Collaborative Project: Assessing the User-base and Expanding the Usability/Reach of the Analytical Sciences Digital Library through Developmental Workshops

该合作项目涉及分析科学、图书馆学和智能互联网搜索方面的专家，正在增强分析科学数字图书馆（ASDL）的可用性、价值、内容范围、用户基础和组织自给自足。对ASDL的当前可用性、内容和实践的广泛评估正在进行，这将作为改革和增强工作的指南。通过基于概念层次结构的内容重组，集合的可用性得到了简化。为自动数据收集和智能元数据收集提供了新的软件工具，从而提高了编辑人员的效率。ASDL馆藏的广度正在通过开发新的内容领域得到增强，包括虚拟实验室和在线文章，这是一个描述将前沿研究整合到课堂的有效策略的资源。计划举办国家和区域用户讲习班，以展示电子资源在讲座和实验课程中的有效应用，并扩大用户群体。用户讲习班的一个特别重点是结合基于问题和服务学习方法的创新教学方法。最后，该项目正在与相关的NSDL馆藏建立新的合作伙伴关系，以扩大其用户基础并解决多学科应用问题。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为该项目提供了重要的共同资助，以表彰这项工作在推进MPS更大的教育目标方面的价值。

This collaborative project, involving experts in analytical science, library science, and intelligent Internet search, is enhancing the usability, value, scope of content, user base, and organizational self-sufficiency of the Analytical Sciences Digital Library (ASDL). A broad assessment of current usability, content, and practices of the ASDL is being conducted that will serve as a guide to reform and enhancement efforts. The usability of the collection is being streamlined through reorganization of contents based on concept hierarchies. New software tools are being provided for automated data harvesting and intelligent metadata collection, resulting in increased editorial staff efficiency. The breadth of the ASDL collection is being enhanced through development of new content areas including The Virtual Laboratory and Online Articles, a resource describing effective strategies for integrating cutting-edge research into the classroom. National and regional user workshops are planned to demonstrate effective applications of electronic resources in lecture and lab courses and expand the user community. A special focus of user workshops is on innovative pedagogical approaches incorporating problem-based and service learning methodologies. Finally, the project is forming new partnerships with related NSDL collections to both broaden its user-base and address multidisciplinary applications. 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 value of this work in advancing the larger educational goals of MPS.