Gordon And Mike's Ict Podcast

Short introduction:  Today we’re here with Kim Grady. Kim is the  Founding Director and PI for the NetWorks, an NSF online digital  resource center. MATEC NETWORKS is one of 3 ATE manufacturing and  engineering technology centers that offer a collection of resources  online. NETEC, MERC Online, are the other centers. MATEC NETWORKS is  part of MATEC and located in Tempe, Arizona.Gordon: Kim, what exactly is a digital library?Well, our digital library is a convenient and easy way to locate  valuable resources for teaching and learning. It's also a way to  share self-created and favorite classroom ready resources.Mike: Why another digital library, what is the need and mission and  vision?Believe me, being an advocate of not reinventing the wheel, I asked  myself that question many times. What I have come to realize is that  NetWorks and the other online resource centers that are part of the  NSF ATE program are working together to "Beat Google." We are  aggregators of resources in our technology areas. Not only