NSDL Community Corner

The NSDL Annual Meeting Planning Committee is soliciting proposals for presentations at the 2010 NSDL Annual Meeting, which will be held November 1-3 in Washington, D.C. at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. Proposals are welcomed from both the NSDL community and from individuals and groups not directly affiliated with an NSDL-funded project. The Committee encourages all projects to share their experiences and successes, and to raise issues in six specific areas of interest across NSDL.

NSDL: Celebrating a Digital Decade and Envisioning the NextThe NSDL program held its first formal funding cycle during fiscal year 2000 and as we look back from our perch in 2010, this meeting allows us to celebrate our 10 years of accomplishments while sharing our unique perspectives that provide the foundation for the next decade of NSDL work. For 2010, proposals should explore issues and report on activities that share current perspectives and lessons learned in building the library and its community of users, and also probe those issues that still remain a challenge as we look forward to the next decade.

The Committee asks that you to submit your talk in one of six topical areas. The six categories for presentations include:
Evaluation and Impact: Focus on efforts and results to measure the effects of NSDL in real educational settings, and to document impacts as observed from the STEM teacher and learner audiences of NSDL projects;
Outreach and Professional Development: Outline models, research or designs of activities implemented that promote the use of NSDL in alignment with instructional practice;
Research Findings: Present cumulative experiences and compelling narratives about ongoing, or concluded, research (e.g., technology, education, policy) within the context of the NSDL goals to support effective usage of library materials;
Sustainability: Describe strategies for sustaining your work within a broader vision for NSDL while keeping pace the evolving national STEM research and education infrastructure;
Services, Discoverability and Technology: Demonstrate tools and technology developed to enable the creation, discovery and adoption of digital materials tailored for use with today’s learners;
Collection Development and Maintenance: Advance the craft of digital library building by presenting strategies and software for library building, working with standards, archiving and other library tools needed to ensure the utility and integrity of library collections.

The Committee continues to encourage presentations that incorporate various media (e.g., video clips, podcasts, blogs), which further underscore the digital nature of our work.

How to Submit a Proposal
You may fill out a form for submitting your proposal at http://www.nsdlnetwork.org/annual_meeting/proposal_submission.
Please note that you will need to login to the site to submit this form. We will notify presenters by September 3.

Proposals will be due by midnight (Mountain Time) on August 13. NOTE: There will not be an extension of this deadline. Because the number of proposals might exceed space, the Committee may not be able to accommodate all presentations as in past years and you may be asked to change the length or format of your proposed activity. Please check the proposal FAQ
for general information.

We will accept poster submissions starting in early September.

Just a quick request to save the dates for the next Annual Meeting. It will be November 1-3 in Washington DC at the Omni Shoreham Hotel. We will be celebrating 10 years of NSDL!

The format is the same as in years past, where the poster session will be the first night (July 1st) and the meeting sessions start on Tuesday and run through mid-day on the 3rd. We will be putting out additional details soon so you can make your travel and lodging arrangements. We will release a call for proposals around the first of July.

I want to point out that November 2 is Election Day, so please make plans to vote early or by absentee ballot. We work hard to avoid conflicts like this, but these dates were the best option for a number of reasons, including finding a hotel that could accommodate us.

We do hope to see you there!

Susan Jesuroga
Annual Meeting Chair