This developing site is a resource area for the NSDL network of projects and partners (both established and developing) concerned with developing effective evaluation practice and processes that enable, routinize, and advance reporting of data that contribute to the research and knowledge base revealing:
See the Metrics resource pages for metrics snapshots on NSDL sites, and related information.
Feel free to add links to interesting Web content about evaluation, impact, and measuring learning (contact Eileen McIlvain if you would like assistance on posting):
These two reports are related - reporting on a two-year study to analyze and evaluate over 200 published articles and reports on STEM professional learning communities, from 1995 to present - valuable synthesis!
www.perfettimedia.com - Consulting and training by Christine Perfetti: content design best practices, usability, and user experience. Free videos, as well as opportunities to attend free webinars on these topics. Good tips on maximizing user experience; do's/don'ts on web page design; do-able usability testing.
NSDL-related SPORE winners 2010-2011:
SPORE is Science magazine's Science Prize for Online Resources in Education, awarded monthly, highlighting and featuring exemplary online educational materials for science and math education.
See additional navigation links below for other areas of interest.
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This is a developing site for assembling topically-oriented bibliographies of interest to the NSDL community. Stay tuned as this is developed.
Feel free to add your comments or suggestions for the development of reference lists for in specific topical areas (e.g. digital resource use in classrooms, pedagogy, assessment, etc.).
Thanks!
This bibliography includes publications, presentations, posters, and websites published by primary investigators and staff of the National Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Education (STEM) Distributed Learning Program (NSDL).
Designed to become a comprehensive bibliography of NSDL-authored materials, we encourage contribution of APA-formatted references from all NSDL-funded projects, current and former. Use the Contact NSDL form with subject line "NSDL Bibliography", or contact eileen@ucar.edu
Arms, W. Y. (2000). Automated digital libraries: How effectively can computers be used for the skilled tasks of professional librarianship? D-Lib Magazine 6(7/8 May 23).
Arms, W. Y. (2000). Digital Libraries. Cambridge, MIT Press.
Arms, W. Y., D. Hillmann, et al. (2002). A spectrum of interoperability: The Site for Science prototype for the NSDL. D-Lib Magazine 8 (1, January).
Arms, W. Y. (2008). NSDL Reflections: Implementation and innovation in the NSDLIthaca, New York, Cornell University.
Bartolo, L. M., A. Diekema, et al. (2006). Survey of Evaluation Projects in the National Science Digital Library, National Science Digital Library: 18.
Bartolo, L. M., Lowe, C., Kraft, D., & Tandy, R. (2007). NSDL metadata: Adding context to bridge materials e-Research and e-Education. Paper presented at the European Conference on Digital Libraries (ECDL) 2007, Budapest, Hungary.
Birkland, A., Blake, J., Ostwald, J., & Weatherley, J. (2009). NSDL EduPak: An Open Source Education Repository Solution. Poster presented at the 4th International Conference on Open Repositories. Retrieved 24 November 2009, from http://hdl.handle.net/1853/28405
Clark, S. (2008). NSDL Science Literecy Maps. Poster presented at the National Science Digital Library Annual Meeting 2008. Washington, DC. Abstract retrieved 24 November 2009, from http://annualmeeting.nsdl.org/meeting/search/detail.php?poster_id=6510&sort=last_name&pageType=poster
Cornwell, T., & Minton Morris, C. (2009). Simple Strategies for Broadcasting Repository Resources. Poster presented at the 4th International Conference on Open Repositories, Atlanta, GA. Retrieved 14 January 2011 from http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/28406
Davis, L., Devaul, H., Sumner, T. & Weatherley, J. (2009). Curriculum Customization Service: Results of a Pilot Study and Future Enhancements. Poster presented at the 4th International Conference on Open Repositories, Atlanta GA. Retrieved 14 January 2011 from http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/28493
de la Chica, S., Ahmad, F., Sumner, T., Martin, J., & Butcher, K. (2008). Computational foundations for personalizing instruction with digital libraries. International Journal on Digital Libraries, 9(1), 3-18.
Devaul, H. (2010). Community Evaluation Summary Report. Boulder, Colorado: University Corporation for Atmospheric Services (UCAR), NSDL Technical Network Services. Available from http://nsdlnetwork.org/sites/default/files/TNSEvalSpring2010(distribute).pdf
Devaul, H., & S. Clark (2011). NSDL Audience Survey Report: Who Uses NSDL? Boulder, Colorado: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR); NSDL Technical Network Services. 32.
Diekema, A. and H. Devaul (2006). Computer Assisted Standard Assignment and Alignment. NSDL ToolTime series. Boulder, CO, National Science Digital Library (NSDL).
Evans, J., & L. Smith (2010). Creating Our Future: Students Speak Up about Their Vision for 21st Century Learning: Project Tomorrow. 25. Available from http://www.tomorrow.org/speakup/pdfs/SU09NationalFindingsStudents&Parents.pdf
Evans, J., & L. Smith (2009). Learning in the 21st Century: 2009 Trends Update. Irvine, California. July, Available from http://www.blackboard.com/Solutions-by-Market/K-12/Learn-for-K12/Leadership-Views/Education-in-the-21st-Century.aspx
Evans, J., & L. Smith (2009). Selected National Findings - Speak Up 2008. Irvine, California. 13. Available from http://www.tomorrow.org/docs/SU08_selected%20national_findings_complete.pdf
Everhart, N. (2010). Start the Conversation with Science Teachers. Knowledge Quest, 39(2), 6-7. Available from: http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/KQ_NovDec10_WEB.pdf
Fulker, D., S. Dawes, et al. (2001). Digital library collaborations in a world community. First ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL '01), Roanoke, Virginia, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); ACM Press.
Fulker, D. and A. Ushakov (2001). International collaboration in the creation of educational digital libraries. Invited lecture. Third All-Russian Conference on Digital Libraries: Advanced Methods and Technologies, Digital Collections, Petrozavodsk, Russia.
Fulker, D. and G. Janée (2002). Components of an NSDL architecture: Technical scope and functional model. Proceedings of the ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL '02), Portland, Oregon, ACM Press.
Fulker, D., A. Agogino, et al. (2003). NSDL: Progress toward enhancing education via digital libraries. Symposium panel. Life of Science track. 2003 AAAS Annual Meeting: Science at the Leading Edge, Denver, Colorado, American Association for the Advancement of Science.
Fries-Gaither, J. (2010). Beyond Penguins and Polar Bears. Knowledge Quest, 39(2), 34-38. Available from: http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/KQ_NovDec10_WEB.pdf
Ginger, K. M. (2011). Community Annotation Metadata Format: 2011. Boulder, Colorado: National STEM Education Distributed Learning program, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
Ginger, K. M. (2011). Community Paradata (Usage Data) Metadata Format: 2011. Boulder, Colorado: National STEM Education Distributed Learning program, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research.
Ginger, K., & L. Goger (2011). Evaluating the National Science Digital Library for Learning Application Readiness. Paper presented at the 74th Annual Meeting of the American Society for Information Science and Technology - Bridging the Gulf: Communication and Information in Society, Technology, and Work. Available from http://nsdlnetwork.org/sites/default/files/ASIS&T2011_NSDL_LearningApplicationReadiness.pdf
Giersch, S., C. Jones, et al. (2002). NSDL evaluation pilot: Preliminary report of library building and governance.
Giersch, S., K. Butcher, et al. (2003). Annotated bibliography evaluating the educational impact of digital libraries.
Giersch, S. (2005). Summary of EIESC Activities in Detail, 2001-2005. Boulder, CO, National Science Digital Library (NSDL): 13.
Giersch, S., ed. (2005). Guide to EIESC Documents. Boulder, CO, National Science Digital Library (NSDL).
Giersch, S., J. Dorward, et al. (2005). 2005 NSDL Evaluation Practices Survey: Summary of Results and Recommendations. Boulder, Colorado, National Science Digital Library: 6.
Ginger, K., & L. Goger (2011). Evaluating the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) for Learning Application Readiness; submitted to JCDL February 2011.
Jones, C., S. Giersch, et al. (2004). Developing a web analytics strategy for the National Science Digital Library. D-Lib Magazine 10(10). Retrieved 24 November 2009 from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/october04/coleman/10coleman.html
Jesuroga, S. and K. Howe (2006). NSDL Core Integration Report: A Review 2001-2005. Boulder, Colorado, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR), National Science Digital Library Central Office: 43.
Kazilek C. 2010. Got a Question? “Ask A Biologist”. Science 26 November 2010: Vol. 330 no. 6008 pp. 1192-1193. DOI: 10.1126/science.1186993. Retrieved February 16 2010 from http://www.sciencemag.org/content/330/6008/1192.full
Kazilek C. 2010. Ask A Biologist: Bringing Science to the Public. PLoS Biol 8(10): e1000458. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.1000458. Retrieved 16 February 2010 from http://www.plosbiology.org/article/info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pbio.1000458
Khoo, M. (2006). NSDL-CI Evaluation Survey #1: Resource Creation and Review Processes. Boulder, CO, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, National Science Digital Library (NSDL): 22.
Khoo, M. (2006). NSDL User Survey, 2006. Boulder, Colorado, NSDL Core Integration, National Science Digital Library: 13.
Khoo, M. (2006). An Introduction to NSDL Web Metrics. Boulder, CO, National Science Digital Library (NSDL): 6.
Khoo, M. (2006). Usability: Results, not Features. Boulder, Colorado, National Science Digital Library: 30, August 2006.
Khoo, M., G. Buchanan, & S. J. Cunningham (2009). JCDL Workshop Report: Lightweight User-Friendly Evaluation Knowledge for Digital Librarians. D-Lib Magazine, 15(7/8). Available from: http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july09/khoo/07khoo.html
Krafft, D. B. (2005). Technical Vision for the NSDL, presentation at the House STEM Caucus Luncheon. Washington DC.
Krafft, D. B. (2006). Building collaborative tools on the NSDL data repository. NSDL 2007 Annual Meeting, Washington DC, National Science Digital Library.
Krafft, D. B. (2006). Building a National Science Digital Library on Fedora. Fedora Users Conference 2006, Charlottesville, Virginia.
Krafft, D. B. (2006). The technical infrastructure of the NSDL. EUNIS-CZ Seminar on Digital Libraries, ∑pindleruv Mlπn, Czech Republic.
Kraftt, D. B. (2006). Building a National Science Digital Library; webcast. Educause Live! from http://net.educause.edu/LIVE069
Krafft, D. B. (2007). Session: Organizing the digital library. Joint DELOS/NSDL Summer School on Digital Libraries: Digital Libraries for the Digital Librarian - Making the Journey from Traditional to Digital Libraries, Florence, Italy, DELOS.
Krafft, D. B. (2007). NSDL 2.0: Creating a collaborative digital library. Coalition for Networked Information Spring 2007 Task Force Meeting, Phoenix, Arizona.
Krafft, D. B. (2007). NSDL 2.0: Building a collaborative digital library. 2nd International Conference on Open Repositories, San Antonio, Texas.
Krafft, D. B., S. Payette, et al. (2007). Tutorial session: Semantic digital libraries. WWW 2007: 16th International World Wide Web Conference, Banff, Alberta, Canada.
Krafft, D. B. (2008). The NCore platform: An open-source suite of tools and services for implementing digital libraries. OR08: Third International Conference on Open Repositories, Southhampton, England, University of Southhampton.
Krafft, D. B., (2008). NSDL: Creating an extensible, collaborative, community-based digital library for STEM education. Presentation. National Science Foundation: NSF EHR Cyberinfrastructure for Education Workshop Series, Arlington, VA.
Krafft, D. B., A. Birkland, et al. (2008). NCore: Architecture and implementation of a flexible, collaborative digital library. Proceedings, Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2008 (JCDL), Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and IEEE.
Lagoze, C. and H. Van de Sompel (2001). The Open Archives Initiative: Building a low-barrier interoperability framework. First ACM/IEEE-CS Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL '01), Roanoke, Virginia, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM) and the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE); ACM Press.
Lagoze, Carl, William Arms, et al. (2002). Core services in the architecture of the National Digital Library for Science Education (NSDL). ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL '02), Portland, Oregon, ACM Press.
Lagoze, C., H. Garcia-Molina, et al. (2002). How important is metadata? ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL '02), Portland, Oregon, ACM.
Lagoze, C., D. B. Krafft, Jesuroga, S., Cornwell, T., Cramer, E. and Shin, E. (2005). An information network overlay architecture for the NSDL. Proceedings of the Joint Conference on Digital Libraries 2005, Denver, Colorado; 384.
Lagoze, C., D. B. Krafft, et al. (2005). What is a digital library anymore, anyway? D-Lib Magazine 11(11).
Lagoze, C., T. Cornwell, et al. (2006). Metadata aggregation and automated digital libraries: A retrospective on the NSDL experience. Sixth ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2006): Opening Information Horizons, Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM).
Lagoze, C., D. B. Krafft, et al. (2006). Representing contextualized information in the NSDL. (Best Paper Award). 10th European Conference on Research and Advanced Technology for Digital Libraries (ECDL 2006). Alicante, Spain, Springer.
Lagoze, C., S. Payette, et al. (2006). Fedora: an architecture for complex objects and their relationships. International Journal on Digital Libraries 6(2): 124-138.
Lemke, C., E. Coughlin, & D. Reifsneider (2009). Technology in schools: What the research says: A 2009 update. Culver City, CA: Metiri Group. 56. Available from http://www.metiri.com/PDFs/2009_technology__in_schools_what_research__says.pdf
Luby, M. (2007). Consider the source: Developing primary research articles within an educational digital library for curriculum enrichment and online collaboration. World Conference on E-Learning in Corporate, Government, Healthcare, and Higher Education, Chesapeake, Virginia, AACE.
Luby, M. (2008-2009). NSDL Classic Articles in Context.National Science Digital Library. Retrieved 2 May, 2012, from http://nsdl.org/sites/classic_articles/
Luby, M. (2009). At a Turning Point: Trends in College Textbook Publishing and Opportunities for the NSDL Network.National Science Digital Library. Retrieved 24 November, 2009, from http://wiki.nsdl.org/index.php/TrendsUniversityTexts
Lagoze, C., & Van de Sompel, H. (2008). Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange ORE User Guide: Resource Map Overview. Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse and Exchange Retrieved 24 November, 2009, from http://www.openarchives.org/ore/1.0/primer
Lightle, K. (2010). Using Social Media to Build an Online Professional Leraning Network of Middle Level Educators. Knowledge Quest, 39(2), 48-53. Available from: http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/KQ_NovDec10_WEB.pdf
Lightle, K., E. Almasy, L. Barbato, Y. George, S. Hsi, C. Lowe, et al. (2010). Best Practices for Metrics Collection and Analysis: Report of the NSDL Metrics Working Group. Boulder, Colorado: National Science Digital Library, University Corportion for Atmospheric Research. 2 August 2010, 39. Available from http://nsdlnetwork.org/sites/default/files/BestPracticesMetrics-NSDL-Aug2010_4.pdf
Manduca, C. A., D. W. Mogk, B. Tewksbury, H. Macdonald, S. P. Fox, E. R. Iverson, et al. (2010). On the Cutting Edge: Teaching Help for Geoscience Faculty; Science, 327(5969), 1095-1096. Available from: http://www.sciencemag.org/content/327/5969/1095.full.
Mardis, M. and R. Payo (2007). Making the school library sticky: Digital libraries build teacher-librarians' strategic implementation content knowledge in science. TeacherLibrarian 34(5): 8-14.
Mardis, M., & K. Howe (2010). STEM for Our Students: Content to Co-conspiracy? [Co-editor's column]. Knowledge Quest, Journal of the American Association of School Librarians, 39(2), 82. Available from: http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/KQ_NovDec10_WEB.pdf
McIlvain, E. (2010). NSDL as Teacher Empower Point. Knowledge Quest, 39(2), 54-63. Available from: http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/KQ_NovDec10_WEB.pdf
McLean, L. (2010). Cook Up Curriculum with Content Clips. Knowledge Quest, 39(2), 40-47. Available from: http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/KQ_NovDec10_WEB.pdf
Minton Morris, C. (2008). Strands of a Global Web of Knowledge Come Together at the Third International Open Repositories Conference 2008. D-Lib Magazine, 14 (5/6 - May/June). http://www.dlib.org/dlib/may08/morris/05morris.html
Minton Morris, C. (2008). The NSDL Community at its Best. D-Lib Magazine, 14 (11/12 Nov/Dec). Retreived 24 November 2009 from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/november08/morris/11morris.html
Minton Morris, C., & Cramer, E. J. (2008, 1-4 April 2008). Embedding the Managed Repository in National Science Digital Library (NSDL) Semantic Library Services. Paper presented at the Third International Conference on Open Repositories 2008, Southampton, UK.
NSDL (2001). Pathways to Progress: Vision and Plans for Developing the NSDL. C. A. Manduca, F. P. McMartin and D. W. Mogk. Boulder, CO, National Science Digital Library: 31.
NSDL (2003). National Science Digital Library Progress Report: Fall 2000 - Summer 2003. Boulder, CO, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research; Cornell University; Columbia University: 29.
NSDL (2004). 2004 Annual Report: Highlighting Successful Strategies for Growth. Boulder, CO, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research; Cornell University; Columbia University.
NSDL (2005). 2005 Annual Report: Examining NSDL's Impact. Boulder, CO, University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Cornell University, Columbia University: 33.
NSDL, & Ohio State University (2007). NSDL Science Refreshers. Retrieved 24 November 2009, from http://nsdl.org/refreshers/science/
NSDL (2007). 2006 Annual Report: Leveraging Collaborative Networks. Boulder, CO: University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Cornell University, Columbia University.
NSDL (2007). Response in Support of the National Science Board Action Plan for STEM Education. Boulder, CO, National Science Digital Library: 15.
NSDL (2002-2009). National Science Digital Library portal. Retrieved 13 November, 2009, from http://nsdl.org
NSDL (2007-2009). Expert Voices: Speaking of Something Interesting (blog site). Retrieved 24 November, 2009, from http://expertvoices.nsdl.org
NSDL (2008-2009). NSDL on iTunes U. Retrieved 24 November, 2009, from http://nsdl.org/iTunesU/
NSDL (2007). NSDL Science Literacy Maps Retrieved 24 November, 2009, from http://strandmaps.nsdl.org
NSDL (2008-2009). NSDL Wiki. Retrieved 24 November 2009, from http://wiki.nsdl.org/index.php/NSDL_Wiki
Payo, R. (2006). Digital libraries: A tool for inquiry and experiential learning. The Earth Scientist XXII(4): 20-23.
Perrault, A. M. (2010). Making Science Learing Available & Accessible to All Learners: Leveraging Digital Library Resources. Knowledge Quest, 39(2), 64-68. Available from: http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/KQ_NovDec10_WEB.pdf
Quinones, D. (2010). Digital Media (Including Video!) Resources for the STEM Classroom and Collection. Knowledge Quest, 39(2), 28-32. Available from: http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/KQ_NovDec10_WEB.pdf
Recker, M., Giersch, S., Walker, A., Halioris, S., Mao, X., & Palmer, B. (2007). A study of how online learning resource are used. Paper presented at the 7th ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2007), Vancouver, British Columbia.
Smith, L., & J. Evans (2010). Speak Up: Students Embrace Digital Resources for Learning. Knowledge Quest, 39(2), 20-27. Available from: http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslpubsandjournals/knowledgequest/docs/KQ_NovDec10_WEB.pdf
Sumner, T., M. Marlino, et al. (2003). Developing a Strategy for Evaluating the Educational Impact of NSDL. Boulder, Colorado, National Science Digital Library: 4.
Sumner, T. (2005). Report on the Fifth ACM/IEEE Joint Conference on Digital Libraries - Cyberinfrastructure for Research and Education. D-Lib Magazine, 11 (7/8, July-August). Retreived 24 November 2009 from http://www.dlib.org/dlib/july05/sumner/07sumner.html
Sumner, T., and Weatherley, J. (2009). Fedora Goes to School: Experiences Creating a Curriculum Customization Service for K-12 Teachers. Paper presented at the 4th International Conference on Open Repositories, Atlanta GA. Retrieved 24 November 2009 from http://smartech.gatech.edu/handle/1853/28472
Sumner, T., & D. L. S. CCS Team (2010). Customizing Science Instruction with Educational Digital Libraries. Paper presented at the 10th Annual Joint Conference on Digital Libraries (JCDL 2010): Digital Libraries - 10 Years Past, 10 years Forward, a 2020 Vision, Proceedings. Retrieved 23 August 2010, from http://portal.acm.org/ft_gateway.cfm?id=1816178&type=pdf&coll=GUIDE&dl=GUIDE&CFID=101815803&CFTOKEN=61401866
Van Gundy, S. (2010). The STEM Exchange: Enabling next generation approaches for community access to federally funded online materials. Concept Paper. Boulder, Colorado: National STEM Education Digital Library. 4. Available from http://nsdlnetwork.org/stemexchange/concept-paper
Van Gundy, S. (2011). Why Connected Online Communities Will Drive the Future of Digital Content: An Introduction to Learning Resource Paradata.Connected Online Communities of Practice (COCP). Retrieved 22 November, 2011, from http://connectededucators.org/blog/why-connected-online-communities-will-drive-the-future-of-digital-content-an-introduction-to-learning-resource-paradata/
Van Gundy, S. (2012). Smart Grids for Education [Opinion]. Atmos News. Available from: https://www2.ucar.edu/atmosnews/topics/4211
Wattenberg, F. (2008). Reflections on NSDL. Retrieved 21 October, 2009, from http://nsdlreflections.wordpress.com/2008/09/18/reflections-on-nsdl-by-frank-wattenberg/
Weatherley, J., Ostwald, J. & Ginger, K. (2008). The NSDL Curriculum Customization Service. Poster presented at the National Science Digital Library Annual Meeting 2008, Washington DC.
Wittenberg, K. (2001). The Electronic Publishing Initiative at Columbia. Learned Publishing January.
Wittenberg, K. (2001). Transformational publishing: Threats and opportunities in the digital world. Professional and Scholarly Publishing Bulletin Fall.
Wittenberg, K. (2002). Digital technology and historical scholarship: A publishing perspective. Perspectives May.
Wittenberg, K. (2003). Scholarly editing in the digital age. The Chronicle of Higher Education 49(41): B12.
Wittenberg, K. (2004). Librarians as publishers. Searcher November/December.
Wittenberg, K. (2004). Collaborators in communication: Publishers, scholars, and information technologists. Educause Review 39(6).
Wittenberg, K. (2006). Beyond Google: What's next for publishing? Chronicle of Higher Education 52(41): B20.
Wittenberg, K. and D. Millman (2007). Editorial Curation and Identify Management in Digital Libraries: A Case Study of NSDL (presentation). Project Briefing: Fall 2007 Task Force Meeting. Retrieved 3 February, 2008, from http://www.cni.org/tfms/2007b.fall/Abstracts/PB-editorial-wittenberg.html
Yaron, D. (2009). Reflections on the NSDL.National Science Digital Library. Retrieved 3 September, 2009, from http://nsdlreflections.wordpress.com/2009/01/12/reflections-on-the-nsdl-by-david-yaron/
This Metrics area is the place to post new content relating to metrics collection, analysis, trends, observations, etc. for the National Science Digital Library.
Monthly metrics snapshots for NSDL sites:
Notes: NSDl undertook infrastructure transition in October and November 2011 that resulted in necessary downtimes and reduced usage. We also decommissioned certain services as unsustainable in the long-term, for UCAR: Expert Voices blogging environment, NSDL Wiki, and OnRamp Content Management System.
NSDL uses Google Analytics (GA) for web metrics reporting. All NSDL-funded projects may request a GA code snippet from NSDL to implement on their sites, which will enable aggregate usage metrics from their sites to be combined with those for NSDL sites—"roll-up" reporting across multiple sites.
To request the code: please send an email to nsdlsupport@nsdl.ucar.edu, with subject line: "NSDL code snippet for GA". (Identify the project and PI in your request). These requests come in via NSDL's Request Tracker system, and will help us keep track of overall requests.
The more projects that implement the code, the better we are able to report on overall NSDL projects' usage and impact.
The NSDL Metrics Working Group was convened in January 2009 to discuss and formulate recommendations to the NSDL community on best practices for use of metrics in project planning, implementation, and management. The group met from February 2009 through April 2010, and collaboratively authored the resulting report.
The report will also be published at this location in web page format so that community commentary, suggestions, and/or submission of additional metrics vignettes can be possible.
Please provide comment on any aspect of the report by using the Got Metrics? forum, or by sending your comments to the NSDL support system via the Contact NSDL webform. Thanks!
Forums are discussion areas that can be created by any Community site member interested in generating discussion on particular topics.
Groups are somewhat larger 'containers' for content, and have more flexibility - they can be open to all (publicly available), or can be restricted to just specific members (closed group), as in the case of a specific working group for a specific purpose, or related to a specific project, or a combination of access. Groups can contain wiki pages, forums, polls, and other features that can be customized to specific purposes. They typically contain a sidebar menu that details the content of the group site.
*Roll-up reporting refers to aggregated totals for multiple NSDL metrics accounts. Additional sites are added as partner projects implement NSDL Google Analytics code in their sites. Projects included in roll-up reporting:
Added July 2012:
NSF/NSDL-funded partners may request the NSDL Google Analytics code for insertion in their sites, by sending email to: nsdlsupport@nsdl.ucar.edu, or use the Contact form with subject line "NSDL code snippet for GA". Please identify your project name, NSF award number, and principle investigator (PI) in your request.
| 2012 | NSDL.org | Sci Lit Maps | NSDLnetwork.org | NSDL Roll-up* |
| September | ||||
| Visits | 21,485 | 1,946 | 437 | 1,570,166 |
| Unique Visitors | 18,544 | 1,630 | 388 | 1,030,286 |
| Page Views | 47,776 | 7,241 | 1,083 | 4,380,387 |
| Pages/Visit | 2.22 | 3.72 | 2.48 | 2.79 |
| Avg Time on Site (minutes) | 1:47 | 5:08 | 1:46 | 3:12 |
| 2012 | NSDL.org | Sci Literacy Maps | NSDLnetwork.org | NSDL Roll-up* |
| August | ||||
| Visits | 24,040 | 1,937 | 633 | 1,095,323 |
| Unique Visitors | 20,493 | 1,615 | 553 | 723,393 |
| Page Views | 56,518 | 11,134 | 1,497 | 3,172,328 |
| Pages/Visit | 2.35 | 5.75 | 2.36 | 2.90 |
| Avg Time on Site (minutes) | 2:08 | 7:05 | 1:34 | 3:19 |
| 2012 | NSDL.org | Sci Literacy Maps | NSDLnetwork.org | NSDL Roll-up* |
| July | ||||
| Visits | 20,730 | 1,714 | 621 | 889,287 |
| Unique Visitors | 17,423 | 1,342 | 535 | 577,287 |
| Pageviews | 48,417 | 8,199 | 1,463 | 2,531,423 |
| Pages/Visit | 2.34 | 4.78 | 2.36 | 2.85 |
| Avg Time on Site (minutes) | 2:08 | 7:10 | 1:37 | 3:18 |
| 2012 | NSDL.org | Sci Literacy Maps | NSDLnetwork.org | NSDL Roll-up* |
| June | ||||
| Visits | 21,408 | 1,524 | 681 | 119,753 |
| Unique Visitors | 18,097 | 1,233 | 565 | 95,858 |
| Pageviews | 49,057 | 7,921 | 1,606 | 296,993 |
| Pages/Visit | 2.29 | 5.20 | 2.36 | 2.48 |
| Avg Time on Site (minutes) | 2:02 | 6:52 | 1:43 | 2:04 |
| 2012 | NSDL.org | Sci Literacy Maps | NSDLnetwork.org | NSDL Roll-up* |
| May | ||||
| Visits | 27,709 | 1,356 | 709 | 162,384 |
| Unique Visitors | 23,582 | 1,124 | 601 | 132,945 |
| Pageviews | 58,714 | 6,596 | 1,829 | 351,934 |
| Pages/Visit | 2.12 | 4.86 | 2.58 | 2.17 |
| Avg Time on Site (minutes) | 1:50 | 5:42 | 2:14 | 1:42 |
| 2012 | NSDL.org | Sci Literacy Maps | NSDLnetwork.org | NSDL Roll-up* |
| April | ||||
| Visits | 30,085 | 2,059 | 792 | 152,895 |
| Unique Visitors | 25,627 | 1,641 | 677 | 123,919 |
| Pageviews | 61,795 | 10,354 | 2,174 | 347,656 |
| Pages/Visit | 2.05 | 5.03 | 2.74 | 2.27 |
| Avg Time on Site (minutes) | 1:49 | 5:35 | 2:18 | 1:54 |
2012 | NSDL.org | Sci Literacy Maps | NSDLnetwork.org | NSDL Roll-up* |
| March | ||||
| Visits | 32,985 | 4,923 | 739 | 97,511 |
| Unique Visitors | 28,303 | 3,616 | 599 | 79,427 |
| Pageviews | 70,130 | 27,947 | 2,437 | 262,953 |
| Pages/Visit | 2.13 | 5.68 | 3.30 | 2.70 |
| Avg Time on Site (minutes) | 1.55 | 5:40 | 2:32 | 2:34 |
2012 | NSDL.org | Sci Lit Maps | NSDLnetwork.org | NSDL Roll-up* |
| February | ||||
Visits | 33,091 | 5,174 | 738 | 93.498 |
Unique Visitors | 28,336 | 3,732 | 598 | 76,696 |
Pageviews | 70,435 | 24,911 | 2,287 | 258,666 |
Pages/visit | 2.13 | 4.81 | 3.10 | 2.77 |
Avg Time on Site (Min) | 1:59 | 4:33 | 3:20 | 2:44 |
2012 | NSDL.org | Sci Literacy Maps | NSDLnetwork.org | NSDL Roll-up* |
| January | ||||
| Visits | 34,906 | 4,463 | 732 | 82,183 |
| Unique Visitors | 30,313 | 3,396 | 608 | 68,283 |
| Pageviews | 72,091 | 22,282 | 2,432 | 219,204 |
| Pages/Visit | 2.07 | 4.99 | 3.32 | 2.67 |
| Avg Time on Site (minutes) | 1:52 | 4:33 | 2:45 | 2:45 |
| 2011 Annual | NSDL.org | Expert Voices | Sci Literacy Maps | NSDLnetwork.org | NSDL Roll-up |
| Visits | 374,950 | 172,789 | 41,158 | 9,379 | 933,413 |
| Unique Visitors | 312,997 | 152,884 | 25,425 | 7,210 | 756,913 |
| Pageviews | 771,487 | 283,177 | 222,781 | 25,225 | 2,192,024 |
| Pages/Visit | 2.06 | 1.64 | 5.41 | 2.69 | 2.35 |
| Avg Time on Site | 1:40 | 1.05 | 4:57 | 1.55 | 2:03 |
| New/Returning % | 82%/18% | 87%/13% | 60%/40% | 74%/26% | 80%/20% |
2011 | NSDL.org | Expert Voices | Sci Literacy Maps | NSDLnetwork.org | NSDL Roll-up* |
| December | |||||
| Visits | 29,390 | N/A | 2,488 | 671 | 64,685 |
| Unique Visitors | 25,900 | 1,945 | 553 | 54,629 | |
| Pageviews | 54,923 | 12,030 | 1,863 | 154,983 | |
| Pages/Visit | 1.87 | 4.84 | 2.78 | 2.4 | |
| Avg Time on Site (minutes) | 1:30 | 3.55 | 1.56 | 2:10 | |
| November | |||||
| Visits | 19,015 | - | 4,233 | 736 | 65.505 |
| Unique Visitors | 16,834 | - | 3,247 | 640 | 54,149 |
| Pageviews | 37,597 | - | 19,354 | 2,244 | 178,341 |
| Pages/Visit | 1.98 | - | 4.57 | 3.05 | 2.72 |
| Avg Time on Site | 1:39 | - | 4:17 | 2:05 | 2.34 |
| Notes: Influencing events during month: NSDL infrastructure transition; 3-4 day downtime on certain services; LearningRegistry release date (Nov 7) announcement | |||||
| October 1-26 | |||||
| Visits | 33,772 | 3,391 | 4,925 | 602 | 85,463 |
| Unique Visitors | 29,401 | 3,144 | 3,807 | 525 | 71,040 |
| Pageviews | 73,967 | 5,738 | 24,003 | 1,477 | 247,707 |
| Pages/Visit | 2.19 | 1.69 | 4.87 | 2.45 | 2.90 |
| Avg Time on Site | 1.51 | 1:07 | 4:32 | 1.37 | 2.32 |
Notes: In late October, Expert Voices was decommissioned, as part of planned technology infrastructure transfer from Cornell University to UCAR | |||||
| September | |||||
| Visits | 8,072 | 16,918 | 3,607 | 543 | 89,336 |
| Unique Visitors | 7,258 | 15,402 | 2,813 | 458 | 71,931 |
| Pageviews | 10,180 | 28,839 | 16,558 | 1,291 | 221,512 |
| Pages/Visit | 1.26 | 1.70 | 4.59 | 2.38 | 2:57 |
| Avg Time on Site | 0:37 | 1:06 | 4:10 | 1:15 | 2:16 |
| August | |||||
| Visits | 5,671 | 12,041 | 2,845 | 584 | 63,603 |
| Unique Visitors | 5,057 | 10,682 | 2,044 | 517 | 52,458 |
| Pageviews | 6,875 | 20,953 | 13,148 | 1,130 | 162,564 |
| Pages/Visit | 1.21 | 1.74 | 4.62 | 1.93 | 2.56 |
| Avg Time on Site | 0:44 | 1:06 | 4:20 | 1:08 | 2:17 |
| July | |||||
| Visits | 7,606 | 9,687 | 3,243 | 545 | 62,039 |
| Unique Visitors | 6,859 | 8,930 | 2,051 | 491 | 49,824 |
| Pageviews | 9,355 | 16,134 | 17,954 | 1,016 | 162,300 |
| Pages/Visit | 1.23 | 1.67 | 5.54 | 1.86 | 2.62 |
| Avg Time on Site | 0:36 | 1:06 | 5:14 | 0.56 | 2:23 |
| June | |||||
| Visits | 9,960 | 12,184 | 3,509 | 721 | 70,129 |
| Unique Visitors | 9,057 | 11,031 | 1,961 | 570 | 56,900 |
| Pageviews | 12,322 | 20,137 | 23,262 | 1,708 | 168,358 |
| Pages/Visit | 1.24 | 1.65 | 6.63 | 2.37 | 2.40 |
| Avg Time on Site | 0:43 | 1:13 | 6:41 | 2:10 | 2:19 |
| May | |||||
| Visits | 13,690 | 15,600 | 2,719 | 805 | 78,107 |
| Unique Visitors | 12,668 | 14,008 | 1,665 | 636 | 65,354 |
| Pageviews | 17,168 | 25,131 | 17,122 | 2,244 | 180,077 |
| Pages/Visit | 1.25 | 1.61 | 6.30 | 2.79 | 2.31 |
| Avg Time on Site | 0:39 | 1:04 | 5:26 | 2:33 | 2:01 |
| April | |||||
| Visits | 17,634 | 20,620 | 2,655 | 998 | 73,876 |
| Unique Visitors | 16,541 | 18,460 | 1,652 | 768 | 63,260 |
| Pageviews | 21,761 | 33,237 | 15,205 | 2,677 | 151,132 |
Pages/Visit | 1.23 | 1.61 | 5.73 | 2.68 | 2.05 |
| Avg Time on Site | 0:47 | 1:04 | 4.48 | 1:46 | 1:40 |
| March | |||||
| Visits | 33,642 | 32,296 | 3,604 | 1,054 | 110,042 |
| Unique Visitors | 31,309 | 29,359 | 2,385 | 853 | 96,188 |
| Pageviews | 40,488 | 52,056 | 20,461 | 2,322 | 210,361 |
Pages/Visit | 1.20 | 1.61 | 5.68 | 2.20 | 1.91 |
| Avg Time on Site | 0:40 | 1:02 | 5.15 | 2:03 | 1:30 |
| February | |||||
| Visits | 26,656 | 25,172 | 3,695 | 1,132 | 91,856 |
| Unique Visitors | 24,622 | 22,683 | 2,196 | 865 | 79,215 |
| Pageviews | 31,730 | 40,563 | 22,244 | 4,107 | 185,508 |
| Pages/Visit | 1.19 | 1.61 | 6.02 | 3.63 | 2.02 |
| Avg Time on Site | 0.40 | 1:06 | 5:54 | 1:59 | 1:41 |
| January | |||||
| Visits | 21,379 | 24,864 | 3,635 | 988 | 81,773 |
| Unique Visitors | 19,584 | 22,463 | 2,547 | 789 | 70,699 |
| Pageviews | 25,471 | 40,370 | 21,440 | 3,146 | 169,182 |
| Pages/Visit | 1.19 | 1.62 | 5.90 | 3.18 | 2.07 |
| Avg Time on Site | 0.45 | 1:01 | 4:54 | 2:33 | 1:40 |