A National Library for Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology Education: Needs, Options and Feasibility

国家研究委员会的科学、数学中心。本中心拟为美国国家科学基金会承担一项项目，研究建立面向本科科学、数学、工程和技术教育的数字国家图书馆（以下简称“国家图书馆”）的需求、选择和问题。这样一个图书馆的目的是提供一个全面的、动态的、易于获取和搜索的本科科学、数学和工程教育的高质量教育材料的集合，旨在促进和加强NSF的计划，以改进和评估本科教学。为了促进NSF的工作，NRC将评估战略，以及基金会发展国家图书馆的潜在有效性。拟议的NRC项目将产生一份共识报告，内容涉及对本科中小企业教育数字国家图书馆的需求，以及对规划国家图书馆至关重要的选项、时间表和组成部分。首先，由公认的专家撰写的关于关键主题的背景论文将被委托为建立国家图书馆提供最先进的调查，以提供当前建立国家图书馆的机会以及如果基金会决定资助国家图书馆必须面对的挑战。其次，这些论文将在为期两天的研讨会上进行展示和讨论，参加研讨会的有数字图书馆技术专家、赞助国家图书馆项目的联邦机构的代表、学院/大学的教职员工和学生，以及企业部门的代表。第三，撰写研讨会论文集，总结研讨会成果，并就建立中小企业本科教育国家图书馆的可行性和后勤问题提出建议。会议记录将于1997年9月中旬提交给基金会。

The National Research Council's Center for Science, Mathematics. and Engineering Education (The Center) proposes to undertake for the National Science Foundation a project that would examine the need, options, and issues in establishing a digital National Library for Undergraduate Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology (SME&T) Education (hereafter referred to as the "National Library"). The purpose of such a library would be to provide a comprehensive, dynamic, and readily accessible and searchable collection of high-quality educational material in undergraduate science, mathematics, and engineering education that is intended to facilitate and enhance the NSF's programs to improve and evaluate undergraduate teaching and learning. To facilitate the work of the NSF, the NRC will assess the strategy, and potential effectiveness for the Foundation to develop a National Library. The proposed NRC project will produce a consensus report of findings and recommendations concerning the need for a digital National Library for Undergraduate SME&T Education, and the options, timeline, and components that will be important for planning a National Library. First, background papers on key subjects by acknowledged experts will be commissioned to provide state-of-the-art surveys of current opportunities for establishing a National Library and the challenges that NSF must confront if the Foundation decides to fund the National Library. Second, these papers will be presented and discussed at a two-day workshop to be attended by individuals with technical expertise in digital libraries, representatives from the federal agencies sponsoring national library projects, college/university faculty and students, and representatives from the corporate sector. Third, workshop proceedings will be developed to summarize the outcome of the workshop and offer recommendations about the feasibility and logistics for developing a National Library for undergraduate SME&T education. The proceedings will be delivere d to the Foundation in mid-September, 1997.