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Nancy Morgan GEM Project Coordinator nmorgan@ericir.syr

Nancy Morgan GEM Project Coordinator nmorgan@ericir.syr.edu. Stuart Sutton Co - PI ssutton@ericir.syr.edu. Sponsored by. U.S. Department of Education’s National Library of Education Special Project of ERIC Clearinghouse on Information & Technology Syracuse University.

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Nancy Morgan GEM Project Coordinator nmorgan@ericir.syr

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

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

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

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

  5. 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.

  6. Timeline Nov ‘96 Dublin Core

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

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

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

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

  11. Model for “Distributing” GEM Metadata–GEM Tools

  12. Resources

  13. Metadata Embedded Metadata Resources Metadata Separate Metadata

  14. Harvest Metadata Embedded Metadata Local Site Index Resources Metadata Harvest Separate Metadata

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

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

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

  18. Metadata Continuum Complex & Rich Simple & Terse Lycos Dublin Core USMARC Location Discovery Documentation

  19. Metadata Continuum Complex & Rich Simple & Terse Lycos Dublin Core USMARC Location Discovery Documentation GEM Level 1 Cataloging

  20. Metadata Continuum Complex & Rich Simple & Terse Lycos Dublin Core USMARC Location Discovery Documentation GEM Level 1 Cataloging GEM Level 2 Cataloging

  21. GEM Element Set 23 Elements • 15 Dublin Core • 8 GEM Elements

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

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

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

  25. GEM Profile 1999 The rules for implementing the 23 DC/GEM Elements in The Gateway Catalog: • Mandatory and Optional • Repeatable and not repeatable

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

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

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

  29. Dublin Core:Current Thoughts

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

  31. Dublin Core Dublin Core Works!! • Optional • Qualifiers • Schemes • Extensibility

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

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