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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Simon Jennings [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, December 08, 2000 4:31 PM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: **Call for proposals: New Subject hubs for the RDN**
>
> With apologies for crossposting...
>
> Notification of this call for proposals has been sent by post to Vice
> Chancellors and Principals of all HEIs funded by HEFCE, HEFCW, SHEFC and
> DHFETE, FE Principals funded by FEFC, SFEFC, FEFCW and DHFETE. Copies have
> also been sent to : Librarians, Learning Resource Centre Managers and
> Information Services Directors in the above institutions and JISC RSC
> Managers.
>
> __________________________________________
>
> Call for proposals:
> New hubs for the Resource Discovery Network
>
> 1. Arts & the Creative Industries
>
> 2. Sport, Tourism and Leisure
>
>
> I am pleased to invite UK higher and further education institutions to bid
> for funds to develop new subject hubs for the JISC-funded Resource
> Discovery Network (RDN). The RDN (http://www.rdn.ac.uk) provides access to
> over 23,000 high quality Internet resources for the UK learning, teaching
> and research communities. The RDN's data and services are provided through
> a series of subject catalogues (or "hubs") containing descriptions of
> high
> quality Internet sites, selected and described by specialists from within
> UK academia and affiliated organisations. Value-added services such as
> interactive web tutorials and alerting services are also provided to
> enable
> users to make more effective use of their time on the Internet.
>
> There are currently five subject hubs available through the RDN:
>
> Biome - health and life sciences (http://biome.ac.uk)
> EEVL - engineering, maths & computing (http://www.eevl.ac.uk)
> Humbul - humanities (http://www.humbul.ac.uk)
> PSIgate - physical sciences (http://www.psigate.ac.uk - under development)
> SOSIG - social sciences (http://www.sosig.ac.uk)
>
> The areas covered by this call for proposals will extend the RDN's subject
> scope to more fully address the range of subjects covered in HE and FE.
>
> The closing date for this call is 2 February 2001. The full call for
> proposals, further details on the RDN, appropriate contacts and guidelines
> for those preparing bids as well as the subject scope of the two hubs
> proposed in this call are available at:
>
> http://www.rdn.ac.uk/publications/calls
>
> If you have any questions regarding this call for proposals or any other
> aspect of the RDN, please do not hesitate to contact me.
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
> Simon Jennings
>
> ----------------
> Simon Jennings
> Service Manager
> Resource Discovery Network Centre
> King's College, The Strand, London, WC2R 2LS
> Tel: +44 (0)20 7848 2934
> Mobile: +44 (0)7977 231 755
> Fax number: +44 (0)20 7848 2939
> Email: [log in to unmask]
>
> Visit the Resource Discovery Network at http://www.rdn.ac.uk/
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