MAA Digital Library Workshop Schedule
Friday, October 6
7:00 PM Kickoff Supper (Carriage House Conference Center)
Saturday, October 7
8:30 AM - 9:00AM Breakfast (Churchill Room in main MAA Building)
9:00 AM - 9:30AM Welcome, Logistics, Discussion of Schedule
9:30 AM - 9:45AM Introduction to MathDL
9:45 AM - 10:30 AM Explore MathDL (Instructions)
10:30AM -10:45 AM Break
10:45 AM -11:00 AM MathDL Evaluation (Online Form)
11:00 AM -11:30 Discussion (of MathDL)
11:30 AM - Noon Introduction to Math Gateway
Noon -1:00 PM Lunch (Churchill Room in main MAA Building)
1:00 PM - 2:00 PM Explore Math Gateway (Instructions)
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Math Gateway Evaluation (Online Form)
2:15 PM-2:45 PM Discussion (of Math Gateway)
2:45 PM - 3:00 PM Break
3:00 PM -3:15 PM Introduction to NSDL (Eileen McIlvain)
3:15PM - 4:00 PM Explore NSDL (Instructions)
4:00 PM - 4:15 PM NSDL Evaluation Online Form
4:15PM - 4:45 PM NSDL Discussion (of NSDL)
4:45 PM - 5:00 PM Day Wrapup
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Free Time
6:30 PM Supper (Churchill Room in main MAA Building)
Sunday, October 8
8:30 AM - 9:00 AM Breakfast (Churchill Room in main MAA Building)
9:00 AM -10:00 AM Planning for a Section Session (Notes)
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Break
10:30 AM-11:30 AM How to publicize these digital library sites within the math community: Suggestions and Discussion
11:30 AM-Noon Workshop Evaluation and Wrapup Online Form
Special Request. We would like to contact you at a later date (3-6 months) to ask about your experiences using MathDL, Math Gateway, NSDL, and ther online resources. If you are willing to do this, supply us with contact information. Thanks.
Noon: Box lunches available to eat at the MAA or take with you (Churchill Room in main MAA Building)
Drafts of evaluation forms for section workshops. Look over these and let me know what you think. Do you want to remove something? add something? change something?
Followup request. Our project evaluator would like to be able to contact you in a couple of months to get your use of and opinions about the digital libraries that we investigated. If you are willing to do this, please give Flora your contact information.
Revised 10/05/06