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10 Tips for Getting Grants to Keep Your Library Afloat
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McCune, Bonnie – Computers in Libraries, 2007
In this article, the author, taking the view of the foundation or the grant giver, shares the basic steps on how funders assess requests for grants. Each of these steps may be waived if a key member of the selection process, such as a board member, has a personal interest in the application. The following are 10 tips from the funders' point of…
Descriptors: Grants, Evaluation Methods, Grantsmanship, Libraries
DesignStation 2000: Imagining Future Realities in Learning Systems Design.
Gayeski, Diane M., Ed. – Educational Technology, 1995
Describes "DesignStation 2000," a software and hardware workbench for laptop computers for the design of learning systems that includes capabilities for needs analysis; client presentation and proposal generation; rapid prototyping of interactive media projects; collaboration and project tracking; assessment of results; and adding to a…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Cooperation, Databases, Evaluation Methods
Peer Review in the Classroom.
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Liu, Jianguo; Pysarchik, Dawn Thorndike; Taylor, William W. – Bioscience, 2002
Explains the importance of peer assessment in professional life and describes a course using peer review processes to teach modeling in natural resource management. Uses a typical scientific research protocol and assigns students to review peer proposals considering their expertise and area of interest. Presents guidelines for proposal review,…
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, Graduate Study, Higher Education, Learning Activities
RFPs and On-Line Library System Selection.
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Merilees, Bobbie – Canadian Library Journal, 1983
Discusses the Request for Proposal (RFP) process (formal document asking vendors to submit proposal for system meeting specific needs of library) employed by Canadian libraries as major step in selection of online system. System selection, evaluation, and implementation, Request for Information, estimating costs, and contract negotiation are…
Descriptors: Cost Estimates, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Libraries
Reviewing for Research Excellence: Expectations, Procedures and Outcomes.
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Poole, Millicent E. – Australian Journal of Education, 1993
The process and criteria by which the Humanities and Social Sciences panel of the Australian Research Council evaluates research proposals are described and discussed. Peer review is the primary method of evaluation, and the primary criteria are the potential of a given proposal for significant conceptual advance and research/researcher quality.…
Descriptors: Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Foreign Countries, Humanities
Writing a Grant Proposal for a Library Literacy Program.
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Humes, Barbara – Catholic Library World, 1994
Provides guidelines for preparing a proposal for funding a library literacy project, including funding sources; community needs statement; plan of operation, including goals and objectives and a time frame; quality of key personnel; budget and cost effectiveness; evaluation plan; adequacy of resources; and cooperation and coordination. (LRW)
Descriptors: Budgets, Community Needs, Cooperation, Cost Effectiveness
Monitoring and Improving Testing and Evaluation Innovations Project. State Level Activity. Annual Report.
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Center for Research on Evaluation, Standards, and Student Testing, Los Angeles, CA. – 1988
Three papers and a sample outline of Requests for Proposals (RFPs) represent the work of the Monitoring and Improving Testing and Evaluation Innovations (MITEI) Project during 1988. The skeleton of a sample RFP outline for large-scale assessment was expanded to provide a checklist of the type of information that should be included in a RFP. The…
Descriptors: Agency Role, Check Lists, Construct Validity, Educational Assessment