NSDL Fact Sheet
Fact Sheet
Key People:
Kaye Howe Director, Principal Investigator (UCAR)
Dean Kraft, Principal Investigator (Cornell)
Kate Wittenberg, Principal Investigator (Columbia)
Ed Almasy, Technology Committee Chair
Dave Yaron, Community Services Committee Chair
Paul Berkman, Sustainability Committee Chair
Kim Lightle, Content Committee Chair
Flora McMartin, Educational Impact and Evaluation Committee Chair
Date Established:
FY2000, the first year of NSF NSDL funding cycle
NSDL.org Initial Release:
December 2002
Funding:
NSDL is a National Science Foundation program. The latest awards include projects in the Pathways, Services, and Targeted Research tracks. As in earlier years of the program, sister directorates to the NSF Directorate for Education and Human Resources (EHR) are providing significant co-funding of projects. Participating directorates include GEO and MPS, as well as the Directorate for Biological Sciences. For more information, see the current NSF solicitation.
Number of Projects:
206 projects have received NSDL awards since inception
Funded Project Areas:
Pathways projects are expected to provide
stewardship for the content and services needed by major communities of
learners.
Services projects are expected to develop services
that support users, collection providers, and the Core Integration effort
and which enhance the impact, efficiency, and value of the library.
Targeted Research projects are expected to explore specific topics
that have immediate applicability to collections, services, and other aspects
of the development of the digital library.
Core Integration
coordinates and manages the core library, develops the library’s central
portal and infrastructure, and engages and supports the NSDL community.
Contacts:
Email NSDL
Phone: 303-497-2940
Fax: 303-497-2933
Web: NSDL.org
Key Contacts