Adapt traditional library techniques to the task of indexing,
cataloging, and metadata creation for Internet resources The rapid
shift toward digital resources in K-6, higher education, adult
education, and other learning communities, has greatly increased
the demand on the information professionals to manage this new
technology. Metadata and Organizing Educational Resources on the
Internet, the first book of its kind, helps clarify the process of
cataloging and indexing the vast quantities of data available in
digital form, so that users can readily access the information they
need. This comprehensive volume documents the experiences of
metadata creators (both catalogers and indexers), library
administrators, and educators who are actively engaged in projects
that organize Internet resources for educational purposes. Metadata
and Organizing Educational Resources on the Internet shares the
problems the authors encountered in the far-reaching project of
creating metadata for a new class of resource, as well as the
solutions and options they found.Tackling the salient issues of
cataloging and indexing, Metadata and Organizing Educational
Resources on the Internet: examines the status quo of cataloging
Internet resources explores the relationship between traditional
cataloging practices and Internet cataloging introduces a number of
educationally focused metadata schemes, including ARIADNE, GEM, and
IMS examines theoretical and practice aspects of metadata in
relation to today's evolving Internet-based educational terrain
discusses specific projects, including ALADIN, PEN-DOR, the
Schomburg Research Library, and a catalog of Greek sculpture
fragments for the Perseus Project offers charts, figures, screen
shots, and Web addresses for initiatives using metadata to
facilitate access This is an exciting time to be involved with
information services. Metadata and Organizing Educational Resources
on the Internet presents the ideas and experiences of the
pioneering librarians who are mapping the intricacies of the World
Wide Web. Catalogers, indexers, content creators, librarians, and
educators will profit from the information in this fascinating
volume.
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