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

这一合作项目涉及分析科学、图书馆学和智能互联网搜索领域的专家，正在加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。目前正在对ASDL的当前可用性、内容和做法进行广泛评估，这将作为改革和改进工作的指南。通过根据概念层次对内容进行重组，集合的可用性得到了简化。正在为自动化数据收集和智能元数据收集提供新的软件工具，从而提高编辑人员的效率。通过开发包括虚拟实验室和在线文章在内的新内容领域，ASDL收藏的广度正在得到加强，这是一种描述将尖端研究纳入课堂的有效战略的资源。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室课程中的有效应用，并扩大用户群体。用户讲习班的一个特别重点是结合以问题为基础的学习方法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收藏品建立新的伙伴关系，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局(MPS)的多学科活动办公室正在为这一项目提供大量共同资金，以确认这项工作在推进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.