Members of the ASM undergraduate microbiology education community have identified a set of core concepts and basic laboratory skills for the introductory microbiology course. The process began in 1993 at the annual Undergraduate Microbiology Education Conference. These core concepts and skills are continually updated by undergraduate faculty and members of the American Society for Microbiology. The resources of MicrobeLibrary advance the consensus curriculum for teaching the fundamentals of microbiology, provide a broad-based resource for the educational community, promote communication between the American Society for Microbiology's education division members and provide a venue for demonstrating and publishing scholarly work. One can use the MicrobeLibrary to enhance classroom and laboratory instruction, to develop curriculum, or to embellish reports or presentations.
Students can use the library as a resource for research projects and reports.
To download materials from the library requires access to the Internet and a computer of appropriate capacity with suitable software. Most all of the materials from the MicrobeLibrary are available free of charge to anyone for the purposes of teaching and learning in the biological sciences. The only exception is the current issues of the Focus on Microbiology Education newsletter, available only to members. Yes, certain restrictions do apply. Images and information can be used on educational non-commercial materials and websites.