Retrospective Essays on a Decade of Building
a National Science Digital Library
to Transform STEM Education

Table of Contents

Introduction to the scope of this report, its audience, and the writing process involved in its creation

Workshop essays (each prefaced by a Summary and Lessons Learned)

• Transforming Teaching and Learning through the NSDL online learning environment
• Scaling Digital Library Technology from research to production
• Organization Evolution and Effectiveness across a large, collaborative organization
• Library as Metaphor as a catalyst and liability for project identity and expectations
• Developing and Sustaining Communities organized around interdisciplinary STEM education
• Concluding Remarks on the lessons learned both from building NSDL and reflecting on the building process
• References listing articles cited in the essays and URLS for the NSDL projects used as examples

About the Pathways to Progress Revisited Workshop

• Workshop Goals and Agenda outlining the collaborative writing process
• Participants in the workshop
  
• Suggested Readings about NSDL
  
• Writing Assignment participants completed to prepare for the workshop