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