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Advanced Distributed Learning Initiative, 2019
The Total Learning Architecture (TLA) program sponsored by the Advanced Distributed Learning (ADL) Initiative seeks to develop a set of policy and standards defining the process for developing a "learning ecology," where multiple services and learning opportunities (of various modalities and points of delivery) can be managed in an…
Descriptors: Educational Policy, Ecology, Delivery Systems, Learning Analytics
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Sampson, Demetrios G.; Zervas, Panagiotis – Campus-Wide Information Systems, 2013
Purpose: This paper aims to present and evaluate a web-based tool, namely ASK-CDM-ECTS, which facilitates authoring and publishing on the web descriptions of (open) academic courses in machine-readable format using an application profile of the Course Description Metadata (CDM) specification, namely CDM-ECTS. Design/methodology/approach: The paper…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Profiles, Foreign Countries, Internet
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Tzikopoulos, Argiris; Manouselis, Nikos; Kastrantas, Kostas; Costopoulou, Constantina – Program: Electronic Library and Information Systems, 2012
Purpose: Away from central public authorities, regional (also called rural) enterprises do not have direct, physical access to all the services that governmental or public agencies offer. Very often, these services are essential for enterprises, mostly small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), in such areas, in order to perform their business…
Descriptors: Electronic Learning, Information Management, Information Systems, Information Technology
Hamby, Rogan – Computers in Libraries, 2012
The technology of the 21st century has had no shortage of challenges for libraries, but it has also brought opportunities. Operating systems, databases, and application environments that can use cheap off-the-shelf hardware to scale and handle hundreds of millions of transactions were not developed for libraries. However, libraries have taken…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Pilot Projects, Libraries, Information Systems
Granger, Stewart; Dekkers, Makx; Weibel, Stuart L.; Kirriemuir, John; Lensch, Hendrik P. A.; Goesele, Michael; Seidel, Hans-Peter; Birmingham, William; Pardo, Bryan; Meek, Colin; Shifrin, Jonah; Goodvin, Renee; Lippy, Brooke – D-Lib Magazine, 2002
One opinion piece and five articles in this issue discuss: digital preservation infrastructure; accomplishments and changes in the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative in 2001 and plans for 2002; video gaming and how it relates to digital libraries and learning technologies; overview of a music retrieval system; and the online version of the…
Descriptors: Computer Games, Electronic Libraries, Information Retrieval, Information Systems
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Hill, Linda L.; Janee, Greg; Dolin, Ron; Frew, James; Larsgaard, Mary – Journal of the American Society for Information Science, 1999
Defines digital library collections and outlines two classes of collection metadata. Describes the Alexandria Digital Library (ADL) Project approach to collection metadata, including the ADL system architecture and collection guidelines and the format and use of the ADL collection metadata. Appendices include ADL collection metadata and example.…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Computer System Design, Electronic Libraries, Information Management
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Williams, Martha E., Ed. – Annual Review of Information Science and Technology, 1999
This review contains eight papers on topics within the field of information science and technology. The papers are divided into three sections as follows: (1) Planning Information Systems and Services, including "Information Ownership and Control" (Tomas A. Lipinski); and "Pricing and Marketing Online Information Services" (Sheila Anne Elizabeth…
Descriptors: Computer Interfaces, Electronic Journals, Information Science, Information Seeking
Mu, Xiangming; Marchionini, Gary – Proceedings of the ASIST Annual Meeting, 2003
Presents an enriched video metadata framework including video authorization using the Video Annotation and Summarization Tool (VAST)-a video metadata authorization system that integrates both semantic and visual metadata-- metadata integration, and user level applications. Results demonstrated that the enriched metadata were seamlessly…
Descriptors: Computer System Design, Information Systems, Information Technology, Metadata
Machovec, George S., Ed. – Online Libraries and Microcomputers, 1998
The Dublin Core (DC) metadata standard is emerging as one of the leading initiatives in digitization programs; as libraries, museums, archives and others begin to digitize their physical materials it will be imperative that internationally recognized standards be used. Key elements behind the development of DC, and the 15 fields of DC are…
Descriptors: Authority Control (Information), Cataloging, Information Policy, Information Retrieval
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Gupta, Amardeep – Journal of Educational Technology, 2005
Current search engines--even the constantly surprising Google--seem unable to leap the next big barrier in search: the trillions of bytes of dynamically generated data created by individual web sites around the world, or what some researchers call the "deep web." The challenge now is not information overload, but information overlook.…
Descriptors: Search Engines, Computer System Design, Computer Software Evaluation, Information Retrieval
Miller, Eric – D-Lib Magazine, 1998
The Resource Description Framework (RDF) is an infrastructure that enables the encoding, exchange and reuse of structured metadata. RDF additionally provides a means for publishing both human-readable and machine-readable vocabularies designed to encourage the reuse and extension of metadata semantics among disparate information communities.…
Descriptors: Computer Mediated Communication, Computer Oriented Programs, Electronic Publishing, Information Dissemination
Stover, Mark – 1999
This book explains through descriptive narrative, illustrative examples, and practical suggestions how today's information specialists can navigate in the new "wired" organizations. The emphasis is on practical, useful, relevant advice. The following ten chapters are included: (1) "Communicating Online: The Heart of the Wired Organization"…
Descriptors: Administration, Computer Security, Ethics, Guidelines