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AN: ED11A-06    [PDF]
TI: The DLESE Community Services Center
AU: * Geary, E
EM: egeary@csmate.colostate.edu
AF: Colorado State University, CSMATE, B301 NESB, Fort Collins, CO 80523 United States
AU: Aivazian, B
EM: bryana@trib.com
AF: Natrona County School District, 1425 South Ash, Casper, WY 82601 United States
AU: Manduca, C
EM: cmanduca@carleton.edu
AF: Carleton College, Geology Department, Northfield, MN 55057 United States
AU: Mogk, D
EM: mogk@montana.edu
AF: Montana State University, Earth Sciences, Bozeman, MT 59717 United States
AB: The DLESE Community Services Center (DCSC) is one of several centers recently funded by the National Science Foundation to promote greater and more effective use of Digital Library resources. The primary goals of the DCSC are to: (1) increase the current resource user and contributor base to include greater numbers of K-12, informal, and college educators and students, (2) diversify the DLESE user and contributor base to include rich and robust representation of ethnic, cultural, and differently-abled groups, (3) improve the ability of users and contributors to easily find, adapt, and use high quality digital resources in their classrooms, laboratories, and communities and (4) demonstrate how DLESE can support community activity addressing issues in geoscience education. During the course of the next three years we will: (a) solicit, create, and disseminate "exemplars" that highlight effective digital resource use in a variety of diverse educational settings, (b) continue to support and promote on-line DLESE community services, and (c) work to develop a DLESE ambassadors outreach program involving educators, scientists, and students working across the Earth, space, and environmental sciences. Collaborations with the DLESE Evaluation and Data Centers, collection builders, the DLESE Program Center staff, as well as diverse audience groups will be a key focus of our efforts. We invite you to join us as we work to build and support the next generation of digital services and resources for educators and students at all levels.
DE: 6605 Education
SC: Education and Human Resources [ED]
MN: 2003 Fall Meeting