DLESE Finds A New Home
A pioneer in the online delivery of educational resources has found a new home.  Earlier this month, the National Science Foundation announced that the Digital Library for Earth System Education (DLESE) will be maintained by The National Center for Atmospheric Research.  NCAR’s library will assume development and curation responsibilities for DLESE, and its Computational and Information System Laboratory (CISL) will provide systems and operational support. The agreement means DLESE’s popular collections will remain free, there will be no interruption in service, and the site will continue to grow and serve the needs of geoscience communities. Questions about DLESE and its collections should be directed to support AT dlese.org.

Elemental Expertise: Periodic Table Wiki
One of the jewels in the Chemical Education Digital Library is Periodic Table Live! (PTL). It is a periodic table accompanied by pictures, movies, atomic structures, and more information about the chemical elements. The site also includes tools for sorting and graphing its numerical data. Visitors can contribute information about their favorite elements by using the Periodic Table Wiki, which is listed under Collections on the main page of the ChemEd Collaborative wiki site. If you have special expertise about one or more of the elements, please share it at the Periodic Table Wiki. Even if you don’t want to contribute, you can listen in as a community of chemists and educators get elemental.

Blogs for Teachers Are Succeeding
Last fall, staff at NSDL’s Middle School Portal began making weekly posts to two Expert Voices blogs.  Connecting News With National Science Education Standards helps middle school teachers build lessons around a current news item by linking it to online resources; Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears helps elementary teachers become more knowledgeable about the polar regions while providing best practices on how to integrate polar concepts into their teaching.  After four months, the Connecting Science blog is on track to have 1,000 page views in January. After three months, the Penguins blog is heading for 3,500 page views!