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NSF Works Toward A Digital Science Library

Posted by timothy on from the what-the-internet-is-for dept.

An anonymous reader writes "USA Today has an article on the effort of 'More than 100 teams of educators nationwide are working with the National Science Foundation to develop what they hope will be the nation's most comprehensive digital library for the sciences.'" The article describes this library as intended to "support science education at all levels, from pre-kindergarten through postdoctoral research."

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  1. Re:GOOGLE can do this by resiak · · Score: 4, Informative

    The difference, my friend, is that Google does not rate the accuracy of the content it links to. Sure, they work out how frequently it is linked to, and they have those little rating buttons on the browser bar in IE, but ultimately, you have no idea how reliable the information you find with Google is.

  2. On the subject by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Informative

    There is an open project currently underway to create an open encyclopedia avalible for all that I and several hundred others are currently working on,It's called the wikipedia, It uses the wiki-docuemntation system to create a collabarated pool of knowledge!

    Anyone can help, so if you got a bit of knowlege thats not in there, add it to the book. Its constant proofreading gives the articles a very high and consistent value.

    You can find it here

  3. 100 Teams? by Stoptional · · Score: 3, Informative

    Yikes - they should have a look at Project Gutenberg to see how a Digital Library is built - cheap, effective and very accessible. Now there is a Digital Library worthy of the name.

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    Stoptional
  4. Intellectual Property by Josuah · · Score: 3, Informative

    So, who owns the rights to this information? I understand that government research becomes public domain (i.e. no copyright) if it is published, but that's not necessarily true about government funded programs. Submitting your research, information, or paper to a publication usually gives copyright to the publication. Will the same hold true here? I hope not. And that same sort of stuff when done as a student or faculty member of an educational institution usually gives the institution the copyrights. If these educators submit information, does the repository get the copyrights or does it remain with the institution (requiring the institution's permission for inclusion in the repository)?

  5. a REAL e-library... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    can be found at www.ulib.org. The Universal Library will have a million books online within a few years, and many more after that. Check it out yo!