ETB generic

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European Schools Treasury Browser ‘ETB’

ETB’s Objectives: 

ETB’s Objectives IST ‘Digital Content and Cultural Heritage’ RTD Web educational resource for educators and learners Metadata infrastructure for schools in Europe Link high-quality educational repositories Encourage and support new publication

Outcomes: 

Outcomes European Subject Thesaurus and Classification Smart data-entry system Metadata Creation Tool Dynamic Metadata network Harvesting Web sites -PULL- Searching repositories remotely -Z39.50- Transfer metadata records to registry -PUSH- Searchable Resource Library

Outcomes II“Soft” Elements: 

Outcomes II “Soft” Elements Guidelines for quality management Uniform descriptors for schools Quality selection criteria Interoperability Extension of Dublin Core Semantics Controlled Vocabulary Integrating a Thesaurus in the metadata

Workpackages : 

Workpackages Survey of Repositories Quality Criteria Multilingualism Technical Layer Evaluation & Communication

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Survey of Repositories - 50 questions About General characteristics of the educational repository, scope, content focus, size Practice and Use Practical issues: technologies used, editorial conventions, other services Quality Maintenance & Metadata Quality assurance processes, use of metadata

Research on Quality Criteria: 

Research on Quality Criteria Research on quality assessment (WP3) Recommendations on quality processes Quality management scheme Guidelines on Harmonisation and Standardisation (WP4) Description of sources to be included Collaboration with Ministries of Education

Multilingualism: 

Multilingualism Schools Repository Thesaurus (WP5) Multilingual Thesaurus 5 languages 1000 terms Multilingualism (WP6) CLIR thesauri Cross-concordance of classification schemes Simple automatic translation tool Guidelines for authors

Technical Layer: 

Technical Layer Metadata Toolkit (WP8) Publication of metadata Metadata Networking Infrastructure (WP9) PUSH and PULL Metadata Registry, Search, Edit Control (WP10) Ingest, index and organise metadata records

Communication & Evaluation : 

Communication & Evaluation Dissemination and Implementation (WP7) Connect with related projects and initiatives Encourage use of ETB tools and services Foster adoption of conventions Community building Web, Brochure, eNews, Handbook Assessment and Evaluation (WP11)

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http://etb.eun.org

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Workshops Workshop 1 [September 2000 ] Classification areas How to share Metadata Seminar [November 2000 ] Quality Assurance Workshop 2 [May 2001] Quality management, quality criteria Multilingual Concordances Workshop 3 [February 2002 ] Thesaurus: Final version ETB: Outcomes

About ETB: 

About ETB 26 months Start: 1st February 2000 Total Funding: 1.798.768 Euros Partners: Committee for European Schoolnet Biblioteca di Documentazione Pedagogica              Danmarks EDB Center for Forskning og      European Commission Joint Research Centre            Lund University           Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin  Fundación Universidad Empresa  FWU Institut für Film und Bild in Wissenschaft MAKASH   Lambrakis Research Foundation   Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche      InformationsZentrum Sozialwissenschaften          

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European Treasury Browser ETB http://etb.eun.org etb@eun.org