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Navigating the Digital Landscape: A Guide to Web Services and Metadata in Modern Information Management

In an evolving information ecosystem, this comprehensive guide by David Kay explores the role of metadata and web services in optimizing access to digital resources across libraries, museums, and archives. It delves into the challenges of service integration, the importance of individualization, and the need for effective strategies in managing information. From understanding the granularity of metadata to examining competing paradigms in content delivery, this work serves as an essential resource for professionals in the field of information management, lifelong learning, and digital media.

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Navigating the Digital Landscape: A Guide to Web Services and Metadata in Modern Information Management

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  1. Portals, Gateways & Black Holes David Kay Strategic Development Director Fretwell-Downing Informatics

  2. Metadata and the Art of Web Service Maintenance or A Webmasters Guide to the Infoverse or Content Wars … The Library Strikes Back

  3. NGfL Web Gateways Digital TV New Media Books Datasets Libraries Music Community Information Courseware Museums Archives Programme Guides Cultural Heritage Stuff UfI

  4. Into the Melting Pot • Curatorial Traditions • Subject Domains • Media Types

  5. First Generation Problems • On Line • Searchable • Sustainable

  6. Web Clients Services Independent Applications

  7. Integration

  8. Home Page Services Unified Presentation / Independent Services

  9. <Presentation> <Brokerage> <Data & Services> Unified Services / flexible Presentation

  10. Competing Paradigms • Discovery v Disclosure • Searching v Browsing • Documents v Records • Explicit v Implicit

  11. Metadata

  12. Core Elements Key Identifiers Metadata Commonality Libraries Archives Museums

  13. Past Present Future Metadata Granularity

  14. New Services

  15. Flat World or Multi-dimensional Model? Hybrid Information Space A landscape under development….. An evolving ecology .......

  16. Second Generation Problems • Landscape • Services • Purpose • Individualisation • The Real World

  17. Landscaped Packaged ATOMIC INFORMATION OBJECTS Individualised Purposed Metadata Facets

  18. Thesauri Authority Files Topics Supplementary Funding Aids Popular Searches Locations Purposes Services Landscape Perspectives

  19. CUSTOMER/ BROKER BROKER/ SUPPLIER SEARCH LOCATE REQUEST DELIVER AUTHENTI CATION PAYMENT RIGHTS HELPERS The GAIA Service Model

  20. Focus on Purpose • Research • Lifelong Learning & Training • Business • Civic & Community Information • Lifestyle • Leisure & Entertainment

  21. Individualisation • My landscape • My services • My Purpose • My Real World

  22. Purpose Hybrid Information Space Resource Service Authentication Payment Rights Generic Services The Real World

  23. New Services for a Learning Society • Curatorial - Catalog • Instructional - Curriculum • Individual - Desktop The acid test for Libraries, Archives and Museums

  24. IMS Learning Environment Asset Management Management Information Instructional ManagementSystem (IMS) Components

  25. Instructional Management Asset Management Student Management Hybrid Information Space The Learning Environment Challenge

  26. And finally... Metadata is King

  27. We need good environmentalists... 1. Understand information ecology 2. Respect other traditions 3. Get your house in order 4. Promote good practice globally 5. Be active locally 6. Remember the answer is here

  28. David Kay dkay@fdgroup.co.uk Fretwell-Downing Informatics 861 Ecclesall Road Sheffield S11 7AE United Kingdom +44 (0)114 281 6040 www.fdgroup.co.uk

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