(NSDL) Advanced Technology Environmental Education Library (ATEEL)

该项目正在开发先进技术环境教育图书馆（ATEEL），以满足环境技术学生、教育工作者和技术人员以及对环境问题感兴趣或有知识需求的个人的环境信息需求。 项目合作伙伴包括先进技术环境教育中心（ATEEC）、马萨诸塞州学院（MIT）、环境技术教育合作伙伴（PETE）和达文波特公共图书馆。环境技术教育需要获得可靠和最新的信息，需求集中在两个不同的领域：1）提供环境技术各个方面学位的大学课程（例如，危险材料、自然资源管理、污染预防、能源管理等）;以及2）几乎所有技术领域都需要环境教育（例如，卫生保健工作者、制造技术人员、计算机/电子维修技术人员、农业等）。 联邦和州的法规经常发生变化，新的发现和技术改变了技术人员所需技能和知识的性质。 在环境领域，通过联邦和州政府机构以及对环境问题感兴趣的数千个非营利机构，可在因特网上获得大量非专利材料。 然而，许多学生、教师和技术人员在访问这个网络时，往往会发现他们迷失在数据的海洋中，其中许多与他们的工作职能或技能发展无关。 数字图书馆技术是提供访问和管理这些丰富信息资源的理想选择。ATEEL项目通过建立一个基础设施来支持一个综合的、交互式的环境技术人员教育数字图书馆，服务于社区大学生、教师、技术人员和公民在广泛技术领域的环境教育需求，从而为环境社区服务。 ATEEL正在创建特定的资源，重点是提供全面的、最新的监管信息的链接。 与麻省理工学院合作，它还创建了一个环境研究扫描功能，以支持环境技术研究融入课堂和社区。

This Collections project is developing the Advanced Technology Environmental Education Library (ATEEL) to serve the environmental information needs of environmental technology students, educators, and technicians as well as individuals with an interest in or a knowledge requirement of environmental issues. Project partners include the Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center (ATEEC), Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE), and the Davenport Public Library.Environmental technology education requires access to reliable and up-to-date information with the demand focused in two distinct areas: 1) college programs that offer degrees in various aspects of environmental technology (e.g., hazardous materials, natural resources management, pollution prevention, energy management, etc.); and 2) environmental education required across nearly all technical fields (e.g., health care workers, manufacturing technicians, computer/electronics repair technicians, agriculture, etc.). Federal and state regulations change routinely and often, and there are new discoveries and technologies that change the nature of the skills and knowledge required of technicians. In the environmental area, large amounts of non-proprietary materials are available on the Internet through federal and state government agencies, as well as thousands of non-profit agencies with an interest in environment issues. However, access to this network for many students, teachers and technicians often finds them lost in an ocean of data - much of which has no relevance to their job function or skill development. Digital library technologies are ideal for providing access to and managing these rich sources of information.This ATEEL project is serving the environmental community by establishing an infrastructure to support a comprehensive, interactive environmental technician education digital library that is serving the environmental education needs of community college students, instructors, technicians, and citizens across a broad range of technical fields. ATEEL is creating specific resources focused on providing links to comprehensive, up-to-date regulatory information. In partnership with MIT, it is also creating an environmental research-scanning function to support the integration of environmental technology research into the classroom and community.