At the suggestion of the assistant director for collections, instruction, and public service, the Ohio State University Libraries in fall 2005 initiated a program to provide grants to faculty members to enhance their courses with the library’s electronic resources. The purpose of this program was twofold: to maximize use of electronic resources for which the library was already paying and to encourage collaboration between faculty and librarians in course development.
The libraries initially set aside $50,000 to implement the program, deciding that for each accepted proposal the faculty member would get $2,000 to teach the course and another $2,000 if the course was taught a second time. In addition, the librarian associated with the project would get $1,000. The grants were considered incentives; there was no requirement that the money to be used to implement the activities set forth in the proposals.
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