Discover Earth: An Innovative Technology Program for Libraries and their Communities

空间科学研究所（SSI）与科罗拉多大学环境科学合作研究所（CIRES）和俄勒冈州立大学合作，正在开发一项名为“发现地球：图书馆及其社区的创新技术计划”的第一阶段试点项目。该项目使用当前的地球科学研究数据来说明重要的地球科学概念（例如空间/时间尺度、周期、物质状态）。它还促进地球科学和地球科学事业令人兴奋和高度相关的现代社会。技术不仅正在改变我们进行科学研究和教育的方式（无论是正式的还是非正式的），而且还对人们交流和获取科学信息的方式产生了深远的影响。该项目的目的是开发、实施和评估几种创新的地球科学教育技术，这些技术在图书馆设置的两种类型的显示平台（球形和多点触控平板）上进行测试。项目团队还研究了哪种社会网络技术最适合构建图书馆实践社区（CoP）。最后，该项目还提供了一些地球科学资源和活动，图书馆员可以利用这些资源和活动来丰富展览体验。

The Space Science Institute (SSI), in partnership with the University of Colorado's Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) and Oregon State University, are developing a Track 1, pilot project, called Discover Earth: An Innovative Technology Program for Libraries and their Communities. The project uses current geoscience research data to illustrate important Earth science concepts (e.g. spatial/temporal scales, cycles, states of matter). It also promotes the geosciences and geoscience careers as exciting and highly relevant to modern society. Technology is transforming not only how we conduct scientific research and education (both formal and informal) but it also has had a profound influence on the way people can communicate and access scientific information. The purpose of the project is to develop, implement, and evaluate several innovative geoscience education technologies that are tested in a library setting on two types of display platforms (spherical and multi-touch flatscreen). The project team also studies what kinds of social networking technologies work best to build a library community of practice (CoP). Lastly, the project produces several Earth science resources and activities that librarians can use to enrich the exhibit experience.