Michele Reid, dean of libraries, and co-authors have been awarded $50,000 to support their upcoming study, “Business Cases for New Service Development in Research Libraries,” from the Council on Library and Information Resources’ Digital Library Federation.

In addition to Reid, the research team includes Theodore Fons, Online Computer Library Center; Mike Furlough, Pennsylvania State University; Carol Hunter, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill; Elizabeth Kirk, Dartmouth College; and Judy Luther, Informed Strategies.

Outcomes for the project will include a report on business planning and methods in the context of libraries, and case studies of campus publishing and research data management services. The project will be completed in late 2012.