Proposed Timeline for the
U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Grant


More information about the IPL’s U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Grant


Schedule of Completion: Year 1 - July 2007 to June 2008

  1. September 2007 - December 2007: Survey faculty to identify needs
  2. November 2007, January 2008, June 2008: Outreach efforts and focus groups at ASIST, ALISE and SLA
  3. August 2007 - May 2008: Collect teaching materials
  4. July 2007 - June 2008: Design and begin to build the online learning community
  5. November 2007 - June 2008: Initiate environmental scan
  6. November 2007 - June 2008: Evaluation (gather data)
  7. July 2007 - November 2007: Assess the value, costs, and fees (Sustain)
ACTIVITY Jul
07
Aug
07
Sep
07
Oct
07
Nov
07
Dec
07
Jan
08
Feb
08
Mar
08
Apr
08
May
08
June
08
1. Survey faculty to identify needs                        
2. Outreach efforts and focus groups at ASIST, ALISE and SLA                        
3. Collect teaching materials
 
                       
4. Design and begin to build the online learning community                        
5. Initiate environmental scan                        
6. Evaluation (gather data)                        
7. Assess the value, costs, and fees (Sustain)                        

Schedule of Completion: Year 2 - July 2008 to June 2009

  1. July 2008 - November 2008: Create and test IPL lab workbook
  2. December 2008 - June 2009: Disseminate teaching materials
  3. July 2008 - June 2009: Continue developing learning community with feedback mechanism
  4. November 2008, January 2009, April 2009, June 2009 Conduct feedback sessions at conferences
  5. July 2008 - June 2009: Continue scan for technologies and create initial design
  6. July 2008 - December 2008: Evaluation through data gathering and analysis
  7. July 2008 - October 2008: Determine costs for alternative models (Sustain)
ACTIVITY Jul
08
Aug
08
Sep
08
Oct
08
Nov
08
Dec
08
Jan
09
Feb
09
Mar
09
Apr
09
May
09
June
09
1. Create and test IPL lab workbook                        
2. Disseminate teaching materials                        
3. Continue developing learning community with feedback mechanism                        
4. Conduct feedback sessions at conferences                        
5. Continue scan for technologies and create initial design                        
6. Evaluation through data gathering and analysis                        
7. Determine costs for alternative models (Sustain)                        

Schedule of Completion: Year 3 - July 2009 to June 2010

  1. December 2009 - June 2010: Deploy final phase of teaching materials and distribute IPL Workbook
  2. July 2009 - June 2010: Monitor learning community and modify as necessary
  3. July 2009 - December 2009: Document model curricula for digital reference & work with WISE
  4. July 2009 - November 2009: Conduct feedback and discussion sessions at conferences
  5. November 2009, January 2010, April 2010: Complete summative evaluation
  6. Revise technology test bed design
  7. January 2010 - June 2010: Create IPL sustainability models report proposed fee structures (Sustain)
ACTIVITY Jul
09
Aug
09
Sep
09
Oct
09
Nov
09
Dec
09
Jan
10
Feb
10
Mar
10
Apr
10
May
10
June
10
1. Deploy final phase of teaching materials and distribute IPL Workbook                        
2. Monitor learning community and modify as necessary                        
3. Document model curricula for digital reference & work with WISE                        
4. Conduct feedback and discussion sessions at conferences                        
5. Complete summative evaluation                        
6. Revise technology test bed design                        
7. Create IPL sustainability models report proposed fee structures (Sustain)                        

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More information about the IPL’s U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services (IMLS) Grant


What is the IPL?

The Internet Public Library is a public library for the world wide web.
Students from a consortium of colleges and universities with programs in information science develop and maintain the IPL!
Here are some of the partners in the IPL Consortium. A complete list is found on the IPL Consortium page.

The iSchool at Drexel Florida State University College of Information University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Graduate School of Library and Information Science Rutgers School of Communication and Information Studies

University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Information and Library Science University of Pittsburgh School of Information Sciences Syracuse University School of Information The Information School - University Of Washington

The Internet Public Library is hosted by The iSchool at Drexel, College of Information Science and Technology,
with major support from the College of Information at Florida State University.

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