1. Cathy Manduca, Sean Fox Science Education Resource Center, Carleton College Integrated Sites/Distributed Authors: SERC Web-based Authoring Environment

2. Science Education Resource Center Carleton College @ Engaging Content Experts in Web-Site Authoring Issues –Experts are distributed around the country –Wide-ranging skills with html –Time-management for busy people –Desire content autonomy, design flexibility, but need cohesive information architecture and consistent look and feel

3. Science Education Resource Center Carleton College @ A Tested System Starting Point: Teaching Entry Level Geoscience Earth Exploration Toolbook (Ledley, PI) On the Cutting Edge (Macdonald, PI)

4. Science Education Resource Center Carleton College @ Content Management System Authors work in their web browsers with a simple markup language Content is merged into common templates to generate final output Output tuned for accessibility and speed using web standards such as cascading style sheets

5. Science Education Resource Center Carleton College @ Information Architecture Site structure expressed in CMS as a logical hierarchy of modules and pages Navigation elements: hierarchical ‘left menus’, breadcrumbs, previous/next buttons CMS automatically creates consistent navigation throughout the site

6. Science Education Resource Center Carleton College @ Using Digital Library Technology Referenced resources identified and managed through a local cataloging queue Resource metadata records created using local DLESE Catalog System or by harvesting existing records from other collections Metadata drawn into CMS to enhance the original reference Records shared via OAI protocol with DLESE, NSDL

7. Science Education Resource Center Carleton College @ Project Administration A central site for all management resources Access to content management system editing interface

8. Science Education Resource Center Carleton College @ Communication Management Document Archive –Upload/download –Organize List-serve Archive Calendar Results from online form submissions

9. Science Education Resource Center Carleton College @ A Strong Solution –Content experts are happy working with content management system, think the interface is easy and friendly and like seeing their work in real time –Admin site is successful for project administration and promotes ability to coordinate asynchronous work –Digital Library collections have been successfully incorporated in DLESE and NSDL –Users like the sites and find the navigation easy to use http://serc.carleton.edu/