NSDL Accessioning Board (NAB) named

The NSDL community has recently approved revision of the NSDL Collection Policy and Resource Quality Guidelines. Together, these documents articulate the intended scope of NSDL collections, communities served, quality and technical standards for inclusion in NSDL, and roles and responsibilities of various parts of the NSDL community for implementing the policy.

In related news, we are very pleased to announce membership of the new NSDL Accessioning Board (NAB) which will review and approve collections prior to accessioning and deaccessioning into NSDL. The NAB is responsible for ensuring that collections meet the policy requirements and guidelines. NAB members are:

• Marcia Mardis, will serve as NAB chair. Marcia is Assistant Professor in the College of Information at Florida State University and is also the Associate Director for the Partnerships Advancing Library Media (PALM) Center. Marcia has been involved with NSDL for over a decade and has extensive experience in educational digital libraries.
  
  
• Richard H. Audet, a STEM education consultant from Nashville, Tennessee, was formerly a classroom science teacher and science methods professor. He has extensive experience in the use of digital media and developed the review process for StemResources.com
  
  
• Elizabeth Brown is the Scholarly Communications and Library Grants Officer and Chemistry, Physics, Mathematics, Material Science Librarian at Binghamton University Libraries. She has served as selector and liaison for academic departments in chemistry, physics, mathematics, materials science, nursing, engineering, geology, and science Reference. She has experience selecting at the popular, academic and professional levels and experience with undergraduate and graduate curricula as well as K-12 curricula in Chemistry.
  
  
• Robert Payo has recently assumed a new position at the Denver Museum of Nature and Science. He was formerly the Education and Outreach Specialist at the NSDL Resource Center where he coordinated NSDL’s presence at national meetings, conferences and events. He also conducted professional development programs and presentations across the country on NSDL and its resources.
  
  
• Luti Salisbury is university professor/librarian and head of the Chemistry and Biochemistry Library at the University of Arkansas Libraries. She has extensive experience in collection development in the sciences and in digital collections assessment and review in all areas of science and technology, engineering, mathematics, chemistry, physics, etc.