong to the
> Coalition Task Force, a group of institutions and
> organizations that make special contributions to the
> Coalition's projects and activities.  Included in the Task
> Force membership are higher education institutions,
> publishers, network service providers, computer hardware and
> system companies, library networks and organizations, and
> public and state libraries.
>
> Periodically the Coalition issues a _Call for Project
> Descriptions_ as a vehicle for pursuing a Coalition interest
> in a manner that promotes the widest and fairest possible
> identification of individuals, institutions, or organizations
> that are willing and able to share the experience that they
> have that is relevant to that interest.  Each Call provides a
> description of the interest in question and some Calls
> include supporting documents.
>
> Individuals, institutions, and organizations are encouraged
> to respond to the Call by submitting (1) a 250 word, more or
> less, abstract presenting the purpose, methods, and current
> status of their project, and (2) a letter providing the
> names, affiliations, and summary biographical details of all
> of the key contacts associated with the project.
>
> Individuals, organizations, and institutions do not have to
> be affiliated with the Coalition or members of the Coalition
> Task Force to respond to a _Call for Project Descriptions_.
>
> Project descriptions are reviewed by relevant Coalition
> Working Group leaders with the support of the Coalition staff
> and guidance from the Coalition Steering Committee.  Other
> parties may be involved as explained by an individual Call.
> Additional information is sometimes requested during this
> review process.
>
> Reviews of project descriptions are carried out in as
> expeditious and as flexible a fashion as possible, taking
> care to balance the benefits of a wide and fair search for
> individuals, institutions, or organizations willing to share
> the experience that they have which is relevant to Coalition
> interests with the benefits of focused and timely action on
> those interests.
>
> The Coalition will seek permission from the individuals,
> institutions, and organizations involved before publicly
> distributing any of the information submitted in response to
> one of a _Call for Project Descriptions_.
>

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