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W. Reinhardt
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Date sent: Sat, 9 Dec 95 10:37:52 CST
To: reinhardt _at__ wupper.bib.uni-wuppertal.de
From: "Gerry McKiernan" <JL.GJM _at__ ISUMVS.IASTATE.EDU>
Subject: Participatory WWW Database Development and Resource Classification
As part of a planned enhancement of CyberStacks(sm) - my
recently-announced, demonstration prototype 'virtual' Science
and Technology Reference Collection, I plan to initiate
a program of 'Participatory Database Development' (PDD)
that will involve two major components:
1) Solicitation from a defined community of users,
recommednations of WWW/Internet resources they
believe should be included and/or added to
a section of the CyberStacks(sm) collection
If appropriate funding is provide, we plan to
fully develop the Agriculture (S) of CyberStacks(sm)
by organizing within its framework, all _significant_
WWW/Internet resources of a Reference nature that
that are document-like objects (e.g. serial or
monographic works) and/or discrete resource (e.g
a WWW research service (e.g. MathSearch)).
During the construction of this section, we will
contact appropriate potential users of this section
through relevant listserv and newsgroup broadcasts.
requesting suggestions of resources for inclusion and
incorporation. Those resource suggested by participants
will be reviewed and given the highest priority for
inclusion within CyberStacks(sm).
For those resources which are requested but not currently
available, we will re-search the Net for such a resource
or one of a similar nature, and incorporate it if found.
If not found to be available, we will contact an appropriate
publisher as recommend that such a work be considered for
Web publication
2) During and after this solicitation process, we
will request that users suggest the most specific
category _or_ categories within Cyber Stacks(sm)
where a recommended or incorporated resource may
be classified, or may _also_ be classified.
The intent of this component is to place resources
where users themselves would expect to find them
as well as in places where librarians believe they
_should_ be classified.
In placing resources in more than one category we
will be embarking on a further development of CyberStacks(sm)
that makes greater use of the hypertext functionally of
the Web browsers themselves and the versatility of the
CyberStacks(sm) scheme.
In preparation for these planned enhancements and studies,
I am interested in specific projects of a similar nature or
other studies that have involved 'participatory database development'.
I am particularly interested in studies of user-designated, or user-
defined or user-enhanced categorization of resources, preferably
within a hypermedia environment.
I would also appreciate any and all comments, thoughts or reactions to
this approach.
If you have not already visited the CyberStacks(sm) prototype, please
pay a visit; the NEW URL for CyberStacks(sm) is:
http://www.public.iastate/edu/~CYBERSTACKS/
Virtually,
Gerry McKiernan
Curator, CyberStacks(sm)
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011
gerrymck _at__ iastate.edu
"The Future IS Now!"
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