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Using GEM Metadata to Access Education Resources Nancy Virgil Morgan Coordinator nmorgan@iis.syr

Using GEM Metadata to Access Education Resources Nancy Virgil Morgan Coordinator nmorgan@iis.syr.edu Presentation Outline About GEM Dublin Core & GEM Metadata GEM Architecture and Tools 2000 Priorities GEM’s Mission Consortium effort to improve access to uncataloged collections

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Using GEM Metadata to Access Education Resources Nancy Virgil Morgan Coordinator nmorgan@iis.syr

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  1. Using GEM Metadata to Access Education ResourcesNancy Virgil MorganCoordinatornmorgan@iis.syr.edu CIDOC 2000

  2. Presentation Outline • About GEM • Dublin Core & GEM Metadata • GEM Architecture and Tools • 2000 Priorities CIDOC 2000

  3. GEM’s Mission Consortium effort to improve access to uncataloged collections of educational materials on non- profit, commercial, and government Internet sites. CIDOC 2000

  4. Sponsors U.S. Department of Education ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology Syracuse University School of Information Studies CIDOC 2000

  5. Timeline Nov ‘96 June ‘97 Jan ‘98 Mar. ‘00 Aug ‘00 Stakeholders Meeting Presentation U.S. Dept. of Ed. The Gateway online 200 Consortium members 12,358 records CIDOC 2000

  6. As of July 31, 2000 CIDOC 2000

  7. As of July 31, 2000 CIDOC 2000

  8. http://www.thegateway.org

  9. GEM Metadata Profile CIDOC 2000

  10. Metadata • Structured information that describes, manages, and organizes resources • card catalog describes, manages, organizes library resources • GEM record describes, manages, organizes Internet education resources CIDOC 2000

  11. Coverage Creator Date Description Format Identifier Language Other Contributor Publisher Relation Resource Type Rights Source Subject Title Open Standard:Dublin Core CIDOC 2000

  12. GEM Elements • Audience • Duration • Essential Resources • Grade Level • Pedagogy • Quality Indicators • Academic Standards • Cataloging Agency CIDOC 2000

  13. GEM Controlled Vocabularies • Subject • Resource Type • Pedagogy • Audience • Grade/Education Level • Format CIDOC 2000

  14. Creating GEMMetadata CIDOC 2000

  15. Creating GEM Metadata • GEMCat Cataloging Module: create individual metadata records. • Database Collections: write script/program/query to output GEM records • Future:researching the use of Natural Language Processing to automate metadata creation. CIDOC 2000

  16. GEM Architecture and Tools CIDOC 2000

  17. Creating/Editing Metadata catalog Embedded Metadata Resources GEMCat edit GEM Cataloged Resources Separate Metadata CIDOC 2000

  18. Harvest Process Index files web harvest Embedded Metadata HARVEST local harvest Files from DB driven collections Separate Metadata CIDOC 2000

  19. Harvest Process Index files web harvest Embedded Metadata Full Site Index (The Gateway) HARVEST local harvest Files from DB driven collections Separate Metadata CIDOC 2000

  20. Why use Metadata? • Lack of precision in web searching • Time-consuming for user to determine quality, authority CIDOC 2000

  21. Why use Metadata? Economics of traditional cataloging • Internet resources move,disappear • Users “one click away” from the resource CIDOC 2000

  22. Why use Metadata? • Establishes a consistent means to search across websites while maintaining your autonomy • Brings users to your site • The Gateway searches 12,000 resources across 150 websites. CIDOC 2000

  23. Why use Metadata? Customized interfaces to the same metadata catalog www.thegateway.org www.nea.org/gem education.go.com www.teachers-connect.net/ CIDOC 2000

  24. Why use Metadata? Allows organizations to create own “Gateways”: • CHIN (Canadian Heritage Information Network) • MCI Marco Polo Project • 6 partner sites CIDOC 2000

  25. Why use Metadata? • National Institute for Literacy – LINCS • Network of adult literacy websites • NASA –Office of Space Science • Distributed NASA educational materials CIDOC 2000

  26. 2000 Priorities • Academic Standards • Vocabulary Registries • Higher and Adult Education • Working Groups • Continued growth - membership, content, users CIDOC 2000

  27. For More Information: Email: geminfo@geminfo.org or visit: http://www.geminfo.org/ CIDOC 2000

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