Materials Digital Library: MatDL.org

这个收藏项目建立在信息技术、互联网和万维网的进步之上，这些技术为创造和向许多人传播丰富的科学内容提供了机会。 为了利用这些进步，该项目为新手和专家用户提供了寻找有用内容的桥梁。该项目研究的最佳交付的材料数字图书馆使用三管齐下的方法，其中包括使用材料数字图书馆内容的课程，收集材料内容，重点是软物质，和建设的创作工具，以改善交付。提交、编辑和撰写工具使专家和新手能够像材料科学家一样，使用元数据模式（如都柏林核心和IEEE学习对象元数据）以及特定于领域的标记语言（如材料标记语言）来描述他们对材料数字图书馆的贡献。元数据记录存储在基于XML的格式，以支持其他材料资源的生成，如自动分类方案，词汇表，和thesauri.Materials数字图书馆的初始内容是基于从材料科学和工程实验室在美国国家标准与技术研究所选择的现有资源。三门材料科学工程（MSE）课程的学生和教育工作者使用并利用所提出的特定领域工具为材料数字图书馆做出贡献。两门课程是麻省理工学院新修订的本科MSE课程和开放式课程计划的一部分。麻省理工学院的第一门课程（固态化学导论）是一门没有实验室成分的大一本科化学课程。麻省理工学院的第二门课程，建模与仿真导论，是一门跨七个工程系的多学科科学课程。第三门课程，密歇根大学教授的计算纳米科学和软物质，向学生介绍了构建新纳米材料的前沿研究。 该项目的工业合作伙伴MatWeb.com正在与调查人员合作，制定商业计划，并将材料数字图书馆作为一个可持续发展的企业。NSF数学和物理科学理事会（MPS）的多学科活动办公室正在为该项目提供重要的联合资助，以表彰MPS目标中材料科学教育的重要性。

This collections project builds on the advances in information technology, the Internet, and the World Wide Web that provide opportunities to create and disseminate rich scientific content to many people. To capitalize on these advances, this project provides bridges for novice and expert users to find useful content. The project researches the best delivery of a materials digital library using a three-pronged approach which consists of use of materials digital library content in the curriculum, collection of materials content with an emphasis on soft matter, and construction of authoring tools for improved delivery. Submission, editing, and composing tools enable experts and novices to characterize their contributions to the Materials Digital Library, as materials scientists would, using metadata schemas such as Dublin Core and IEEE Learning Object Metadata as well as domain-specific markup languages such as Materials Markup Language. Metadata records are stored in XML based format to support generation of other materials resources such as automated classification schemes, glossaries, and thesauri.Initial content of the Materials Digital Library is based on existing resources selected from the Materials Science and Engineering Laboratory at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. Students and educators in three Materials Science Engineering (MSE) courses use and contribute to the Materials Digital Library utilizing the proposed domain-specific tools. Two courses are part of MIT's newly revised undergraduate MSE curriculum and its OpenCourseWare Initiative. The first MIT course (Introduction to Solid State Chemistry) is a large freshmen undergraduate chemistry course with no laboratory component. The second MIT course, Introduction to Modeling and Simulation, is a multidisciplinary science course team-taught across seven engineering departments. The third course, Computational Nanoscience and Soft Matter taught at the University of Michigan, introduces students to cutting edge research on building new nanomaterials. MatWeb.com, the project's industrial partner, is working with the investigators to build a business plan and to host the Materials Digital Library as a sustainable enterprise. The Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in the NSF Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) is providing significant co-funding of this project in recognition of the importance of materials science education within the goals of MPS.