Resources of interest

Gazetteers

• ADL Gazetteer Page - Alexandria Digital Library Gazetteer Development Information homepage.

Metadata basics

• Introduction to Metadata: Pathways to Digital Information - (Version 2.0) by Getty Standards Program.

Collection building

• A Framework of Guidance for Building Good Digital Collections
• ADL's Generic Query Metadata for Geospatial Digital Libraries - Description of Alexandria Digital Library's (ADL) bucket schema in combination with their metadata

Online digital library journals

• D-Lib Magazine

Digital library projects

• UK Office for Library and Networking Information (UKOLN) - Expertise in network information management. Provides policy, research and awareness services to the UK library and information communities.
• Advanced Distributed Learning Network (ADL Net) - This is a Department of Defense (DoD) initiative to develop an open architecture for online learning. IMS is participating and is focused on next-generation open architecture for online learning.
• Automated Keyword or Metadata Generation - Kea and Klarity are two Australian sites that are working on automated generation.
• The Digital Library Tool Kit - By Sun Microsystems, Inc., addresses some of the leading questions that academic institutions, public libraries, government agencies, and museums face in trying to develop, manage, and distribute digital content.
• Development of European Service for Information on Research and Education DESIRE - Metadata registries enable authoritative information about metadata schemes to be declared and thus support the extensibility and evolution of element sets and provide some basis for interoperability.
• Gateway to Educational Materials (GEM) - A K-12 educational resource that uses Dublin Core plus extension for its metadata. They will soon be implementing the IMS metadata standards.

Last updated: 7-24-03
Maintained by: Katy Ginger (support@dlese.org), DLESE Metadata

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