Serving the Needs of Pre-College Science and Mathematics Education Impact of a Digital National Library on Teacher Education and Practice. Proceedings from a National Research Council Workshop (1999) / Chapter Skim
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Appendix A: Executive Summary of Original Digital Library Report
Appendix A: Executive Summary of Original Digital Library Report
Pages 21-31
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Given the potential of digital libraries to provide rapid access to large amounts of information and the research base on digital libraries that these other projects already had Page numbers in this executive summary refer to those in the full report, National Research Council, 1998. Developing a Digital National Library for Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering' and Technology Education: Report of a National Research Council Workshop.
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, CSMEE responded to NSF's request by forming a project steering committee consisting of representatives from the NRC's four postsecondary boards and committees (Mathematical Sciences Education Board, Board on Engineering Education, Committee on Undergraduate Science Education, and the Committee on Information Technology)
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The report also identifies those issues on which workshop participants were able to reach substantial agreement and those which remained unresolved by the conclusion of the meeting. The report presents the conclusions of members of the Steering Committee who attended the workshop and provides a number of recommendations to the NSF from the entire Steering Committee about both the value and feasibility of proceeding with this project.
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Because only a few science and mathematics teaching faculty and undergraduate students were present at the workshop (a list of workshop participants and their institutional affiliations is provided in Appendix C, biographical sketches of workshop participants are in Appendix D) , it is not clear to what extent the proposed NL actually would be utilized by faculty to improve their teaching of SME&T courses or by other stakeholders of a larger NL.
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Thus, workshop participants suggested, and the Steering Committee concurs, that a better set of descriptors be devised to reflect more accurately this resource's vision and objectives and to convey better to users how it might be utilized. Economic and Legal Issues In addition to focusing on the potential value or desirability of an NE for undergraduate SME&T education, the workshop also addressed a number of economic and legal issues.
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Obtaining such information might impinge on students' expectations for privacy. Workshop participants concluded that these issues could not be solved independently for the proposed NL.
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Although workshop participants did not agree on specific next steps, the Steering Committee makes the following recommendations based on information in the commissioned papers and presentations and discussions at the workshop to guide the NSF's planning for an NL initiative and its issuance of one or more request for proposals (RFPs)
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The level of funding that the agency can devote to this project may dictate the breadth of the proposed NE's users, and that, in turn, may help with content decisions. However, the Steering Committee recommends that, prior to making final decisions about this issue, the NSF should make a concerted effort to bring together in a series of focus groups representatives from all communities that might be an NE's likely users and service providers.
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2.2 Steering Committee members also agree with many workshop participants anct recommenc! that an NE shouIc!
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Workshop participants recognized, and the Steering Committee concurs, that "Digital National Library" or "National Library" the terms that have been most commonly used to describe this entity may be more confusing than enlightening to anyone who envisions the potential stakeholders in this project and the services it may provide. Any NE initiative is likely to transcend the functions of many conventional libraries.
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. 3.3 Because the central concern of workshop participants was to define the users of and the need for an NE for undergraduate SME&T education, the Steering Committee recommends that RFPs for preproposals not be formulated until the NSF sponsors the focus groups described above.
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