[K-12} NATIONAL SCIENCE DIGITAL LIBRARY CREATES "NEW PATHWAYS"

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>National Science Foundation
>4201 Wilson Blvd.
>Arlington, VA 22230
>"Where discoveries begin"
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>For Immediate Release
>Oct. 7, 2004
>
>NSF Media Contact: Bill Noxon (703) 292-7750, 
><mailto:wnoxon@xxxxxxx>wnoxon@xxxxxxx NSDL
>Media Contact: Carol Minton Morris (607) 255-2702,
><mailto:clt6@xxxxxxxxxxx>clt6@xxxxxxxxxxx
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>NATIONAL SCIENCE DIGITAL LIBRARY CREATES "NEW PATHWAYS"
>Projects add user-tailored access to resources for research and
>education
>
>ARLINGTON, Va.-Philadelphia kindergarten teacher, Varnelle Moore,
>is teaching her youngest students to understand spatial
>experiences, story content and how to talk out ideas.  Moore is
>able to do this because of her access to resources and hands-on
>support from the Math Forum at Drexel University, a partner of
>the Mathematical Association of America's (MAA) Mathematical
>Sciences Digital Library.  Part of the National Science
>Foundation's (NSF) National Science Digital Library (NSDL), the
>project makes it simple for Moore and other teachers to take full
>advantage of a new bridge between math, science and education.
>
>NSF has awarded funding four large, new NSDL Pathways Projects,
>one of which is an expanded MAA effort, to provide better "user
>tailored" access to the NSDL's online library of resources for
>research and education.  NSF has also funded 19 new, smaller
>nationwide NSDL projects.
>
>"We are committed to public education in this country and know
>that education has always gone out from the great libraries,"
>NSDL director Kaye Howe says.
>
>The major new projects, receiving NSF grants ranging from $2.0
>million-$2.8 million over four years, include:
>
>University of Wisconsin, Madison, Internet Scout Project ( 
><http://scout.wisc.edu/>http://scout.wisc.edu/ )
>Since 1994, the Internet Scout Project has focused on developing
>better tools and services for finding, filtering, and presenting
>online information and metadata with Web-based information and
>software for educators, librarians and researchers.  Scout's Web-
>based reports now reach over 350,000 readers a week, helping
>guide educators and others to high-quality online resources.
>Scout's newest project is the Applied Mathematics and Science
>Education Repository (AMSER), a collaborative project that will
>consist of a repository housing information about national
>applied math and science resources, and a variety of integrated
>services, especially for community and technical college
>students, and their instructors.
>
>WGBH (Boston) Teachers Domain - Multimedia Resources for the
>Classroom and Professional Development 
>(<http://www.teachersdomain.org/>http://www.teachersdomain.org/ )
>WGBH Radio debuted in 1951, and over time has evolved into a
>world-renowned public service organization.  With WGBH-TV, it
>produces programs seen and heard across the United States and
>Canada.  The PBS station produces more prime-time
>programs and Web-based products than any other. Its "Teachers'
>Domain Pathway to NSDL Mulitmedia for K-12 Teachers and Students"
>will be expanded under its new NSF award.  Already it is a
>multimedia digital library for K-12 teachers and students housing
>an extensive collection of classroom-ready resources.  As an NSDL
>Pathway, Teachers' Domain, will make these rich resources and
>services available through NSDL.
>
>The Mathematical Association of America, Washington, D.C.,
>Pathway to NSDL Mathematics Resources ( 
><http://www.maa.org/>http://www.maa.org/ )
>In nearly 100 years, the MAA has evolved to serve large segments
>of the public and some 27,000 members with peer-reviewed
>journals, a magazine and newsletter, and a variety of educational
>outreach initiatives, including courses, workshops and a digital
>library of classroom resources. MAA's Pathway to NSDL Mathematics
>Resources will expand the current features of the Math Digital
>Library by incorporating new materials and services into those
>available to the general mathematics user and enhancing features
>of particular importance to MAA members, such as MAA Reviews, an
>online continuation of Telegraphic Reviews appearing in the
>American Mathematical Monthly, and online access to the best of
>more than a century of Classroom Capsules.
>
>Shodor Education Foundation, Inc., Durham, N.C., Pathway to NSDL
>Computational Science Education Resources 
>(<http://www.shodor.org/>http://www.shodor.org/)
>Since 1994, the Shodor Foundation has conducted research and
>educational outreach to advance science and math education
>through the use of modeling and simulation technologies. Shodor's
>Pathway to NSDL Computational Science Education Resources
>Reference Desk (CSERD) will identify and develop materials for
>computational science, technology, engineering and mathematics
>(STEM). New partners will bring in expertise to create and
>maintain resources in computational science education, such as
>easy navigation tools to find and use numerical models to teach
>and explore concepts in science and mathematics, and resources
>for teaching how to build and validate computational models.
>
>The NSDL holds a wide range of materials to support learning at
>all levels.  Pathways partners provide portals and user services,
>and act as reference librarians for their communities.
>
>"The social and technical capital generated by the pathways will
>be reused to facilitate completion of all the moving parts of the
>library over time," says Lee Zia, NSF program manager for the
>NSDL.
>
>The other 19 projects, varying in amounts of $450,000 to $850,000
>are for two to three years.  Institutions receiving those awards
>include: Washington and Lee University (Lexington, Va.), Kennesaw
>State University (Kennesaw, Ga.), Cornell University (Ithaca,
>N.Y.), University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc. (Lawrence),
>University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Foundation at the New
>Jersey Institute of Technology (two awards), University of
>Wisconsin, Madison (two awards), Villanova University
>(Philadelphia), Oregon Health and Sciences University (Portland),
>Syracuse University (Syracuse, N.Y.), Eastern Michigan University
>(Ypsilanti), and Utah State University (Logan).  Awards also were
>made to the National Academy of Sciences and the American
>Psychological Association, both in Washington, D.C., McLean Media
>(Grass Valley, Calif.) and New Media Studio (Santa Barbara,
>Calif.).
>
>NSF established the National Science Digital Library, which
>opened in the fall of 2000, as an online library of resources for
>science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM)
>education and research. The NSDL provides access to collections
>and services from both public and private institutions, including
>universities, museums, commercial publishers, government agencies
>and professional societies.  This national resource supports
>teaching and learning at all levels, from preschool through
>adult, with materials ranging from journal articles and lesson
>plans to interactive animations, and from real-time data sets to
>technology based tools.  Access to NSDL collections and services
>began with the launching of a website in December 2002.
>(<http://www.nsdl.org>www.nsdl.org) There are now more than 150 NSF-funded 
>projects
>that contribute to the NSDL, as well as partners from education
>and industry.
>
>"There are some exciting possibilities for new library services,"
>Zia maintains.  "They may include one-stop user access to
>personalized resources, improved student and teacher access to
>expert knowledge, with the pathways projects serving as
>discipline area experts."
>
>NSDL directors also believe that pathways may also serve as
>resources for all NSDL projects engaged in solving research and
>operational issues common to digital library communities.  Those
>include ongoing development and adoption of basic standards for
>interoperability, reusability, reliability, and stability of
>resources and services.
>
>NSF PR04-141
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>NSF Program Officer: Lee Zia (703) 292-5140, <mailto:lzia@xxxxxxx>lzia@xxxxxxx
>For more information, on NSDL Pathways Projects, see:
><http://nsdl.comm.nsdl.org>http://nsdl.comm.nsdl.org
>
>The National Science Foundation is an independent federal agency
>that supports fundamental research and education across all
>fields of science and engineering, with an annual budget of
>nearly $5 billion.  National Science Foundation funds reach all
>50 states through grants to nearly 2,000 universities and
>institutions.  Each year, NSF receives about 30,000 competitive
>requests for funding, and makes about 10,000 new funding awards.
>The National Science Foundation also awards over $200 million in
>professional and service contracts yearly.
>
>Useful National Science Foundation Web Sites:
>NSF Home Page:  <http://www.nsf.gov>http://www.nsf.gov
>News Highlights: <http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa>http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa
>Newsroom: 
><http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/media/start.htm>http://www.nsf.gov/od/lpa/news/media/start.htm
>Science Statistics: 
><http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/stats.htm>http://www.nsf.gov/sbe/srs/stats.htm
>Awards Searches: 
><http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a6/A6Start.htm>http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a6/A6Start.<http://www.fastlane.nsf.gov/a6/A6Start.htm>htm
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