NSDL
An update on the
National Science Digital Library
“Resources for In-Depth Learning”
Funded by the National Science Foundation
Education & Human Resources Directorate
For the DLESE Steering Committee
Ithaca, NY, 2 July 2002, by Dave Fulker
University Corp for Atmospheric Research
Toward a Content Philosophy
Principles of academic freedom and learner discovery
Acessioning at the collection level, for scalability
Accessioning priorities set with stakeholder representatives, with
goals of breadth, depth, & educational value
De-accessioning (rare) under guidelines set by a board of experts
in library principles
Educational value, relative to age-specific and other contexts, to be
manifest in capabilities for annotation and selective filtering, rather
than an accession threshhold
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