Materials Digital Library: MatDL.org

该收集项目建立在信息技术、互联网和万维网的进步基础上，这些进步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，这个项目为新手和专家用户提供了寻找有用内容的桥梁。该项目采用三管齐下的方法研究材料数字图书馆的最佳交付，该方法包括在课程中使用材料数字图书馆内容，收集强调软物质的材料内容，以及构建用于改进交付的创作工具。提交、编辑和组合工具使专家和新手能够描述他们对材料数字图书馆的贡献，就像材料科学家一样，使用元数据模式（如Dublin Core和IEEE学习对象元数据）以及特定领域的标记语言（如材料标记语言）。元数据记录以基于XML的格式存储，以支持生成其他材料资源，如自动分类方案、词汇表和辞典。材料数字图书馆的初始内容是基于从国家标准与技术研究所材料科学与工程实验室选择的现有资源。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拟议的领域特定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课程及其开放课件计划的一部分。麻省理工学院的第一门课程（固态化学导论）是一门大一新生的大型化学课程，没有实验部分。麻省理工学院的第二门课程《建模与仿真导论》是一门多学科的科学课程，由七个工程系共同教授。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。MatWeb.com是该项目的工业合作伙伴，它正在与研究人员一起制定商业计划，并将材料数字图书馆作为一个可持续发展的企业。美国国家科学基金会数学和物理科学理事会（MPS）的多学科活动办公室认识到材料科学教育在MPS目标中的重要性，为该项目提供了重要的共同资助。

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.