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Dragonfly
Summer 2004 -- Volume 35, Number 3 |
By Susan Barnes, Resource Sharing Coordinator
NN/LM Pacific Northwest Region
Announcing funding from the NN/LM PNR to support electronic document delivery (EDD) among DOCLINE libraries in the Pacific Northwest Region of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine:
Awards of up to $2,000 each are available to DOCLINE libraries
in AK, ID, MT, OR, and WA to support implementation of electronic
document delivery using the Internet or Web, or improvement of
existing services. Purchase of computers or printers is outside
the scope of this award. This funding can be used for:
• scanning or document
imaging equipment and/or
• software for Internet or
Web-based transmission of documents
NOTE: Ariel is just one application used for document transmission. Although this funding can be used to acquire the Ariel software, Ariel is not required. Other software approaches to EDD are also welcome, such as email delivery, Web delivery, and/or EDD features built in to interlibrary loan management packages.
Applications from hospital libraries are especially welcome.
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. 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.
Consideration of requests for funding will begin September 15, 2004. Proposals should be submitted using the Electronic Document Delivery for DOCLINE Libraries Award Application Web form at http://nnlm.gov/projects/submitter.html?code=pnr2003edddl. 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
1. Libraries that are not yet using EDD
2. Hospital libraries
3. Smaller libraries
4. Regional distribution
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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