Effective Access: Using Digital Libraries to Enhance High School Teaching in STEM

Building on the work of the Gender and Science Digital Library (GSDL), EDC explored how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) educators use digital resources during lesson preparation, instruction, and professional development. Through surveys, focus groups, and interviews, project staff developed clear pictures of educators’ use of digital resources. The project results highlight ways that developers can aid teachers in finding and integrating digital resources. The project’s findings have applicability to other disciplines beyond STEM and offer the possibility of influencing the future development of all digital libraries.