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Dragonfly
Summer 2003 -- Volume 34, Number 3 |
Funding for electronic document delivery (EDD) service implementation or improvement:
Five awards of up to $2,000 each are available from the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Pacific Northwest Region (NN/LM PNR) for DOCLINE libraries in AK, ID, MT, OR, and WA. This funding is to support implementation of Internet and/or Web EDD service or improvement of existing EDD services. Purchase of computers or printers is outside the scope of this award. This funding can be used for:
A fall, 2002 survey of libraries in the Pacific Northwest showed that, among libraries that did not use EDD, the most common barriers included "Cannot afford scanner" and "Cannot afford software." This funding is intended to help libraries overcome that barrier. This is a pilot project, and if it proves successful, we hope to provide additional awards next year.
Applications from hospital libraries are especially welcome. In March, 2003 a review of DOCUSER records showed that EDD use in the Pacific Northwest (as shown by one indicator: availability of Ariel service) is on a par with the rest of the nation: 12% of this region's DOCLINE libraries use Ariel, as compared to 12% of DOCLINE libraries nationwide. However, hospital libraries in the Pacific Northwest represent a smaller percentage of Ariel users in the region (15%) than nationally. Across the U.S., hospital libraries comprise 27% of Ariel users.
NOTE: Ariel service is just one indicator of EDD availability in a library. It is not the only software available for EDD. Although this funding can be used to acquire the Ariel software, Ariel is not required. Other software approaches to EDD are also welcome.
We hope that this funding can also provide an opportunity for libraries to collaborate with their institutional Information Technology personnel. Applications for this funding should include a statement from that institution's manager in charge of information technology (IT), confirming that selection of equipment and software, and resolution of networking and firewall issues, will be made with the IT department's support.
Requests for funding are due November 3, 2003 and should be submitted using the Electronic Document Delivery for DOCLINE Libraries Award Application Web form. In addition to the statement of IT support, applicants will need to describe their plans for implementing or improving EDD service, specify what equipment and/or software they intend to acquire and use for EDD, provide a brief budget, and indicate what EDD methods, if any, are currently in use. Funded libraries will be asked to provide six months' statistics of EDD use for sending and/or receiving copies after implementation and complete a short questionnaire.
If we receive more requests than we can fund, priority will be given to
Information about equipment for EDD is available from "The Quick Guide to Electronic Delivery" which appeared in Latitudes, May/June 2002, volume 11, issue 3; from "Electronic Document Delivery: Technology Update" in Latitudes, March/April 2003, volume 12, issue 2; and from the Ariel Web site. Information about software for EDD is available from the Electronic Document Delivery section of the NN/LM Web site and from the "Electronic Interlibrary Loan" section of the South Central Regional Document Delivery Manual.
Contact Susan Barnes via email or phone her at 1-800-338-7657 (from within AK, ID, MT, OR, WA) if you have questions or would like to discuss your project ideas.
Dragonfly, Summer 2003- Volume 34 Number 3
This publication is funded in whole with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, under Contract No. N01-LM-1-3516.
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