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Call for participation: Institution as e-textbook publisher
Deadline for proposal submission: 5 March 2014
Dear Colleagues
I would like to make sure that you are aware of our call inviting UK higher education institutions (HEIs) and further education colleges (FECs) to participate in a three year national project to explore the viability of institutions becoming e-textbook publishers.
The project is looking to assess the following question:
Will the institution as e-textbook creator help students by providing a more affordable higher education, and promote a better, more sustainable information environment for libraries, students and faculty?
To participate in this call, bidders are required to:
1. Read the call documentation carefully
2. Submit a proposal that meets the requirements as listed in the call. This includes a project plan, risk register, budget and documentation to demonstrate your team's skills and expertise.
Given that the focus of this call is on colleges and universities becoming publishers of e-textbooks, all bids must be led by one or more FECs or HEIs. To be clear, it is possible for institutions to group together to collaborate. In addition, FECs/HEIs bidding may subcontract parts of the work to other bodies (such as a university press, open access publisher, open source technology developer etc).
Successful bidders will be required to:
a) demonstrate knowledge and experience of current and recent e-textbook practice and developments in the UK and elsewhere in the context of current pedagogic practice
b) produce two e-textbooks with appropriate functionality
c) document and cost the processes and staffing required to produce them
d) release and disseminate the e-textbooks using a specific business and licensing model
e) provide reports at the end of each year
f) participate in the dissemination and sharing of knowledge and results to the UK education sector
How to submit a proposal:
* Read through the Call for participation: Operational Requirement and the annexes
* All bidders must register intent to submit a bid by emailing [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
* All clarifications must be raised via [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
* Submit your proposal by 5 March 2014 at [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
We do hope that you will take this opportunity to participate in this new project.
Kind Regards
Caren Milloy
Caren Milloy I Head of Projects I JISC Collections
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