Educators, parents, technology developers, information science researchers, and almost anyone with one foot in a social networking space are mildly curious about how interconnected digital information pipelines work–me too. That’s why I attended a recent workshop about one of them–Twitter–offered by Kaila Bussert from the Cornell University Library. I discovered, as many other users have […]

Baltimore, MD Is there anyone out there who has an in-box, spam filter, hard drive, or update feed that is not brimming with outdated, digital junk? And are you even sure about whether it’s junk or not? Like old string, your institution may have a particular reason for keeping a collection of regularly updated data. […]

Printed scholarly publications in the main reading room at the New York Public Library. © 2008 Carol Minton Morris
Baltimore, MD SPARC IR morning “Campus Publishing Strategies” sessions focused on making use of, and understanding the evolution of scholarly publishing as a platform for scholarly discourse as well as a process for developing intellectual products. […]

The Bromo-Seltzer Tower in Baltimore, Maryland. © by James G. Howes, 2008.
Baltimore, MD Bromo-Seltzer was invented in this town by Captain Isaac Emerson. To celebrate his tummy-taming elixir he built a clock tower in 1911 that was intended to look like the Palazzo Vecchio in Florence, Italy. The Baltimore version included a marvelous 51-foot […]

New York, NY Will tracking pop stars and images of swirling hurricanes on cell phones and through social networking sites become what future generations think of as “news”? Over 100 media representatives, librarians, academics and technology specialists gathered at the New York Public Library to talk about preserving news for future scholars on Oct. […]

National Science Ditial Library projects, partners and pathways met in Washington, D.C. Sept. 30-October 2, 2008 to discuss new directions for the 8-yr-old NSF initiative designed to leverage online educational STEM opportunities for students and learners of all ages nationwide. Many partners and projects have been part of NSDL since 2000, and as usual, the […]

Since 2000 National Science Digital Library (NSDL) projects and partners have demonstrated multiple ways to provide high quality resources and tools that support innovations in teaching and learning. This year’s NSDL Annual Meeting promises to highlight even more of these ongoing cyberlearning initiatives that in total have increased the educational value of national investment in […]

Wondering how to design an evaluation with limited or no funding? Have questions about what to do with the data you’ve been collecting but don’t know what to do with? Bring your questions to the 1:15 session on Wednesday Oct. 1, 2008 (Sharing Evaluation Expertise and Results). We’ll discuss evaluation and take a stab at […]

This year’s Annual Meeting with the theme “STEM Research and Education in Action” will be held at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. from September 30 - October 2, 2008.
The schedule includes presentations and overviews from NSDL Pathways and partners who are implementing NSDL resources and tools for K12 and undergraduate classrooms nationwide. Stay tuned to this […]

“Invisibility. Teleportation. Mind reading. Psychokinesis. Time travel. Star ships. Parallel universes. Normally, these would be dismissed by scientists as being impossible. One hundred years ago, the same was thought about lasers, televisions and visiting outer space.” This is the first sentence of Michio Kaku’s abstract from his presentation to AAPT entitled, “Physics of the […]