Those of you painfully familiar with the National Science Digital
Library  will have to forgive me for this posting, forwarded from
University of Texas, Austin (thank you to Harold Billings) -- but I
suspect that the activities of the NSDL do not figure large for some of
us.  They are one of the largest federal investments in the digital
library, and well worth keeping on our radar -- they use OAI heavily; in
2002 the NSF investment was $25 million for 41 projects (out of 119
projects over the life of the program).

David

David Seaman
Director, Digital Library Federation
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>ShelfLife, No. 88 (9 January 2003) ISSN 1538-4284
>
>ACADEMICS PITCH IN ON NATIONAL SCIENCE DIGITAL LIBRARY
>Educators from more than 100 institutions of learning are working on
>projects that will expand the National Science Digital Library
>(http://nsdl.org) by creating new portals, incorporating other
>libraries, increasing accessibility of information, and building new
>interactive learning environments. The NSDL is intended to support
>science education at all levels, from pre-kindergarten to
>post-doctoral, and will include coverage of mathematics, the
>sciences, engineering and technology. NSF staffer Lee Zia says, "We
>have a commitment over the next four to five years to grow this
>program, but future funding is a little bit unknown right now. We
>have high hopes, but that's something we don't have a lot of control
>over." (USA Today 3 Jan 2003)
>http://www.usatoday.com/tech/webguide/2003-01-03-digital-library_x.htm