Opportunities for Collaboration With NSDL and DLESE NCAR Directors’ Meeting March 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

LeadEd LevelDiscipline Mathematical Association of America UndergraduateMathematics Shodor Education Foundation Undergraduate and High School Computational Science University of Wisconsin, Madison Community CollegesApplied Mathematics and Science WGBH Public TelevisionK-12Life, Earth, Space, and Physical Sciences Eisenhower National Clearinghouse Middle GradesScience, Mathematics, and Technology ComPADREUndergraduate and High School Physics and Astronomy American Association for the Advancement of Sci Undergraduate and High School Biology Kent State UniversityUndergraduate and UpMaterials Science UC BerkeleyUndergraduate and K-12Engineering DLESEK-12 and UpEarth 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 ProgramNational 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… 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 Title URL Description Grade Range Type of resource Subject Educational standards Teaching tips Reviews Resource Creator/Publisher Technical requirements And 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 audience 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 Ginger x Susan Van Gundy x2946 nsdl.org