P2Rx NSDL Proposal
Austin Update, February 2003
Opportunity/Need
P2Rx has created a collection of science, engineering and technology
oriented best management information intended to provide an invaluable
resource to P2 Specialists [1]
nationally. NSF expects to fund 12 – 15 “new” collections this
year – projects of up to $1 million over two years. The P2Rx collection
meets all of the solicitation criteria – this money is very well
suited to enhancing the P2Rx collection.
Current Status: Much needs to be done; almost nothing
has been done as yet.
1)
Suggest & select products
of a proposal (see attached suggestions) by March 6.
2)
Identify & confirm
collaborators by March 11, 2003
3)
Submit LOI March 12.
4)
Draft proposal work plan
by March 14.
5)
Collaborators research
individual NSDL workgroups and report March 19.
6)
Estimate resource distribution
by March 21.
7)
Participating collaborators
need to complete individual organizational description by April
7.
8)
Collaborative budgets linked
March 28.
9)
Completed draft of proposal
offered to P2Rx and collaborators April 6 for comments.
10)
Changes complete April
13.
Contribution to
Goals:
1) As part of the NSDL, P2Rx will increase
its credibility and reach to potential collaborators
2) The NSDL community comprises a market as yet
untapped by P2Rx, thereby offering an increase in awareness. The
NSDL has a core integration group focused on improving content sharing,
thereby offering a way to improve usability.
3) Dunno – perhaps greater participation by library
institutions. Clearly the ease of transfer and sharing between
existing systems will be enhanced.
Estimated Resources:
Each participating
center will need to contribute 20 – 40 hours of phone calls, authorship
and review between now and proposal submittal deadline.
Possible products:
A) Kathy’s draft:
1) Requirements gathering/needs assessment
Identify user needs through various mechanisms such as focus
group discussions, listserve input, and questionnaires. Identify
the educational materials currently available and define gaps to
focus creation of new materials. Assess state-of-the-art of digital
library supporting technologies and resources.
2) Design and implementation of the digital library
Establish standards and protocols for the digital library and
begin to implement the digital library by acquiring collections,
filtering and classifying, developing metadata, quality rating,
formatting, disseminating, and gathering feedback. Establish a collections
committee. Conduct formative evaluations of the library and its
holdings, making changes based on the results and on future needs
assessment. Coordinate with other digital library projects.
3) Workshops for digital library users and creators
Develop and offer workshops for educators on the use of the
digital library for teaching and for creators on developing digital
library holdings.
4) Communications and community building to promote the digital
library
Publicize the digital library (as well as the GDL) to the user
community through electronic and print communications to individuals,
events at professional meetings, and publications of professional
societies. Also build interest in the digital library and seek
community feedback.
5) Establish incentives to participate in the DL
Establish criteria for selection of materials in the peer-reviewed
part of the digital library.
B) MEDS alternative
Incorporate MEDS database as a P2Rx product in addition to
the work necessary to standardize the existing P2Rx centers collections
C) ATEEL alternative:
Develop an mechanism to share P2Rx content to existing libraries
in addition to standardization activity
D) P2 Thesaurus: in addition to above.
E) P2WIN alternative
Add global P2 information network as part of P2Rx network of information
in addition to above
Required actions by collaborators – ASAP:
1) Sign up to NSF Fastlane - get an ID
2) Prepare unique parts of proposal necessary for each collaborator,
item II: http://www.nsf.gov/pubs/2003/nsf032/start.htm
a. Biographical Sketches
b. Current and Pending Support
c. Facilities, Equipment and
other Resources
3) Review one of the NSDL workgroups activities in order to ensure
integration
4) Suggest potential reviewers
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