3. Nancy Morgan GEM Project Coordinator nmorgan@ericir.syr.edu

4. Stuart Sutton Co - PI ssutton@ericir.syr.edu

5. Sponsored by U.S. Department of Educations National Library of Education Special Project of ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology Syracuse University

7. Presentation Outline What is GEM? Timeline Technical Implementation/Tools GEM Element Set GEM Profile Dublin Core

8. The Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) GEM is a consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy access to the substantial, but uncataloged, collection of educational materials found on various federal, state, university, non- profit, and commercial Internet sites.

9. Timeline Nov 96 Dublin Core

10. Timeline Nov 96 Dublin Core June 97 Beta - Tools & Catalog

11. Timeline Nov 96 Dublin Core June 97 Beta - Tools & Catalog Cataloging begins Sept 97

12. Timeline Nov 96 Dublin Core June 97 Beta - Tools & Catalog Dec 97 Cataloging begins Sept 97 700 records 8 collections

13. Timeline Nov 96 Dublin Core June 97 Beta - Tools & Catalog Dec 97 Cataloging Begins Oct 98 3000 records 45 collections Sept 97 700 records 8 collections

14. Model for Distributing GEM Metadata– GEM Tools

15. Resources

16. Separate Metadata Embedded Metadata

17. Resources Separate Metadata Embedded Metadata Harvest Local Site Index

18. Resources Separate Metadata Embedded Metadata Harvest Local Site Index Union The Gateway

19. Resources Separate Metadata Embedded Metadata Harvest Local Site Index Union The Gateway Search Browse

20. GEM Tools GEMCat Cataloging Module Cross site Harvest Browse-builder PLWeb Search Engine

21. GEM Element Set

22. Metadata Continuum Simple & Terse Complex & Rich

23. Metadata Continuum Simple & Terse Complex & Rich Lycos Location

24. Metadata Continuum Simple & Terse Complex & Rich LycosDublin Core LocationDiscovery

25. Metadata Continuum Simple & Terse Complex & Rich LycosDublin CoreUSMARC LocationDiscoveryDocumentation

26. Metadata Continuum Simple & Terse Complex & Rich LycosDublin CoreUSMARC LocationDiscoveryDocumentation GEM Level 1 Cataloging

27. Metadata Continuum Simple & Terse Complex & Rich LycosDublin CoreUSMARC LocationDiscoveryDocumentation GEM Level 1 Cataloging GEM Level 2 Cataloging

28. GEM Element Set 23 Elements 15 Dublin Core 8 GEM Elements

29. GEM Element Set Audience Duration Essential Resources Grade Level Pedagogy Academic Standards Quality Indicators Cataloging Agency

30. GEM Element Set Controlled Vocabularies: Audience Format Grade Level Pedagogy Resource Type Subject

31. GEM Element Set Fully DC compliant: All optional All repeatable Anyone can use, anyway they like

32. GEM Profile 1999

33. The rules for implementing the 23 DC/GEM Elements in The Gateway Catalog: Mandatory and Optional Repeatable and not repeatable

34. GEM Profile 1999 Consists of: 8 GEM Elements 13 Dublin Core Elements

35. GEM Profile 1999 Do Not Use: Other Contributor Use: Creator (role)

36. GEM Profile 1999 Do Not Use: Source Use: Relation (is source of)

37. Dublin Core: Current Thoughts

38. Dublin Core What would help: standardize DC simple establish/adopt/recommend core subelements schedule for standardizing subelements DC WWW site - latest information

39. Dublin Core Dublin Core Works!! Optional Qualifiers Schemes Extensibility

40. Contact: geminfo@geminfo.org Documentation: http://www.geminfo.org The Gateway Catalog: http://www.thegateway.org