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NSDL program solicitation released by National Science Foundation

Posted Fri, 03/05/2010 - 11:50am by eileen

The National Science Foundation (NSF) released the 2010 program solicitation (request for proposals) for the National STEM Distributed Learning (NSDL) program on February 25, 2010:  NSF 10-545.

NSDL Accessioning Board (NAB) named

Posted Thu, 03/04/2010 - 1:31pm by eileen

The NSDL community has recently approved revision of the NSDL Collection Policy and Resource Quality Guidelines.

DSpace 1.6 is Now Available

Posted Wed, 03/03/2010 - 11:52am by eileen

The DuraSpace organization recently announced the long-awaited release of DSpace 1.6, the popular turn-key open source application for managing and providing access to digital content used to create more than 800 repository instances worldwide. The release of DSpace 1.6 was led by Stuart Lewis, community release manager and IT Innovations analyst and developer at the University of Auckland Library. Lewis worked closely with DSpace developers, community members and DuraSpace staff to make the best possible version of DSpace 1.6 publicly available.

MatDL & TMS Co-host Roundtables at 2010 TMS Annual Meeting

Posted Tue, 02/23/2010 - 4:40pm by clowe

MatDL Pathway and The Minerals, Metals & Materials (TMS) Society co-hosted two Integrated Computational Materials Research and Education roundtables at the TMS Annual Meeting held February 14-18 in Seattle WA. Participants included materials code developers and faculty members interested in integrating materials codes into appropriate undergraduate courses.

Computer Engineer Barbie...

Posted Mon, 02/15/2010 - 1:46pm by eileen

Engineering Pathway PI Alice Agogino is the author of a fascinating article about the history and evolution of the Barbie doll and the forthcoming release by Mattel of a computer engineer Barbie.  Even if you never had a Barbie (like me)—or your older brother(s) routinely tormented you by breaking off her arms (just the impetus, perhaps, that may have sparked some girls to pursue engineering?)—the article is a great read:

NSF Director Arden Bement will leave NSF June 1, 2010...

Posted Thu, 02/04/2010 - 6:00pm by eileen

The National Science Foundation has announced that Director Arden Bement will leave NSF on June 1, 2010, in order to serve as Director of the Global Policy Research Institute (GPRI) at Purdue University, in West Lafayette, Indiana.

See announcement

Updated Earth Science Literacy Maps from DLESE

Posted Tue, 01/26/2010 - 12:36pm by eileen

 

TNS Road Maps available

Posted Thu, 01/21/2010 - 7:30pm by eileen

NSDL's Technical Network Services has finalized two documents outlining technical development priorities for 2010: The Strand Maps Service Road Map and the EduPak Road Map.  The Road Maps provide both background and summaries of planned changes and additions to the NSDL Strand Maps Service—the underlying architecture of the NSDL Science Litera

Go Get It: Fedora 3.3 Available Now!

Posted Tue, 12/22/2009 - 2:13pm by eileen

Ithaca, NY, Boston, MA 

Position Open - Archive Coordinator

Posted Mon, 12/07/2009 - 5:48pm by mmatyas

The American Physiological Society, a non-profit scientific organization, seeks a Project Coordinator for its Education Office to coordinate live & online professional skills training courses & its digital library, the APS Archive of Teaching Resources.  Responsibilities include soliciting new materials for the digital library & recruiting reviewers, validating data, developing & updating material for the website, developing & implementing promotion plans t

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