To whom it may concern,
I am writing on behalf of the Research Support Libraries Programme (RSLP) and of the JISC Committee for Electronic Information (JCEI), which wish jointly to commission a study to learn about the issues surrounding the recruitment, development and retention of project staff in UK HE libraries and archives, with special reference to RSLP and JISC projects. It is expected that the study will inform the programme of work that the new Research Support Libraries Group is undertaking.
The study will survey the staff involved in the various funding councils’ library programmes (e-Lib, RSLP, JCEI initiatives, etc.). It will track project staff and their managers and assess the impact which the programmes have had on the individuals, the organisations for which they work(ed) and the sector as a whole. The study will make recommendations in respect of future employment and training and development practices within the relevant parts of UK HE.
The deliverable will be a report that is suitable for circulation to the UK HE community, and to other interested stakeholders. A draft of the report must be submitted for review by the funders within six months of the award of the contract. The Higher Education Funding Bodies will own copyright in the report, which must be made available to the sponsors in hard copy and also in electronic form suitable for Web publication.
This work is being put out to limited tender, and we should like to invite your organisation to submit a proposal. The maximum value of the contract is expected to be no more than £50,000 (excluding VAT).
Bids should be no longer than six sides of A4 in length. CVs of the staff carrying out the work should be attached to the submission.
Proposals will be evaluated according to the following criteria:
The deadline for submission of bids is 5pm on Tuesday 18 September. Eight copies (hard copy) of each bid should be sent to Ronald Milne, Director, Research Support Libraries Programme, University Library, George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ.
Enquiries may be addressed to Mr Milne (telephone: 0131 651 1494; e-mail: ronald.milne@ed.ac.uk), or to Dr David Baker, Pro-Vice Chancellor, University of East Anglia (telephone: Tel: 01603-592434; e-mail: d.baker@uea.ac.uk).
Interviews will take place in central London on the afternoon of 12 October 2001.
Yours sincerely
Ronald Milne
RSLP Programme Director
Content: Gill Davenport
Last updated: 29 August 2001