Digital Reference Services and Centers at the United States Department of Education: Analysis and Recommendations.It provides a framework for the design, planning, implementation, and maintenance of KOSs in digital libraries. The report concludes with a discussion of issues to consider when using KOSs with digital libraries. The third section discusses how KOSs can be used to provide disparate communities with access to digital library resources by using a KOS to provide alternate subject access, to add a new mode of access to the digital library, to provide multilingual access, or to support free-text searching. The second section provides examples of how KOSs can be used to enhance digital libraries in a variety of disciplines, and describes how a KOS can be used to link a digital resource to related material. The historic origins and uses of KOSs, in libraries and in other information management environments, are described, and various types of KOSs are discussed. The first section of the report defines the general characteristics of KOSs, with emphasis on their connection to a particular view of the world. This report provides an overview of knowledge organization systems (KOSs) and includes pertinent examples of their application to digital materials, offering extensive practical information for institutions embarking on digital library initiatives. Systems of Knowledge Organization for Digital Libraries: Beyond Traditional Authority Files.
The abstracts below represent a sampling of ERIC database articles that relate to topics in this issue of the ERIC/IT Update. ERIC/IT contributes more than 1000 documents and 2000 journal articles related to library/information science and educational technology to the ERIC Database every year. The ERIC Clearinghouse on Information and Technology reviews the literature in library and information science and educational technology. ? Stay up-to-date about the ERIC transition to a new contractor and ? Link to the ERIC Processing and Reference Facility to purchase ? Link to the ERIC Document Reproduction Service (EDRS) to purchase
? Search the ERIC Calendar of Education-Related Conferences. Ready later in 2004, the new ERIC contractor will communicate with publishers,Įducation organizations, and other database contributors to add publicationsĪnd materials released from January 2004 forward. The ERIC clearinghouses throughout 2003 will be added. The ERIC database will continue to grow, as thousands of documents selected by The new ERIC model for acquiring education literature is developed later inĢ004, no new materials will be received and accepted for the database. Links to commercial sources and by making it easy to use and up to date.
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