Materials can include images, text, animations, sound files, videos, interactive applications and more. All material in e-source is copyright cleared. Instructors searching for an image of Jupiter, say, to include on their course web page could easily find it on e-source and have confidence that the image can be freely posted. This architecture makes for a very robust, transportable, scalable and maintainable electronic library implementation. The library structure is fully deployed and ready to be tested under real-world conditions.
Instructors can post files as well as search for and download files.
The main drive during the coming year will be to fill the e-source with useful material. In addition, as more instructors develop web-support for their courses, it is hoped that they will post these materials for use by other MSU faculty.