NSDL Materials Digital Library Pathway: Hub for Materials Education and Research

在这个项目中，一个组织联盟正在当前材料科学数字图书馆收藏（MatDL）的基础上建立一个信息基础设施，并承担重要内容和服务的管理，以支持材料科学（MS）的教育和研究的整合。此外，这一途径项目正在促进传播由政府资助的MS合作产生的资源。MatDL伙伴关系包括隶属于政府和研究/教学机构的信息/图书馆科学家和材料科学家：国家标准与技术研究所，肯特州立大学，麻省理工学院，密歇根大学，爱荷华州州立大学和普渡大学。为了扩大NSF支持的材料工作的影响，这个合作网络正在扩展到包括几个相关的NSF计划：纳米跨学科研究小组，材料研究科学和工程中心，以及国际材料研究所。这项工作的智力价值在于它提供了在国家和国际政府资助的材料小组和中心之间描述、管理、交换、存档和传播数据的工具;支持建模和模拟工具的开放获取开发;为大型本科生入门科学课程的虚拟实验室开发服务和内容;和维护一个工作区的核心本科MS教学材料的协作开发，以及本体论工具，以增强资源发现。该项目通过作为大型材料研究社区的专用中心，促进其成员之间的沟通和互动，发挥更广泛的影响。MatDL提供了基于最新研究创建学习对象的机会，以及对相关共享资源和学习对象的方便访问。由于其固有的跨学科性质，MatDL也对大量的STEM学科产生了影响。NSF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大量的联合资助，以表彰材料科学教育和研究在更大的MPS奖项组合中发挥的重要作用。

In this project a consortium of organizations is building an information infrastructure on the foundation of the current Materials Science Digital Library collection (MatDL) and assuming stewardship of significant content and services to support the integration of education and research in materials science (MS). Additionally, this Pathways project is facilitating the dissemination of resources generated by government-funded MS collaborations. The MatDL partnership includes information/library scientists and materials scientists affiliated with government and research/teaching institutions: National Institute of Standards and Technology, Kent State University, MIT, University of Michigan, Iowa State University, and Purdue University. To multiply the impact of NSF-supported materials efforts, this network of collaborations is being extended to include several related NSF initiatives: Nanoscale Interdisciplinary Research Teams, Materials Research Science and Engineering Centers, and International Materials Institutes. The intellectual merit of this effort lies in its provision of tools to describe, manage, exchange, archive, and disseminate data among national and international government-funded materials teams and centers; support for open access development of modeling and simulation tools; development of services and content for virtual labs in large undergraduate introductory science courses; and the maintenance of a workspace for collaborative development of core undergraduate MS teaching materials as well as ontological tools for enhanced resource discovery. The project exercises broader impact by serving as a dedicated hub for the large materials research community, facilitating communication and interactions among its members. MatDL offers the opportunity to create learning objects based on recent research, as well as convenient access to relevant, shared resources and learning objects. Because of its inherent interdisciplinary nature MatDL also has an impact on a large constellation of STEM disciplines. The Office of Multidisciplinary Activities in the NSF Directorate for the Mathematical and Physical Sciences (MPS) is providing significant co-funding of this project in recognition of important role played by materials science education and research within the larger MPS portfolio of awards.