GAELS (Glasgow Allied Electronically with
Strathclyde)
The GAELS project was
a collaboration between Glasgow University
Library and Strathclyde University Library
with two main aims:
-
to develop
collaborative information services in support of
engineering research at the Universities of
Glasgow and Strathclyde.
-
to develop a CAL1
package in advanced information skills for
engineering research students & staff.
The project was funded
by the Scottish Higher Education Funding council
(SHEFC) from their Strategic Change
initiative funding stream, and funding was
awarded initially for one year, with an
extension of the grant for a further year. The
project ended in June 2001.
The funding from SHEFC paid for two research
assistants, one based at Glasgow University
Library working on collaborative information
services and one based at Strathclyde University
developing courseware.
Since these two
research assistants left to take up other posts,
there has been a single researcher based at
Glasgow University Library.
The project was
funded to investigate the feasibility of new
services to the Engineering Faculties at both
Universities, with a view to making
recommendations for service provision that can
be developed for other
subject areas.
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