Collections Services | Community Services | Data Services | Evaluation Services | Project Office
With the close of the funding year, the Core Services and DLESE Project Office have submitted their annual reports to NSF. Summaries have been posted to the web to keep the community abreast of our activities. Work plans for the final year of DLESE funding have been posted at these same locations. The final year work statements reflect significant changes for some groups as we implement some new efforts such as the peer review of the library resources, continue our work in integrating data and data rich resources in the library, while wrapping up some other activities in evaluation and community outreach.
Collections Services, comprised of efforts at the American Geological Institute and Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory, focused on cataloging efforts and maintenance and expansion of the Community Review System. In the upcoming year, AGI will wrap up all current cataloging efforts. Funding for LDEO under Collections Services has ended, but related DLESE funding to pursue work on pedagogical content knowledge annotations will continue. Learn more...
During the past year, the DLESE K-12 Community Services has been engaged in three primary activities: (a) creating and implementing the DLESE K-12 Ambassadors Program, (b) planning and initiating DLESE Exemplar Development, and (c) supporting DLESE project management in collaboration with the other Core Services and the DLESE Project Office (DPO). The work of K-12 Community Services in the upcoming year will focus on the Ambassadors Program primarily. Learn more...
College Community Services has been focused on exemplar development, support for collection builders, and collaborations with Data Services to explore means of effectively accessing data in DLESE. The upcoming year will continue work on the exemplars. Learn more...
Data Services will continue in much the same manner as in the past two years. Key activities include conducting a third workshop, working with the Data Access Working Group to develop metadata and quality standards for data and tools, and continued development of chapters in the Earth Exploration Toolbook. Learn more...
Evaluation Services conducted a number of new studies in the past year that illuminated general usage demographics and interests, K-12 teacher needs and the impact of the DLESE exhibit booth on recruitment of new users, among other things. Key activities in this final year include conducting wider-scale studies that build on past work, conducting small studies to fill in a few areas of interest, and summarizing what has been learned for the community. Learn more... Learn more...
In its first year, the DLESE Project Office focused on improving communication, collaboration, and project management among the Core Services, development of a plan to implement the quality recommendations, participating in the external review by the DLESE Visiting Committee, and initiating a peer review pilot project with the help of other Core Service groups. Learn more...
In the upcoming year, the DPO will provide some coordinating efforts but will primarily focus on peer review of the library resources. Learn more...
DLESE Visiting Committee Report
DLESE Peer Review Opportunities
DLESE Quality Review