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Opportunities for CollaborationWith NSDL and DLESE
NCAR Directors’ MeetingMarch 16, 2006
What is a Digital Library? NSDL Overview DLESE Overview Opportunities for Collaboration
What is a Digital Library?
Digital Resources+
Organizational Framework+
Interface for Discovery+
Context+
Tools and Services+
Community
Digital Libraries Offer Coordinated and Contextual Access
Information About Resources
The National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics
Education Digital Library
The National Science Foundation’s online library of resources for
education and research …
…established to catalyze and support continual improvements in STEM education at all levels (K-12, Higher Education, and Lifelong Learning).
NSDL Pathways
Educational level and discipline specific views of NSDL
Built by leading organizations trusted by target audience
Provide resources, tools, services, and professional development
Lead Ed Level DisciplineMathematical Association of America
Undergraduate Mathematics
Shodor Education Foundation
Undergraduate and High School
Computational Science
University of Wisconsin, Madison
Community Colleges Applied Mathematics and Science
WGBH Public Television
K-12 Life, Earth, Space, and Physical Sciences
Eisenhower National Clearinghouse
Middle Grades Science, Mathematics, and Technology
ComPADRE Undergraduate and High School
Physics and Astronomy
American Association for the Advancement of Sci
Undergraduate and High School
Biology
Kent State University Undergraduate and Up Materials Science
UC Berkeley Undergraduate and K-12
Engineering
DLESE K-12 and Up Earth Systems Science
Materials from NSDL-funded projects and other resource and data providers included:
584 unique collections of resources
1,084,715 individual items
As of February 1, 2006…
Analyzing NSDL Usage
Distributed model of NSDL usage NSDL.org --around 12,000 hits per
month NSDL.org plus a group of 8 other
partner sites – around 100,000 hits per month
Collaborating with NSDL
Contribute Resources via DLESE News and Events Expert Voices Service
Expert Voices As An Educational Tool
Topic-based discussion (e.g. tornadoes) with pointers to related resources
Education and Public Outreach– explaining and documenting research
Experts can add resources with topical context to the NSDL
Resources can be reviewed and annotated
Question/answer and discussion forum: scientist ↔ teacher↔ librarian ↔ student
Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE)
NSDL’s Earth system & geoscience education node
• Access to high-quality collections of educational resources
• Access to Earth data sets, imagery, tools and interfaces
• Support services to help educators and learners effectively create, use, and share educational resources
• Communication networks to facilitate interactions and collaborations
Resource Priorities
• Publicly available
• Engage users in learning
• Activities, lesson plans, case studies, data with educational wrappers, visualizations
• Span geosciences• Ocean & water sciences• Geology• Atmospheric sciences• Biosciences, ecology, etc• Space, math & geography
Benefits of Contributing
• Distribution: to NSDL and other portals
• Exposure: to different audiences
• Discovery: can be targeted & available to contributors website through web services
• Reputation: if complete process to be part of DLESE Reviewed Collection
• Support: in collection development and management
Contribute 1: Suggest a Resource
Complete the Suggest a Resource Form
Enter title, URL, description & contributor name on a form
Easy to do; DLESE finishes the cataloging
Contribute 2: A Collection of Resources
• Researchers & groups with many resources create a distinct collection
• State collection purpose
• Make metadata records in XML
• Supports tailored searching
Contribute 3: News & Opportunities
• Time-sensitive materials• Usually have start and end dates• Includes • Workshops• Conferences• Grants• Jobs• Career information• Calls for participation
• Enter on a web form (can be a collection too)
Contribute 3: News & Opportunity
Potential Resources
• HAO:• Solar Astronomy in Prehistoric Southwest• The Sun: A Pictorial Introduction
• ASP:• Webcasts
• Applications:• NCL, IDV, Vis5d
UCAR/NCAR already in DLESE
• As a collection: GLOBE & COMET
• As individual resources: Windows to the Universe, Webweather, LEARN module
• As news & opportunities: National Center for Atmospheric Research: Faculty Fellowship Program
• Embeds the search engine into research and education websites, e.g., universities, research centers, libraries, and public schools
• Expands the resource and educational offerings of those institutions and provides local access for the convenience of students, educators, TAs, and the public
DLESE and NSDL offer web services …
Pretend this is your site…Pretend this is your site…•Your
•Site
•Navigation
•Here
What this area is about.
Paragraph or 2 of information about the purpose of this area or this page. Find Earth system educational resources on specific topics of interest to your audience:
•Science topic of interest 1•Science topic of interest 2•Science topic of interest 3
•News and Earth events•Conferences/Workshops•Professional development
Search for :
Education & Outreach
TitleURLDescriptionGrade RangeType of resourceSubject
Educational standards Teaching tipsReviewsResource Creator/PublisherTechnical requirementsAnd much more…
SEARCH
Imagine this is a page in your web
site…
Add the ability to search
DLESE or NSDL
Special queries
you create for your audienc
e Use the DLESE web service’s template to decide what to display in results and
how.Could include
these and more.
Search results
The DLESE search query and results embedded into your site’s look and feel
Further Contacts
Katy Gingerginger@ucar.edux8341
www.dlese.org
Susan Van Gundyvangundy@ucar.edux2946
nsdl.org