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Funding Opportunities for Education Research Grant Programs...

Posted Fri, 07/30/2010 - 9:10am by eileen

The U.S. Department of Education's National Center for Education Research (NCER) is soliciting proposals in 14 long-term research programs under its Education Research Grant Programs, including the Education Technology program.

Introducing 'Duracloud Open Source': Preservation in the Cloud

Posted Thu, 07/29/2010 - 7:24pm by eileen

The DuraSpace organization unveiled the open source code for the new DuraCloud platform, a hosted service and open technology that makes it easy for organizations and end users to use cloud services, at the Fifth International Open Repositories Conference (OR10) in Madrid, Spain earlier this month. DuraCloud is an open source platform that is built upon commercial cloud infrastructure. The platform itself deploys into a cloud server environment and is integrated with multiple cloud storage providers, including Amazon AWS and Rackspace.

NSDL named an AASL Top 25 - Best Websites for Teaching and Learning

Posted Sun, 07/25/2010 - 4:05pm by eileen

AASL Best Websites for Teaching and LearningThe American Association for School Librarians includes NSDL in its top 25 Best Websites for Teaching and Learning for 2010: 

NSDL Chem Ed DL releases Periodic Table Live! special collection

Posted Mon, 07/19/2010 - 12:19pm by eileen

The ChemEd Digital Library has released a specialized collection of resources supporting use of their award-winning Periodic Table Live! interactive resource. PTL!

SMILE Pathway launches howtosmile Newsletter...

Posted Wed, 07/14/2010 - 5:04pm by eileen

NSDL’s Science and Mathematics Informal Learning for Educators (SMILE) Pathway has released the first issue of its howtosmile Newsletter.  It’s packed with great articles, suggestions, links, and new resources at SMILE, including, in this issue, two features for getting kids outdoors in the summertime:

Teachers' Domain releases new training workshops...

Posted Wed, 07/14/2010 - 12:38pm by eileen

NSDL's Teachers' Domain Pathway has released five excellent training workshops for teachers and users of TD.  Collaboratively developed and piloted by WGBH, IPTV, KQED, WNET, and WPSU, the workshops are available on Teachers' Domain -> go to PD: Guides, Tutorials and Workshops, and can also be found under the Innovative Strategies and Integrating Technology interest areas.  Check them out!

Alsos celebrates its ten year anniversary with inclusion in the Library of Congress' Research Collection

Posted Fri, 07/02/2010 - 5:56pm by fsettle

The United States Library of Congress has selected the Alsos Digital Library for Nuclear Issues (http://alsos.wlu.edu) as a website for inclusion in its collection of Internet materials of historical importance to the Congress and the American people.

DuraSpace Launches New Service Provider Program to Support Open Source Software

Posted Thu, 07/01/2010 - 7:59pm by cmm252

Ithaca, NY, 7-01-2010:  Today, the DuraSpace not-for-profit organization announced its new Registered Service Provider Program to establish partnerships with companies that provide support services to institutions using the DSpace and Fedora digital repository software.

NSDL Technical Network Services seeks feedback on new NDR API 2.0

Posted Tue, 06/29/2010 - 6:40pm by jweather

NSDL Technical Network Services (TNS) has begun work on a new Application Programming Interface (API) for the NSDL Data Repository (NDR).

NSDL Technical Network Services releases Community Evaluation Summary Report

Posted Thu, 06/17/2010 - 11:13am by eileen

NSDL Technical and Network Services (TNS) has initiated a biannual interview process with NSDL Pathways, partners and projects as part of an ongoing evaluation effort. The Spring 2010 interview focused on community opinion about the value, utility, and perceived quality of TNS operations in support of services and tools, and community engagement.

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