Developing a Digital National Library for Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education Report of a Workshop (1998) / Chapter Skim
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Synthesis and Conclusions
Synthesis and Conclusions
Pages 47-52
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In terms of desirability, if the NSF is to commit its financial support to a digital NL project, workshop participants and the Steering Committee agree that the agency also must be satisfied that it can answer the following questions affirmatively before proceeding: 1 _+r 7 ~ _ ~ _ ~ 7 . ~ Would the establishment of an NL improve uru~ergraduate SMART education?
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Workshop participants who submitted additional comments were unanimous in their concern that potential users become much more intimately involved in all aspects of this project. Despite the Steering Committee's efforts to include teaching faculty from different kinds of undergraduate colleges and universities, insufficient numbers attended to provide a clear vision about how much an(1 un(ler what circumstances the proposed NL woul(1 be utilized.
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of materials already available. With regard to the selection of materials, workshop participants also asked, on what basis should materials, pointers to material, or annotations be reviewer} and evaluated for inclusion in the proposed NL?
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IMPLEMENTATION: ECONOMIC, LEGAL, AND TECHNOLOGY ISSUES In addition to focusing on the potential value of an NL for undergraduate SME&T education, the workshop also addressed a number of critical issues relatecl to the implementation and deployment of this resource. Economic Issues While government agencies and private foundations might provide key start-up funding, workshop participants agreed that, over the Tong term, the proposed NL will likely need to become self-sustaining.
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l,egall Zssues Workshop participants identified a number of legal issues that would need to be addressed before an NL could become a practical reality. These include · Intellectual Property (IPJ.
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Finally, the workshop participants reached broad agreement that the technology in an NL must be developed with advice and oversight from professionals who are most knowledgeable about how people organize and use information: librarians and social and behavioral scientists. Librarians grapple continually with technology interface issues as they strive to make electronic information available and complementary to materials in other formats.
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