Flora McMartin, past member of the NSDL Policy Committee, provides an essay on MERLOT, the Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning Online and Teaching. The article focuses on how MERLOT enacts the ideals described by the three questions: "What works, What matters, What Lasts?"
Paul Berkman, Chair of the NSDL Sustainability Standing Committee, provides an essay describing funding issues under consideration for providing an NSDL that lasts.