1. CIDOC 2000 Using GEM Metadata to Access Education Resources Nancy Virgil Morgan Coordinator nmorgan@iis.syr.edu

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

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

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

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

7. CIDOC 2000 As of July 31, 2000

8. CIDOC 2000 As of July 31, 2000

9. http://www.thegateway.org

10. CIDOC 2000 GEM Metadata Profile

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

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

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

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

15. CIDOC 2000 Metadata Continuum Simple & Terse Complex & Rich LycosDublin CoreUSMARC LocationDiscovery Documentation GEM Level 1 Cataloging

16. CIDOC 2000 Metadata Continuum Simple & Terse Complex & Rich LycosDublin CoreUSMARC LocationDiscovery Documentation GEM Level 1 Cataloging GEM Level 2 Cataloging

17. CIDOC 2000 Creating GEM Metadata

18. CIDOC 2000 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.

19. CIDOC 2000

20. Creating GEM Metadata Database collections –compare GEM elements with db fields –write script/program/query to output GEM records –test output with GEM technical systems Time: few hours

21. CIDOC 2000 Meta-data

22. CIDOC 2000 GEM Architecture and Tools

23. CIDOC 2000 Resources GEMCat GEM Cataloged Resources edit catalog Creating/Editing Metadata

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

25. CIDOC 2000 Separate Metadata Embedded Metadata HARVEST local harvest web harvest Harvest Process

26. CIDOC 2000 Separate Metadata Embedded Metadata HARVEST local harvest web harvest Index files Harvest Process

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

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

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

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

31. CIDOC 2000 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.

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

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

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

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

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