MAR Leadership Institute Award
Call for Letters of Interest
Due November 15, 2009
Announcement
The NN/LM MAR Strategic Program Plan for Member Participation specifies the following Library Improvement goal:
- Broaden training opportunities with emphasis on management, advocacy, and leadership skills through Web opportunities for training in a “MAR Leadership Institute.”
Applicants must be full or affiliate MAR network members.
Purpose
The purpose of the MAR Leadership Institute Award is to develop a program to teach business, management, and leadership skills, which will help librarians advocate for themselves and their libraries with their institution’s administrators, other funding agencies, government bodies, and user groups.
The region-wide scope of the program may necessitate collaboration/partnership between the applicant and other key players. Examples of partnerships include:
- Multiple MAR network members collaborating together, e.g. multiple hospital libraries or multiple resource libraries
- Regional consortium groups
- Local chapters of a library association
- An academic health sciences center library working with another campus department
- A MAR network member partnering with a non-member with special expertise, e.g. a business school program, a state library association, or a national library association
One award up to $65,000 is available, which will be funded on a cost reimbursement basis as a formal subcontract. The award will be administered in two phases:
- A planning award for up to $15,000. During the planning stage, the awardee should: perform a needs assessment (including but not limited to a literature review of existing programs, standards, and competencies), formulate a curriculum, identify instructors, devise strategies for region-wide participation, and perform other activities to ensure success of the program. The planning process might also include piloting a local leadership institute that could then be scaled up to a region-wide program.
- An implementation award for up to $50,000 to conduct the full-scale MAR Leadership Institute. This second phase of the award will be given following a review of the outcomes from the planning award.
Audience
The MAR Leadership Institute is intended for individuals who work in a MAR network member library, such as hospital librarians and academic health sciences librarians. Participants in the MAR Leadership Institute will demonstrate an interest in and potential for leadership in the medical library community.
The program should be broad in scope, appealing to all levels of librarians (managing directors as well as non-managing staff librarians) and librarians at different stages of their careers. An effort should be made to enroll librarians from as many institutions as possible into the MAR Leadership Institute.
The geographic scope of the program should extend throughout the Middle Atlantic Region, i.e. Delaware, New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. The program should provide opportunities for librarians in all four states to participate. Applicants are encouraged to consider non-traditional, interactive distance training modalities that will appeal to busy librarians who may not be able to attend in-person sessions.
Application Process
Applicants should email or fax a 2-3 page proposal letter to MAR. The proposal letter should include:
- Applicant’s name and contact information
- Name and contact information of any partners
- A structured abstract which includes the following components:
- Objectives
- Methods
- Draft budget
- Expected results, deliverables, and outcomes
- Evaluation criteria
- Literature references to existing programs, standards, and competencies
- At least one letter of support
Letters of interest will be reviewed by the NN/LM MAR Executive Committee and the National Network Office (NNO) at National Library of Medicine. Reviewers may contact the applicant with questions or comments for clarification and revision of the proposal letter. The merits of each application will be carefully evaluated, based on responsiveness to the call for applications.
The Executive Committee will select a proposal letter(s) and invite the submission of a complete proposal. The complete proposal should elaborate upon the components of the structured abstract, including a full budget, logic model(s) to illustrate the planning process, and a detailed description for the methods of evaluation. The complete proposal should also include supporting documentation, such as letters of support from project partners. Upon final review of the complete proposal by the Executive Committee and the NNO, the applicant will receive the MAR Leadership Institute award.
Award activities must be completed by April 30, 2011. A sample timeline may include:
- Submission, review, and approval: October 2009-December 2009
- Planning award activity: 3 months, e.g. January 2010-March 2010
- MAR review of planning activity outcomes: 1 month, e.g. April 2010
- Implementation activity: To be completed by April 2011
Send letters of interest via e-mail to rml@library.med.nyu.edu or fax to 212-263-4258.
Cost Proposal/Budget Instructions
Total expenses must not exceed $65,000.
Allowable expenses include:
- Speaker fees and honoraria
- Travel
- Publicity
- Space rental
- Electricity
- Telephone lines/data lines (e.g. broadband or cellular)
- Audiovisual costs
- Printing/reproduction/duplication
- Equipment rental
- Indirect costs
Non-allowable expenses include:
- Food
- Furniture
Review Criteria for Letters of Interest
OBJECTIVES
Ability to address the purpose of the MAR Leadership Institute: Planning and development of a program to teach business, management, and leadership skills, which will help librarians advocate for themselves and their libraries with their institution’s administrators. Identification of specific competencies that will be developed. Ability to appeal to the broad range of MAR network members.
30 points
METHODS
Ability to address various methodologies involved in planning and implementing this program, including but not limited to: identifying the target audience, conducting a needs assessment, developing a curriculum, promoting the program, and hosting the program. Special consideration will be given to novel approaches, including partnerships between multi-type libraries or libraries and other institutions.
15 points
DRAFT BUDGET
Funding justification for key components of the program.
10 points
EXPECTED RESULTS, DELIVERABLES, AND OUTCOMES
Identification of desired results, deliverables (outputs), and outcomes of the program.
15 points
EVALUATION CRITERIA
Ability to develop evaluation criteria which will measure expected outcomes of the program.
15 points
EXPERIENCE AND QUALIFICATIONS OF STAFF
Experience and qualifications of key personnel, including names of potential partners.
15 points
Total Possible Points: 100
Deadline for submission of letters of interest: September 30, 2009
If you have questions or require assistance, contact Kate Oliver, Associate Director, at 212-263-4197 or kate.oliver@med.nyu.edu . Awards will be announced on the MAR discussion list, MARL, as well as the MAR newsletter, the MARquee.
Important Information Funding decisions are based on need, amount to be funded, and availability of funds. In addition to the requirements listed in each Call for Application, the following requirements also apply.
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