Library Cataloging
Semantic Web Technologies
Semantic Web Technologies (TSW0502) by Dr Brian Matthews provides:
an introduction to the Semantic Web - the vision, programme and technologies, but also explains where we currently are in its development and what the likely impact will be on education in areas such as information management and discovery tools, digital libraries, supporting Web-based interaction, and e-learning. It also proposes some realistic timescales for adoption and outlines the current and potential role of the UK F&HE community.
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Topic Maps In A Learning Environment
A new free tool for educators from Winston-Salem State University in North Carolina is the Topic Maps for e-Learning (TM4L).Towards Reusable and Shareable Courseware: Topic Maps-based Digital Libraries Digital course libraries are educational Web applications...
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Marcont Ontology
Some interesting work being done by the MarcOnt initiative.With the Semantic Web emerged the Dublin Core Metadata standard for library resource description. Besides the fact that most of the information covered by MARC21 is lost, the full potential of...
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Ontologies
The Role of Ontologies in Teaching and Learning by Ruth Wilson is a white paper on the topic.Ontologies are currently a buzzword in many communities, hailed as a mechanism for making better use of the Web. They offer a shared definition of a domain that...
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Cataloging Education
"Training cataloguing students using a mix of media and technologies" by Linda M. Cloete, Retha Snyman, and J.C. Cronje appears in Aslib Proceedings v.55, no.4, p. 223-233 (2003)The appropriateness of utilising a training resource programme consisting...
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Research Libraries
A white paper by Wendy Pradt Lougee, Diffuse Libraries: Emergent Roles for the Research Library in the Digital Age is interesting.In the section on information access, for example, she notes the potential for libraries to contribute to the development...
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