eERL

The electronic Environmental Resources Library (eERL), an Advanced Technology Environmental Education Center (ATEEC) project, is a multi-faceted clearinghouse of valuable electronic resources. eERL results from a National Science Digital Library (NSDL) grant.

For this grant, ATEEC joined forces with the Davenport Public Library (DPL), and collaborated with the Partnership for Environmental Technology Education (PETE) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Laboratory for Energy and the Environment (LFEE). DPL's librarians brought the skills to catalogue the resources recommended by PETE and LFEE and reviewed / vetted by eERL's handpicked team of environmental educators and practitioners.

The electronic library collects STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) resources tied to environmental science and technology resource information, from classroom-ready materials to regulatory information and global environmental issues. Some of the areas include air quality, emergency preparedness and response, energy, natural resources management, safety and health, and sustainability. Vocational areas are covered also, from agriculture, automotive, and green building to manufacturing technology.

eERL's team of expert community college educators and practitioners evaluate and recommend valid, up-to-date content. eERL's carefully chosen resources are incorporated into NSDL's database regularly, offering another way to access eERL and many other NSDL libraries. See NSDL's Web site at http://nsdl.org.