The Chemical Education Pathway to NSDL
http://acswebcontent.acs.org/home.html
http://www.jce.divched.org/JCEDLib/index.html
The newest NSDL Pathway to chemical education is the Chemical Education Digital Library (ChemEd DLib) that joins The American Chemical Society and the Journal of Chemical Education to provide a rich information layer over collections of the Journal of Chemical Education Digital Library (JCE DLib) and the ACS Education Division. The ACS has a membership of 158,000—the largest scientific society in the world—and is a major publisher of scientific research in the chemical sciences.

ChemEd DLib is a collaboration of the Journal of Chemical Education at the University of Wisconsin - Madison; the American Chemical Society (ACS), and the ChemCollective project at Carnegie Mellon University. ACS maintains a large collection of educational materials in print and online, and has a strong commitment to education and outreach. Complementing the ACS collections is the well-known JCE DLib with eight existing collections, over 4000 reviewers, expert editors, and a cadre of dedicated volunteers.

An innovative element of the project will be /Textbook Tables of Contents/browsing—utilizing these cornerstone tools of chemistry courses as a means of locating resources keyed to a specific textbook in use. Textbooks in chemistry change little over time, and are well-suited to this role as an information discovery mechanism. The project also aims to make the ChemEd DLib the gateway to submission of materials for publication—in effect, making the library the starting point, not the end, of the publication process. This process enables self-publication
via the web, but provides for peer review as well.

Project personnel are: John W. Moore, PI, Jon L. Holmes, co-PI, and Theresa Zielinski, co-PI; University of Wisconsin, Madison; Mary Kirchhoff, co-PI, ACS; and David Yaron, co-PI, Carnegie-Mellon University.

NSDL Annual Meeting Sneak Previews: Submit Questions for Dr. Daniel Atkins
http://nsdl.comm.nsdl.org/registration/session/
As part of the meeting’s first general session on Thursday, October 19, NSDL will host a town Hall-style meeting with Dr. Daniel Atkins, Director of NSF’s Office of Cyberinfrastructure. Dr. Atkins will share his perspectives and respond to questions prepared ahead of time from the NSDL community, followed by a Q & A session with the audience. To submit questions to the Annual Meeting Planning Committee to potentially be addressed by Dr. Atkins during the opening session, please visit http://nsdl.comm.nsdl.org/registration/session/

The closing general session will feature a panel discussion on digital library sustainability. Opening remarks and introductions will be led by Kaye Howe, panel moderator, NSDL Core Integration, and Paul Berkman, NSDL Sustainability Committee Chair. They will be joined by Laura Campbell, Associate Librarian for Strategic Initiatives responsible for the overall strategic planning for the Library of Congress, Chris Greer, Program Director, Office of Cyberinfrastructure at the National Science Foundation where he is responsible for digital data activities, and Kevin Guthrie, president of Ithaka, a not-for-profit organization with a mission to accelerate the productive uses of information technologies for the benefit of higher education around the world. Kevin is the former president and current chairman of JSTOR and serves as a trustee for ARTstor. 

Recent Survey Results Show Positive NSDL Impact on STEM Education Practices
http://eval.comm.nsdl.org/reports.html
The final version of the user survey conducted by Mick Khoo, Evaluation Specialist for NSDL Core Integration, during the summer revealed that satisfaction with NSDL was very high in a number of areas (80-90%, n=167).

There’s a full version of the report available on the NSDL Evaluation Pages at: http://eval.comm.nsdl.org/reports.html.

News from “Katrina After the Storm” Summit in NSDL’s Blogosphere
“Katrina After The Storm,” September 27-30, 2006, was put together by a University initiative called HASTAC (Humanities, Arts, Science Advanced Collabratory) to share common concerns and ignite dialogs across the country utilizing national grid computing technology to address critical issues raised in Katrina’s wake. The content ranged wildly, from entrepreneurs talking about their business models to graphic artists talking about their comic books. The technology linking all the sites together also has its rough edges. But the stories out of New Orleans are gripping, people are meeting up, and connections are being made. One thing is clear: nothing gets done down there until people make connections that cross industry and academic boundaries.

How can digital education help the Gulf Coast? Please sign in and add your comments and ideas:

Katrina Summit 1: Speed, Flexibility, and KISS

Katrina Summit 2: Collaboration and Trust

About That Comic Book

Supercomputers and Storms