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DESIRE

People Power and the Web: Building Quality Controlled Portals Debra Hiom, Martin Belcher, Emma Place. DESIRE. 5th Framework Project 10 institutions across 4 countries caching directory services indexing automatic classification information gateways. Finding information.

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DESIRE

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  1. People Power and the Web: Building Quality Controlled PortalsDebra Hiom, Martin Belcher, Emma Place

  2. DESIRE • 5th Framework Project • 10 institutions across 4 countries • caching • directory services • indexing • automatic classification • information gateways

  3. Finding information • Shift from automated solutions to human centred approaches • Search engines incorporating organised directories into their services • AltaVista • Google • DESIRE promotes the creation of high quality academic directories

  4. Problems Volume Searching Quality Trust Gateway solutions Browsable and searchable catalogues Selected resources Subject experts Finding information

  5. DESIRE Approach • Expert input • Distributed effort/searching • Collaboration and co-operation • Standards

  6. Gateways Handbook • Collaborative publication • Examples of standards and best practice • Issues • Strategic • Information • Technical

  7. A Network of Gateways • Renardus • Building on the work of DESIRE and national gateways • Models for sharing metadata, technical solutions and standards • Pilot broker service in 2002

  8. For more information DESIRE - http://www.desire.org/ Gateways Handbook - http://www.desire.org/handbook/ Renardus - http://www.renardus.org/

  9. Some European Gateways • Resource Discovery Network, UK • http://www.rdn.ac.uk/ • DutchESS, Netherlands • http://www.konbib.nl/dutchess/ • Finnish Virtual Library • DEF Danmarks Elecktroniska, Denmark

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