Post on 25-Dec-2015
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NSF NSDL: Where are We &
Where Are We Going?
Jane Chu Prey (jprey@nsf.gov)Program Director
National Science FoundationDivision of Undergraduate Education
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National Science Foundation Organization
D IR E C T O R A T E F O R B IO L O G IC A LS C IE N C E S
D IR E C T O R A T E F O R M A T H E M A T IC A L A N DP H Y S IC A L S C IE N C E S
D IR E C T O R A T E F O R E D U C A T IO N A N DH U M A N R E S O U R C E S
D IR E C T O R A T E F O R G E O S C IE N C E S
D IR E C T O R A T E F O R C O M P U T E R A N DIN F O R M A T IO N S C IE N C E A N D E N G IN E E R IN G
D IR E C T O R A T E F O R E N G IN E E R IN G
D IR E C T O R A T E F O R S O C IA L , B E H A V IO R A L ,A N D E C O N O M IC S C IE N C E S
O F F IC E O F B U D G E T , F IN A N C E , A N DA W A R D M A N A G E M E N T
O F F IC E O F IN F O R M A T IO N A N D R E S O U R C EM A N A G E M E N T
D E P U T Y D IR E C T O R
D IR E C T O R
N A T IO N A L S C IE N C E B O A R D
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Education and Human Resources (EHR)
E lem en ta ry , S ec o n d a ry , a n dIn fo rm a l E d u c a tio n
(E S IE )
D iv is io n o f G ra d u a teE d u c a tio n (D G E )
E d u c a tio n a l S ys tem R efo rm(E S R )
H u m a n R eso u rc eD ev elo p m en t
(H R D )
E x p erim en ta l P ro g ra m toS tim u la te C o m p etitiv e
R esea rc h (E P S C o R )
D iv is io n o f U n d erg ra d u a teE d u ca tio n (D U E )
R esea rc h , E v a lu a tio n ,a n d C o m m u n ic a tio n
(R E C )
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The NSF National Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
Education Digital Library (NSDL) ProgramPurpose
To create, develop, and sustain a national digital library to serve as an online network of learning environments and high-quality resources for science, technology, engineering and mathematics education at all levels.
Vision of the digital library• Designed to meet the needs of learners at all levels, in
both individual and collaborative settings• Constructed to enable dynamic use of a broad array of
materials for learning, primarily in digital format• Managed actively to promote reliable anytime - anywhere
access to quality collections and services, available both within and without the network
• Reduce confusion of the web and help people focus their time productively
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NSDL Programmatic History
Digital Libraries Initiative (DLI) - NSF/NASA/ARPA, FY94-97
Digital Libraries Initiative - Phase 2 (DLI-2) - NSF/DARPA/NASA/NLM/LOC/NEH with Smithsonian, National Archives and Record Administration (NARA), Institute for Museum and Library Services (IMLS), FY98 - continuing
in UG Education FY98-99 DLI-2 Special Emphasis
NSDL ProgramNSF, FY00 - continuing
NSDL InitiallyOperationalFall, 2002
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NSDL Connects
• Users: students, educators, life-long learners
• Content: structured learning materials; large real-time or archived datasets; audio, images, animations; primary sources; digital learning objects (e.g. applets); interactive (virtual, remote) laboratories; ...
• Tools: search; refer; validate; integrate; create; customize; publish; share; notify; collaborate; ...
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NSDL Tracks• Core Integration
activities to focus on the coordination and management of the library’s core collections and services
• Collectionsprojects to aggregate and actively manage a subset of the library’s content within a coherent theme or specialty
• Servicesprojects to develop services to increase the impact, reach, efficiency, and value of the library
• Targeted research projects to have direct applicability to one or
more of the other tracts
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Core Integration
• Maintain the premier gateway to the digital library;
• Supplement and coordinate services developed to enable effective use of and access to the network’s content;
• Provide leadership in the development of standards for including resource collections and services in the library;
• Work with resource collection providers to establish a suite of review systems for inclusion of material;
• Coordinate the formulation of requirements for resources and services; interoperability, reusability, reliability, and stability;
• Seek out new resource collections to join fully, or otherwise be affiliated with the library.
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Disciplinary-based themes defining a natural body of contentAccess to large real-time or archived data setsSoftware tools for analysis, modeling, simulation, or visualizationReviewed commentary on learning materials and pedagogy
Collections
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Collection Projects
Biology Education Online-An Interactive Electronic JournalDigital Community and Collections for Science and
Mathematics Teacher EducationA Digital Multimedia Library for Health Sciences EducationBEN: Bioscience Education NetMATHDL-A Lbrary of Online Learning Materials in
Mathematics and Its ApplicationsTHREDDS: Thematic Real-time Environmental Data
Distributed ServicesGender and Science Digital LibraryElectronic Encyclopedia of EarthquakesWater in the Earth System (WES): An NSDL K-12 ProjectComputing and Information Technology Interactive Digital
Education Library DLESE:Digital Library for Earth Systems Education:A
“Microcosm” of NSDL
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Services
Collaborative learning environments using shared resources
Mechanisms for building personal digital information spaces
Metadata system translation
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Service Projects
Improving Knowledge Transfer: Prioritizing Content Creation in Digital Libraries Using Competitive Intelligence Systems
Implementing an Electronic Peer-reviewed Journal of Earth System Science Education Resources (JESSE): A Pathfinder for SMETE Resource Peer Review
Collaborative Project: A Component Repository and Environment for Assembly of Teaching Environments (CREATE)
Threading Information Pathways Through NSDL Video (Services Proposal)
Breaking the Metadata Generation BottleneckThe Instructional Architect: A System for Discovering,
Recommending, and Combining Learning ObjectsPeer Review of Digital Learning Materials: Critical Service
for Digital Libraries
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Targeted Research
Digital library usage studiesUser interface construction and implementation
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Targeted Research Projects
Design and Evaluation of Maintenance Tools for Distributed Digital Libraries
Collaborative Research: Developing a Learner-Centered Metathesaurus for Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education
Developing a National Science Digital Library (NSDL) LibQUAL+ Protocol
Question Triage for Experts and Documents: Expanding the Information Retrieval Function of the NSDL
ReMarkable Texts: A Digital Notepad for the NSDLIntegrating Digital Library Resources into Online CoursesMetaTest: Evaluating the Quality and Utility of MetadataUsing Spatial Hypertext as a Workspace for Digital Library
Providers and PatronsEffective Access: Using Digital Libraries to Enhance High
School Teaching in STEM
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Project Characteristics
• Current domains include: various engineering disciplines, life sciences, geosciences, mathematical sciences, chemistry, materials science, anthropology, computer science
• Professional societies involved• Nascent private sector and publisher
involvement• Several formal collaborative projects (more
born at All-Projects meeting); all feature multiple PIs
• 28 with explicit pre-K - 12 links, 19 with strong potential for application to preK - 12
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NSDL Program Accomplishments
• In the first two years of the program (FY00 and FY01) nearly 200 proposals were submitted and ~60 projects funded (~$40M) (core integration [1], collections [31], services [22], targeted research [4])
• Program in the third year (FY02); 156 proposals submitted in three tracks and ~50 funded (collections [34], services [11] and targeted research [6])
• All Projects meetings held in Sept, 2000 and Dec, 2001
• Third Annual All Projects meeting was just held December 2-4, 2002
• http://comm.nsdlib.org -- communications portal
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Issues/Questions
• In what ways might this virtual facility become a sustainable resource?
• New role for and relationship between librarians and faculty
• Implications for K-12 sector?• Implications museums and other informal
learning venues?• Implications for graduate programs?
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Issues/Questions cont.
• What about non-science, mathematics, engineering, and technology domains?
• International collaborations
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Conclusions
• Development of digital libraries is a huge challenge as well as a huge opportunity
• Full development of digital libraries will require international cooperation and collaboration across disciplines and across geographical boundaries
• We really don’t know what other exciting ideas are just waiting to happen!