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STATEMENT OF WORK

The contractor shall function as the coordinator for the NLM contribution to the National Library of Medicine/Association of Academic Health Sciences Libraries Leadership Fellows Program, a program to develop future leaders for academic health sciences libraries. The contractor will provide all the necessary personnel and facilities to conduct the work of this this Leadership Fellows Program, to identify and recruit future leaders in academic health sciences libraries, provide education and mentoring to increase the knowledge and skills of potential leaders and the likelihood that they will pursue this career path, offer recognition to future leaders, and implement a program that takes advantage of electronic tools to allow participation while maintaining one's professional and personal life.

The Leadership Fellows Program selects up to five fellows each year and pairs them with mentors who are academic health center library directors. It combines a site visit at the mentor's home library and in-person events for the cohort of fellows and mentors with an online learning community. The year-long program design includes leadership institutes, attendance at an Association of American Medical Colleges annual meeting, a fellow/mentor relationship, and training on issues related to library leadership and management. Fellows have the opportunity to experience another library environment under the guidance of their mentors, to build relationships with the cohort of other library directors and potential directors, to meet leaders of organizations important to academic health centers, and to be acknowledged as future library leaders.

The goals of the program are to:

· Introduce emerging academic health center library leaders to leadership theory and practical tools for implementing change at organizational and professional levels;

· Develop meaningful professional relationships between fellows and mentors that give fellows access to career guidance and support;

· Expose fellows to another academic health center library under the guidance of their mentors;

· Examine career development and provide models of directors to potential future academic health center library directors;

· Create a cohort of learners who will draw upon each other for support throughout their careers; and

· Offer recognition to emerging leaders.

An appointed program manager will direct the project work as the Responsible Investigator on behalf of the Contractor.

The Leadership Fellows Program: program elements should be planned and coordinated with the NLM Liaison annually:

Evaluation Requirements: evaluation of each element of the program and an overall assessment should be planned and conducted annually.

· Assess the effectiveness of the Leadership Fellows Program for participants and for observers;

· Consolidate evaluative information across classes;

· Appraise success of program goals;

· Examine ongoing impact of program after completion; and

· Provide recommendations for the program in the future.

Reporting Requirements:

The Contractor shall submit to the NLM COR and NLM Liaison semiannual reports on the progress and evaluation of the program.

In addition, the contractor shall share the following information with NLM during the course of each program year:

1. A draft of promotional materials and application and selection procedures for each year of the program,

2. A description of the program components for each year of the program,

3. Information about the Fellow and mentor applications received, including the number of applications, affiliations of the applicants, demographic information, and other information that NLM may request for each year of the program.

4. The names, affiliations, and application packages of the Fellows and mentors selected for the upcoming years' programs.

One copy via e-mail of each report should be submitted to the NLM COR and the NLM Liaison.

In addition to the aforementioned reporting requirements, the Contractor shall email copies of all communications, materials produced, press releases, advertisements, photographs and articles for newsletters related to the project. In accepting the award, the Contractor gives permission for use of such materials by the NLM.

Period of Performance: April 1, 2019 through March 31, 2020 with four (4) successive one-year option periods.