6.0678 CNI Call for Projects Using Networked Resources (1/193)
Elaine Brennan (EDITORS@BROWNVM.BITNET)
Wed, 28 Apr 1993 18:14:05 EDT
Humanist Discussion Group, Vol. 6, No. 0678. Wednesday, 28 Apr 1993.
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 93 15:42:31 EDT
From: Joan K. Lippincott <joan@cni.org>
Subject: CNI Call for Projects
The Coalition for Networked Information is seeking
information on projects that promote the use of
networked information resources and services in the
context of the teaching and learning environment.
We would welcome your contributions.
CALL FOR PROJECT DESCRIPTIONS
APRIL 1993
COALITION WORKING GROUP ON TEACHING AND LEARNING
Co-leaders Susan Lane Perry, Director , Departmental
Systems Group, Stanford University
Art St. George, Executive Network Services
Officer, University of New Mexico
Philip Tompkins, Director of Library
Information Services, Estrella Mountain
Community College Center
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 and reflect upon the following
Call and then to contact the person identified below.
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 93 (October 17-20)
conference in Cincinnati, 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 information
electronically on the following form to the person identified below.
____________________________________________________________________
WORKING GROUP ON TEACHING AND LEARNING
CALL FOR PROJECT PROPOSALS
APRIL 1993
PROPOSAL SUBMISSION FORM
1. TITLE:
2. PRESENTER (contact person):
Name:
Title:
Institutional affiliation:
Address:
Phone:
Fax:
E-Mail:
3. OTHER INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS ASSOCIATED
WITH THE PROJECT:
4. ABSTRACT -- Provide a 250 word, more or less,
abstract presenting the purposes, methods, and current
status of the project.
5. How does your project address the particular interests
stated by the Coalition in the Call for Projects Proposals
above? (100-300 words).
6. Audio-visual requirements: (EDUCOM encourages
proposals that make exemplary use of appropriate
technologies. Indicate the equipment you will need if your
project is selected for presentation at EDUCOM.)
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 June 15, 1993
to be considered as part of the EDUCOM 93 scholarship program.
Proposals will be read and ranked by volunteers from the Coalition
for Networked Information's Teaching and Learning Working Group
using the stated criteria. Scholarship winners will be notified on
or before September 1, 1993.
CONTACT
Susan Lane Perry
Director, Departmental Systems Group
Stanford University, Stanford Data Center
Polya Hall, Room 262
Stanford, California 94305-4163
Email address: gd.slp@forsythe.stanford.edu
Telephone: (415) 725-8423
ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Coalition for Networked Information 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.
Currently 182 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, organizations and institutions do not have to be
affiliated with the Coalition of members of the Coalition Task Force
to respond to a Call for Project Descriptions. The Coalition
encourages responses from the international community.
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.
--
Joan K. Lippincott, Assistant Executive Director
Coalition for Networked Information
21 Dupont Circle, N.W.
Washington, D.C. 20036
(202) 296-5098
FAX: (202) 872-0884
Internet: joan@cni.org