Collaborative Research: Sustaining the Pathway for K-Gray Engineering Education

K-Gray工程路径(EP)是国家科学数字图书馆(NSDL)的工程“翼”，为来自广泛工程领域的用户和馆藏开发人员提供资源和服务。在过去的几年里，EP在内容和功能上大大增加了其用户基础和目录记录的数量。这个为期两年的NSDL Path II项目侧重于以下目标：1)管理-继续提供工程路径元数据、搜索、图书馆服务、资源流通和评估的管理；2)经济可持续性-通过提供增值的教育数字图书馆服务，增加与NSDL、专业学会、出版商、公司、政府机构和新藏品开发商的联系，实现可持续的收入流；3)研讨会、外联和传播-使用“培训培训者”模式和NSDL资源中心(RC)服务提供一系列面对面的研讨会和网络研讨会；4)评估和改进的评估元数据和跟踪-提供改进的机制来记录学生和教师对EP顶级资源的使用情况；以及5)转向开放源码平台和服务-在NSDL技术网络服务(TNS)团队提供的支持和工具下，从专有数字图书馆服务转换到开放源码平台，从而增加可访问性并降低未来EP的运营成本。智力优势：该路径II项目通过利用前沿工程研究的教育组成部分，包括生物技术、能源、可持续发展、安全、纳米技术、水资源和新的通信模式，加强了所有工程学学科内和所有学科之间的知识和理解，并将重点放在国家科学院的重大挑战上。正在审查这些资源，并将其与教育学术联系起来。EP继续推出享有盛誉的“卓越工程教育课程奖”和新的“K-12工程卓越课程奖”，以提供对学习成果和影响的深入了解。所有相关资源继续贴上K-12的标签，并在编目和元数据领域支持标准和教学创新(例如，以调查为导向、以项目为基础、积极参与、以学习成果为导向、对性别/文化敏感)。更广泛的影响：许多重要的研究继续强调增加工程学毕业生的数量和质量，以满足未来的需求，并刺激提高美国竞争力和应对关键工程学挑战所需的创新。EP为K-12、本科生、研究生、专业教育和普通公众教育提供教育资源。EP社区相当关注高等教育中的多样性和纳入服务不足的社区的问题。EP中的几个收藏专门针对K-12和扩大参与。

The K-Gray Engineering Pathway (EP) serves as the engineering "wing" of the National Science Digital Library (NSDL) and provides resources and services to users and collection developers from a broad spectrum of engineering constituencies. During the last several years EP substantially grew its user base and number of catalog records in both content and functionality. This two-year NSDL Pathway II project focuses on the following goals: 1) Stewardship - Continue to provide stewardship over the Engineering Pathway metadata, search, library services, currency of resources, and evaluation; 2) Economic Sustainability - Realize a sustainable income stream by offering value-added educational digital library services, with increased linkages to the NSDL, to professional societies, publishers, companies, government agencies and new collection developers; 3) Workshops, Outreach and Dissemination - Offer a portfolio of in-person workshops and webinars using a "train the trainer" model and NSDL Resource Center (RC) services; 4) Evaluation and Improved Evaluation Metadata and Tracking - Provide improved mechanisms for documenting student and teacher usage of EP's top tier of resources; and 5) Move to Open Source Platform and Services - Convert from proprietary digital library services to open source platforms with support and tools provided by the Technical Network Services (TNS) team of the NSDL, thereby increasing accessibility and reducing future operation costs of EP. Intellectual Merit: This Pathways II project is enhancing knowledge and understanding within and across all disciplines of engineering by capitalizing on educational components of cutting-edge engineering research including for example, biotechnology, energy, sustainability, security, nanotechnology, water resources, and new modes of communication with a new focus on the National Academy's Grand Challenges. These resources are being reviewed and linked to educational scholarship. EP continues to offer its prestigious "Premier Award for Excellence in Engineering Education Courseware" and its new "Premier Curriculum Award for K-12 Engineering" in a way that provides in-depth understanding of learning outcomes and impact. All relevant resources continue to be tagged with K-12 and ABET standards and pedagogical innovations (e.g., inquiry-driven, projects-based, active, engaging, learning-outcomes driven, gender/culturally-sensitive) in the cataloguing and metadata fields. Broader Impacts: Many important studies continue to stress the importance of increasing the number and quality of engineering graduates to meet the demands of the future and to stimulate the innovation needed to improve U.S. competitiveness and address key engineering challenges. EP provides educational resources for K-12, undergraduate, graduate, professional and general public education. The EP community focuses considerable attention to issues of diversity in higher education and inclusion of underserved communities. Several collections in EP are specifically targeted to K-12 and broadening participation.