Grant Activity

Grants Awarded

Submitted to: Louisiana State University, Student Technology Fee Grant Program
PI: David Robins
Title: Re-engineering the SLIS Computer Lab
Award Amount: $36,500
Grant Period: January, 2000-June, 2000
Submitted to: Louisiana Board of Regents, Distance Education Initiative Grants Program.
PI: David Robins, Dana Watson
Title: Streaming Toward the Future: A Unique Academic Program Incorporates Web-Based Technologies
Award Amount: $64,033
Grant Period: Nov. 1, 1999-June 30, 2000
Submitted to: Louisiana Board of Regents, 1999 Travel Grant for Emerging Faculty
PI: David Robins
Title: Funded Travel to Speak with National Science Foundation Program Officers
Award Amount: $1000
Grant Period: Sept. 23-24, 1999

Proposals Under Development

None at this time

Grants Under Review

None at this time

Grants Submitted, but not Funded

Submitted to: International Monetary Fund (RFP no. 1380)
PI: Jose Marie Griffiths, David Robins
Title: Review of World Bank and International Monetary Fund Joint Library Operations
Amount Requested: $75,000
Date Submitted: March 2003

 

Submitted to: The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation
PI: Ken Sochats, David Robins, Jose Marie Griffiths, Don King, Chris Tomer
Title: Constructing a Support Mechanism for Public Access Computing Administration in Public Libraries
Amount Requested: $1,500,000
Date Submitted: February 2002

 

Submitted to: State of Pennsylvania, Link-to-Learn Initiative, I-Grad Grant Initiative
PI: David Robins, and David Wilkins
Title: Western Pennsylvania Architectural Digital Library
Amount Requested: $ 380,063
Date Submitted: February 2001

 

Submitted to: University of Pittsburgh, Provost's Advisory Council on Instructional Excellence's Innovation in Education
PI: David Robins, Elizabeth Shaw
Title: Leveling the Field: An Information Technology Assessment and Tutorial for Incoming Library and Information Science Students
Amount Requested: $ 23,369
Date Submitted: October 2001

 

Submitted to: Institute for Museum and Library Services, 2000 National Leadership Grants for Libraries and Museums (For Library and Museum Collaboration)
PI: Bert Boyce, Carol Barry, David Robins
Title: The West Baton Rouge Parish Digital Cultural Repository Project Co-Investigators
Amount Requested: $ 165,897
Date Submitted: March, 2000

 

Submitted to: National Science Foundation, Enhancing Infrastructure for the Social and Behavioral Sciences (NSF 99-32)
PI: David Robins, Robert Ward, Barrett Kennedy, Ron Hay
Title: Center for Lower Mississippi Delta Region Initiatives: A Model Infrastructure for an Applied Research Collaboratory
Amount Requested: $ 9,500,000
Date Submitted: March 1, 1999

 

Submitted to: National Science Foundation, Digital Libraries Initiative, Phase 2 (NSF 98-63)
PI: Ron Hay, Amanda Spink, Barrett Kennedy, David Robins
Title: Delta Memories: A Public Community-Based Digital Library Model
Amount Requested: $10,500,000
Date Submitted: June, 1998

 

Submitted to: Louisiana Board of Regents, Support Fund for Research and Development (Research Competitiveness Program)
PI: David Robins, Beth M. Paskoff, Donald H. Kraft, Patsy H. Perritt
Title: Collaborative Information Behavior in Digital Libraries
Amount Requested: $75,000
Date Submitted: September, 1998

 

Submitted to: LSU Council on Research Summer Stipend Program
PI: David Robins
Title: The Gates Library Foundation and Louisiana Public Libraries: A Case Study
Amount Requested: $15,000
Date Submitted: October, 1996