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NSDL releases new Search functionality

Posted Thu, 04/07/2011 - 5:09pm by eileen

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NSDL is pleased to announce the release today of new Search functionality on nsdl.org, providing a new user interface and features of interest to all users, as well as to developers and collection builders.

Newsletters from NSDL partners...

Posted Wed, 04/06/2011 - 5:55pm by eileen

Check out these newsletters and/or news sites from NSDL Pathway partners for recent updates on their resources, activities, and services: 

NSDL at NSTA - San Francisco, Mar. 10 - 13

Posted Thu, 03/03/2011 - 7:52pm by eileen

NSDL will be well-represented at the National Science Teachers Association 2011 conference in San Francisco, next week, from March 10 -13. Events take place in the Moscone Convention Center and nearby convention hotels. See the NSTA conference site for more information and program browser. 

Come visit the NSDL Exhibit booth #800, in the Exhibit Hall. 

Sessions by NSDL-related projects: 

Concord Consortium:

Transitioning NSDL

Posted Thu, 02/24/2011 - 6:25pm by eileen

In mid-February 2011, the National Science Foundation confirmed that it will no longer continue to support the National STEM Distributed Learning funding program (as of September 30, 2011), within the Division of Undergraduate Education, Directorate for Education and Human Resources. 

JCDL 2011 Deadline for short papers, posters, demos extended to Thursday, February 10...

Posted Mon, 02/07/2011 - 3:51pm by eileen

Ok. You've missed the deadline for full papers, workshops, tutorials, and panels (closed 1/30/2011), but you still have a few days to pull together a submission for a short paper, poster, or demonstration to the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2011, in Ottowa, Canada, June 13-17, 2011. 

The deadline for these submissions has been extended to midnight, Thursday, February 10, 2011. 

DuraSpace Announces new CEO and Chief Strategy Officer

Posted Fri, 02/04/2011 - 2:21pm by eileen

Ithaca, NY  DuraSpace, a not-for-profit organization providing open source software and services, announced on February 3, 2011 that Michele Kimpton will assume the role of Chief Executive Officer, effective March 1, 2011.  Kimpton is currently the Chief Business Officer of DuraSpace, and formerly the Executive Director of the DSpace Foundation. 

Beyond Penguins wins January 2011 SPORE

Posted Mon, 01/31/2011 - 3:39pm by eileen

BPPB logoThe Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears project at Ohio State University has begun the new year well (and well-deserved!) by being named the January 2011 recipient of Science magazine's Science Prize for O

Ask a Biologist site wins SPORE award from Science magazine (November 2010)

Posted Fri, 01/14/2011 - 6:57pm by eileen

Congratulations are due to Charles Kazilek at Arizona State University: his Ask a Biologist site has been awarded the Science Prize for Online Resources in Education (SPORE), by Science magazine, designed to focus on the best of online educational resources in science.

NSDL in the news...

Posted Mon, 12/20/2010 - 3:19pm by eileen

Two recent publications are featuring National Science Digital Library (NSDL) resources and services:

Spring workshops for middle students in Durham: CybAdventures and Computational Science

Posted Mon, 12/06/2010 - 2:30pm by hstoker

*Spring Saturday Explorations Workshop will be held February 5 - March 12  from 9:00am - 12:00pm*

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