Science Educators' Background Documents

	Background Documents Meeting Home

MIC Website	The Moving Image Collections Website, while still under development, is live and available for searching. Please become familiar with the website before the meeting.
MIC Project Website	The MIC Project Page contains all the background documents concerned with the architecture and development of MIC. Please become familiar with the MIC Project Website before the meeting.
Science Goes to the Movies	Science Goes to the Movies is the forthcoming Science Educators' portal. It is still in the early stages of design. We will be actively soliciting your guidance in continuing it's development
National Science Digital Library	MIC is part of the NSF-Funded National Science Digital Library, which provides a wealth of digital resources for K12 through graduate and professional school in Science, Mathematics, Technology and Engineering
MIC Evaluation Website	The MIC Evaluation Website explains the assessment strategy for MIC, which involves both metadata and usability assessment. The MIC assessment strategy has been developed by The MIC evaluation team, which consists of faculty and students from the Rutgers School of Communication, Information and Library Studies, led by Dr. Tefko Saracevic, Professor II, the MIC Evaluation Investigator and doctoral student Ying Zhang,the MIC Evaluation Manager.
Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound	MIC will become a permanent part of the Library of Congress Motion Picture, Broadcasting & Recorded Sound Division, which contains the largest and most diverse moving image collection in the nation.
Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA)	MIC is co-sponsored by the Association of Moving Image Archivists (AMIA). "AMIA is the largest non-profit professional membership association for individuals and institutions concerned with the preservation of moving images." AMIA provides a wealth of information about preserving and managing information at the AMIA website.