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Computer Science Professionals and Greek Library Science
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Dendrinos, Markos N. – Education for Information, 2008
This paper attempts to present the current state of computer science penetration into librarianship in terms of both workplace and education issues. The shift from material libraries into digital libraries is mirrored in the corresponding shift from librarians into information scientists. New library data and metadata, as well as new automated…
Descriptors: Computer Science, Library Science, Information Science, Foreign Countries
An Ontology Infrastructure for an E-Learning Scenario
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Guo, Wen-Ying; Chen, De-Ren – International Journal of Distance Education Technologies, 2007
Selecting appropriate learning services for a learner from a large number of heterogeneous knowledge sources is a complex and challenging task. This article illustrates and discusses how Semantic Web technologies such as RDF [resource description framework] and ontology can be applied to e-learning systems to help the learner in selecting an…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Teaching Methods
Metadata.
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Vellucci, Sherry L. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 1998
This literature review, covering materials between 1996 and 1998, focuses on the development and application of metadata standards used by the library and information science communities to describe, retrieve, and manage information in the digital environment. Discusses MARC as metadata; SGML-based metadata; and the Dublin Core element set.…
Descriptors: Cataloging, Information Management, Information Retrieval, Information Science
Preservation of Digital Objects.
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Galloway, Patricia – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 2004
Presents a literature review that covers the following topics related to preservation of digital objects: practical examples; stakeholders; recordkeeping standards; genre-specific problems; trusted repository standards; preservation methods; preservation metadata standards; and future directions. (Contains 82 references.) (MES)
Descriptors: Archives, Electronic Libraries, Information Science, Information Technology
A Semantic Modeling Approach to Metadata.
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Brasethvik, Terje – Internet Research, 1998
Explores problems in information sharing; discusses the concept of metadata; illustrates its use on the World Wide Web, as well as other related approaches; and presents an approach to information sharing that uses a semantic modeling language (referent model language) as the basis for expressing semantics of information and designing metadata…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Software Development, Information Dissemination, Information Science
Distributed Information Management.
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Pottenger, William M.; Callahan, Miranda R.; Padgett, Michael A. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology (ARIST), 2001
Reviews the scope and effects of distributed information management. Discusses cultural and social influences, including library and Internet culture, information and knowledge, electronic libraries, and social aspects of libraries; digital collections; indexing; permanent link systems; metadata; the Open Archives initiative; digital object…
Descriptors: Cultural Influences, Electronic Libraries, Futures (of Society), Indexing