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STEM to grow in libraries: project to get science content into media centers.(Tech Knowledge)(science, technology, engineering, and math)

School Library Journal

| September 01, 2009 | Barack, Lauren | (Hide copyright information)Copyright

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School librarians searching for a better way to broaden their science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) resources for K-12 students may soon have some innovative help.

Marcia Mardis, an assistant professor at Florida State University, is embarking on a three-year project to build an RSS-like feed that she says will search Web sites and online libraries, pluck specific images and other digital-based content right from the source, and deposit them directly into a school's digital collection.

It's like having a mole on hand for digging and retrieval--the dirty, sometimes uncertain work that can prevent nonspecialist users, …

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