National Engineering Education Delivery System (NEEDS)
| GENERAL | |
| Repository Name | National Engineering Education Delivery System (NEEDS) |
| URL | http://www.needs.org |
| Sponsor(s) | National Science Foundation |
| Summary | NEEDS is a digital library of resources for educators and learners within engineering. Records are drawn from various smaller collections. Cataloging records contain multiple searchable fields including type of learning resource and publication year. Metadata is based on IEEE LOM. The collection will soon be searchable by user education level and for the existence of peer reviews. |
| CONTENT | |
| Brief Description of Repository Contents | Describes types of materials found in repository, specifying their intended pedagogical use, their interactivity, and their format. |
| Subject Matter(s) | Engineering |
| Age Range(s) | Comprehensive |
| Number of Objects | 1,000s |
| Language(s) | English |
| Other | |
| CONTENT QUALITY CONTROL | |
| Policy Regarding Resource Submission | Users may submit resources. |
| Quality Control Policy | Submitted resources may be shown to a third party if there are questions regarding the user’s right to submit the material. |
| Resource Ratings or Review Policy | No |
| SECURITY & ACCESS | |
| Copyright Protection Policy | Materials within the NEEDS library are solely for personal or non-commercial use. |
| Digital Rights Management | No |
| Authentication | Log in required to submit resources, comment of resources, and receive other services from the project |
| Access Method(s) | WWW |
| Interface Language(s) | English |
| Other | |
| TECHNICAL | |
| Platform(s) | Unkown |
| Interoperibility Standards and Specifications | OAI-PMH |
| Unique Identifiers | No |
| Versioning | No |
| P2P | No |
| RSS | No |
| End User Asset Delivery Method | Other system |
| METADATA | |
| Assignment of Metadata | Metadata produced by users |
| Metadata Standard(s) | IMS, IEEE LOM |
| Classification System(s) | Materials classified by subject |