National Library of the Environment: An
Examination of the Web Site
http://www.cnie.org/nle
What is the National Library of the Environment web site?
NLE is an initiative by the National Council for Science and Environment
(formally the Committee for the National Institute of the Environment) to
provide an information gateway to quality environmental data and
information
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Who and what is the National Council for Science and the Environment?
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nonprofit organization established to improve the scientifc basis of
environmental decisionmaking
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goal is to bring about full implementation of the recommendations of the
National Science Foundation's report, "Environmental Science and Engineering
in the 21st Century: The Role of the National Science Foundation"
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committed to providing an online dissemination system that allows all users
to find understandable, science-based information about the environment
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Goals of the NLE
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to maintain, expand, and update an easy-to-use web site that provides a single
entry point to environmental information
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to provide science-based information to decision-makers, educators and
researchers, the media, and the general public
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to help different communities share information with each other
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Presented by: Laurie Kutner
August 16, 2000