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Call for Statements of Interest and Experience
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Joan K. Lippincott)
Fri Jul 10 12:56:06 1992
Date: Fri, 10 Jul 1992 11:48:13 CDT
Reply-To: Public-Access Computer Systems Forum <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
From: "Joan K. Lippincott" <joan@cni.org>
To: Multiple recipients of list PACS-L <PACS-L%UHUPVM1.BITNET@ricevm1.rice.edu>
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INTRODUCTION
The following is a Call for Statement of Interest and Experience
prepared and distributed by the secretariat of the Coalition for
Networked Information to announce an initiative in a manner
that promotes the widest and fairest possible identification of
individuals, institutions, or organizations that are willing and able to
contribute to that initiative.
The Coalition encourages you to read an reflect upon the following
Call and then to contact the person identified below if you are
interested in the subject initiative, if you have a contribution that
you are willing to make to the subject initiative, and if you would like
to discuss this interest and contribution with someone associated with
the subject initiative.
PROJECT: The Capture and Storage of Electronic Theses and
Dissertations.
DESCRIPTION: The Coalition for Networked Information, Virginia
Polytechnic Institute and State University, the Council of Graduate
Schools, and University Microfilms International (UMI) seek your
assistance in developing a pilot project in which graduate students
will write their theses and dissertations in electronic format to be
either stored locally or be submitted in electronic format to
University Microfilms International for future distribution over
networks. The work of this group will be directed toward the selection
and testing of common software and standards for the writing of theses
and dissertations, and the requirements for their storage and retrieval
from an Internet server. Participants will also participate in
discussions of issues of access, copyright, and usage fees in the
networked information environment.
The intention of this project is to improve the storage of and access to
information in theses and dissertations, to acquaint future scholars
with publishing electronically, to increase the amount of scholarly
information on networks, and to foster development of new products and
services which will evolve from electronic theses and dissertations.
REQUIREMENTS: Institutions and organizations who are interested in
this project are encouraged to contact the person identified below (a)
to state their interest in the project, and (b) to briefly describe the
relevant experience that they have regarding the purposes and outcomes
of the project.
The Coalition and its partners in this project are interested in having
three representatives from each institution involved with the project:
one representing the graduate school, one representing the library, and
a third with specific knowledge of text, image, and graphics storage and
retrieval and representing institution-wide information technologies.
The Coalition and UMI are prepared, if necessary, to defray some of the
travel and other expenses incurred by the institutions and organizations
who are selected to participate in this process.
Please submit a Statement of Interest and Experience for your
institution or organization to the person identified below on or before
July 31.
CONTACT:
Paul Evan Peters
Director
Coalition for Networked Information
1527 New Hampshire Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20036
Voice: 202-232-2466
Fax: 202-462-7849
Internet: paul@cni.org
BACKGROUND INFORMATION
The Coalition for Networked Information, a joint project of the
Association for Research Libraries, CAUSE, and EDUCOM was founded 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 167 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 Calls for Statements of Interest and
Experience as a vehicle for announcing initiatives in a manner that
promotes the widest and fairest possible identification of individuals,
institutions, or organizations that are willing and able to contribute
to those initiatives. Each Call provides a description of the proposed
project or study and most include supporting documents.
Individuals, institutions, and organizations are encouraged to respond
to the Call by submitting (1) a brief (one to two page) statement of the
reasons for their particular interest in the project or study, and, if
appropriate, a description of how they would pursue the objectives of
the project or study, and (2) information about themselves and/or their
organization or institution that describes the relevant background and
expertise that they have to contribute to the purposes and outcomes of
the project. Calls for Statements of Interest and Experience are not
requests for proposals (RFPs) and are not intended to solicit detailed,
formal documents as responses.
Individuals , organizations, and institutions do not have to be
affiliated with the Coalition or members of the Coalition Task Force to
respond to the Calls.
Statements of interest and experience 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 statements of interest and experience 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 and able to contribute to
Coalition initiatives with the benefits of focused and timely action by
those intiatives.
Upon selection of individuals and/or groups to contribute to a given
project or study, all those who submitted a response to the Call are
notified of the outcome by the Coalition secretariat.
