[OPLINLIST] Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards 2009

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*Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards 2009*

The Rethinking Resource Sharing (RRS) Innovation Awards
<http://rethinkingresourcesharing.org/innovation.html> recognizes and
honors an individual or institution for changes they made to improve
users' access to information through resource sharing in their library,
consortium, state or country. It is hoped that the award will encourage
libraries and librarians to make changes in how they do resource sharing
to improve service to users.  RRS looks for efforts where people didn't
wait for the profession to provide better services for users.

The Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards consists of a $1,000
cash award and a citation to the entity that applies.  In 2009
Rethinking Resource Sharing expects to make up to three awards.  The
most valuable ideas will be posted to the Rethinking Resource Sharing
website (http://www.rethinkingresourcesharing.org/) in the hope that by
sharing a great number of creative resource sharing ideas it will
inspire others to try and implement similar ideas.

This is the second year the Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation
Awards have been awarded.  In 2008 the winners were:

--IDS Project -- Information Delivery Services Project, at SUNY
Geneseo's Milne Library.
--NC Live Media Collection

Funding for the 2009 Innovation Awards is provided by the Alliance of
Library Service Networks www.librarynetworks.org
<http://www.librarynetworks.org/>, a group of U.S. independent regional
networks that includes Amigos, BCR, FEDLINK, ILLINET, INCOLSA, MINITEX,
MLC, MLNC, NELINET, Nylink, OHIONET, PALINET, SOLINET, and WiLS.  The
Nebraska Library Commission is also a member.

*Eligibility:*

Nominations are accepted for individuals, library institutions, or
consortia.  Individuals being nominated must have been employed in a
library (anywhere in the world) and held some responsibility for their
institution's resource sharing services at the time the contribution is
nominated. Innovations must have gone live since January 2006.

*Application process:*

Self nominations as well as nominations for other individuals or
institutions/consortia are accepted.  Please submit a description of the
user-centric service change you made that has improved resource sharing
in your library, consortium or state. Please include the following
information:

    * Describe a new service you offer, or how you changed an existing
      service.  Explain how it improved your users' access to
      information or otherwise improved service.  Provide statistics or
      other indicators of impact and trends
    * Indicate how long this idea has been in place; when did it start
      operation?
    * Describe briefly the library or consortium in which this resource
      sharing idea is in place (e.g. size of institution, number of
      requests processed and filled, etc).
    * Describe how your user-centered service fits in with the seven
      principles of the Rethinking Resource Sharing Manifesto.
      http://www.rethinkingresourcesharing.org/manifesto.html
    * How did your library/consortia decide that a change was needed in
      this area?
    * What solutions did you find to overcome barriers to implementing
      this service?
    * Comment on the likelihood that this change will be a permanent
      change. What steps are you taking to insure that the improvement
      in service can continue?

*Deadline*:        The deadline for applications/nominations is March 5,
2009 (post-mark or date of e-mail). Submissions are sent to the chair of
the Rethinking Resource Sharing Awards Committee:

Beth Farmer
Assistant Director
Tampa Bay Library Consortium
1202 Tech Blvd., Ste 202
Tampa, FL 33619
farmerb at tblc.org <mailto:farmerb at tblc.org>

*The Rethinking Resource Sharing Innovation Awards Committee for 2009:*

*Beth Farmer*, Assistant Director, Tampa Bay Library Consortium. Chair
*Mary Lehane*, Manager, Resource Sharing Department, York University
*Tanner Wray*, Director of Public Services, University of Maryland
Libraries

*Final Selection Evaluation*

The Rethinking Resource Sharing Awards Committee will evaluate the best
qualified candidates to receive this award based on the quality of the
contribution they made to create a user-centric service that has
improved resource sharing. Factors considered in selection of the award
winners:

    * Impact on users
    * Scalability
    * Sustainability
    * Ability for other libraries/consortia to replicate the idea
    * Initiative and risk taking

Recipients will be announced at the Rethinking Resource Sharing Forum
2009. The Forum will be held on May 13 and 14, 2009 at OCLC Headquarters
in Dublin, OH.

Recipients will be asked to attend the Rethinking Resource Sharing Forum
and present on their project.  Registration to the Forum and a travel
stipend will be provided to one person from each winning project to
assist in defraying attendance costs.

*Background:*

The Rethinking Resource Sharing Initiative
<http://www.rethinkingresourcesharing.org/index.html> is an ad hoc group
that advocates for a complete rethink of the way libraries conduct
resource sharing in the context of the global internet revolution and
all of the developments that have arisen from that.  The group is
advocating for a revolution in the way libraries conduct resource
sharing.  On-going funding for the Initiative is provided by OCLC, Inc.
and BCR, with additional support from other organizations.

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