Professional Development Award
Request for Proposals
The NN/LM Greater Midwest Region is pleased to announce the availability of a professional development award for individuals who work in GMR libraries that are full network members. Six (6) awards for up to $1,000 will be available during the 2008/2009 (May 2008-April 2009) contract year.
Purpose
The award is intended to enable individuals to expand their professional knowledge and experience to better manage their libraries and to provide improved health information access to health care professionals and consumers.
Requirements
- Applicants must be employed at least 50% time in a Network health sciences library that is a Primary Access Library. This award is not available to individuals who work in Resource Libraries.
- Applicants must be from a library that is a Full member of the National Network of Libraries of Medicine Greater Midwest Region
- Applicants must demonstrate how the professional development activity proposed is linked to a specific goal for the library.
- Applicants may receive this award only once during the 2006-2011 contract period.
- Developing a Web page for the library
- Setting up an intranet for the library and its parent institution
- Developing a computer-assisted instructional package or other type of educational package to help end-users gain better access to health information resources
- Developing a consumer-health service in the library
- Learning project management skills
- Selecting, managing and licensing electronic journals
- Space planning
- Developing user education programs or redesigning library services
- Attending a specific continuing education course or workshop
- Attending a conference, e.g. Computers in Libraries or EDUCAUSE
- Visiting other libraries or related institutions
- Personal memberships in organizations
- Building library collections
- Attending the Medical Library Association annual meeting or the regional MLA chapter meetings. However, funding may support attendance at workshops, institutes, and other special meetings held in conjunction with the MLA or chapter meetings.
Technical Submission Requirements
The respondent should complete the
Professional Development Award Application online. Attachments, such as program descriptions and letters of
support, may be sent by fax to 312-996-2226 or attached in an electronic format to an email sent to
. Please make the name of your project the title of the email.
You will receive immediate electronic acknowledgement that your application was received by the GMR.
Here is a list of previous Professional Development Award Recipients..
Evaluation Criteria
Proposals will be scored against the following criteria:- Applicant meets the qualifications outlined in the Requirements section
- Appropriateness of class to areas of health science librarianship and health information access
- Applicant demonstrates how the professional development activity is linked to a specific goal of the library
- Likelihood that the selected professional development activity will achieve the desired outcome
Reporting Requirements
Awardees will be expected to submit a written report to GMR on how their goals were met and provide documentation for their expenses 30 days after the activity takes place. Details regarding the proper submission of these items will be provided in the acceptance letter. The individual also is encouraged to submit an article that describes the project to The Cornflower, the GMR blog.
Additional Requirements
Publications Resulting from NN/LM Funded Projects
As of April 7, 2008, final peer-reviewed manuscripts arising from NIH funds must be submitted to PubMed Central upon acceptance for publication. The NIH Public Access Policy (http://publicaccess.nih.gov/policy.htm 
) ensures that the public has access to the published results of NIH funded research. It requires scientists to submit final peer-reviewed journal manuscripts that arise from NIH funds to the digital archive PubMed Central (http://www.pubmedcentral.nih.gov/ ) upon acceptance for publication.
To help advance science and improve human health, the Policy (http://publicaccess.nih.gov/FAQ.htm ) requires that these papers are accessible to the public on PubMed Central no later than 12 months after publication. The NIH Public Access site should be consulted for additional information: (http://publicaccess.nih.gov/policy.htm ).
508 Compliance
If a website is developed under this award, the website must adhere to Section 508 compliance. Resources for this compliance include the National Library of Medicine Web Applications/Site Development Guidelines (http://www.nlm.nih.gov/web/documentation/index.html ) and Summary of Section 508 Standards (http://www.section508.gov/index.cfm?FuseAction=Content&ID=11 ).
Credit Statement
The awardee shall acknowledge the support of the National Library of Medicine whenever publicizing the work under this award in any media by including an acknowledgment substantially as follows:
This project has been funded in whole or in part with Federal funds from the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Department of Health and Human Services, under Contract No. under Contract No. N01-LM-6-3503 with the University of Illinois at Chicago.
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