The ComPADRE web site (http://www.compadre.org/portal/) provides access to a growing network of educational resource collections supporting teachers and students in Physics and Astronomy.

From Pat (Viele) the Science Librarian (Pat’s Picks for STEM Educators) The fall meeting of the NYS Section of the American Physical Society was held on on November 14th and 15th. I gave a poster session on Friday evening introducing attendees to ComPADRE (Communities for Physics and Astronomy Digital Resources for Education). ComPADRE is the physics and astronomy section or “Pathway” of the NSDL. At the Special Libraries Association meeting in June 2008, the principle investigator for ComPADRE (Bruce Mason) and I gave a poster session together. We both felt it would be good to spread the word about comPADRE at section meetings for APS and at similar organizations.

My purpose in giving a poster session was two-fold:

1. to spread the word about an excellent digital library
2. to demonstrate what librarians can do to support teaching and research in physics and astronomy

I had many interesting conversations with faculty and students. As I suspected, they were interested not only in teaching college level courses, but also reaching out to school children and the general public.