Collaborate with ComPADRE

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Collaborate with ComPADRE

The Communities for Physics and Astronomy Digital Resources in Education project, or ComPADRE, is a joint collaboration of the AAPT, AAS, AIP, APS, and SPS to create and maintain digital collections of high quality educational materials in physics and astronomy.

ComPADRE consists of:

Focused collections of materials for specific courses or serving specific constituencies, such as the Introductory College Astronomy course or Undergraduate Physics Majors,
User communities that participate in the development and function of these collections,
Services delivered to the communities for support and interaction,
An umbrella organization providing technical infrastructure and working to establish new communities,
A broad, underlying database of diverse materials on which the collections are built.

ComPADRE invites those interested in physics and astronomy education or digital collections to explore collaborating with us. Potential collaborations include:

Adding your resources to an existing ComPADRE collection

Submit your online resources to a ComPADRE collection!
Sharing a collection through federated search

We use "federated search" to share resources not only in ComPADRE collections, but also in other digital libraries. Our approach complies with well-defined metadata standards, and we are open to sharing and exchanging data with other collections.
Taking a lead role in developing a new ComPADRE collection

ComPADRE can provide assistance with new collections. We can assist in or manage many technical aspects of collection development, including design, database development, metadata, and functional implementation. We will also help with grant-writing and finding funding for new collections.

If you are interested in collaborating, or for more information about ComPADRE, please contact us.