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Año: 2002
Autor: Johann Van Reenen, Editor
Título: Digital Libraries and Virtual Workplaces. Important Initiatives for Latin America in the Information Age
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Metadata
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CORC at Cornell: http://ivy.mannlib.cornell.edu/corc/
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Metadata
Tutorials:
W3C Home Page: http://www.w3.org/
Links to Information Literacy Resources: http://www.polaris.nova.edu/~vern/il.html
New Library Jobs:
Example of a non-traditional job description
for a new type of digital library worker from an e-mail posted on the Science
and Lechnology Librarians Listserve, STS-L, [email protected];
08/15/2000, 7:30 AM –0400: “Knowledge Architecht - additional position – CA”
“Our client, a dynamic, successful provider of a
product that enables web-site visitors to find what they want without knowing
exactly how to ask for it.”
Responsibilities:
- Modeling business knowledge of our customers. Architect Knowledge Maps,taxonomies and templates to guarantee a superior user experience;
- Facilitate knowledge transfer from client Subject Matter Experts.
- Identify top level interaction flows and taxonomies;
- Responsible for modeling the end user experience.
- Be responsible for the implementation inside our ESP of a set of taxonomies;
- Design and develop a user interaction, using a dialog language, a patent-pending technology;
- Participate in the effort of constantly improving our processes and best practices based on experience acquired on projects;
- Interface with Project Managers, User Interface Team Members, Web Development Engineers and QA Engineers
Qualifications:
- Previous experience in knowledge-based systems implementation or in linguistics, in building taxonomies or ontologies. Sensitivity to human machine interaction issues;
- Experience in object-oriented modeling (UML);
- Successful experience in user modeling and highly interactive systems.
- Demonstrated success in projects using content management, classification and information retrieval techniques;
- Proven track record of working well with clients and subject matter experts (experience as a consultant a plus);
- Ability to quickly become familiar with content provided by customer;
- Ability to complete projects on time and within budget;
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Good analytical skills;
- Willing to travel occasionally to client locations (primarily US);
- Masters degree in Human Computer Interaction, Anthropology, Information/Library Science, AI, Computer Science or with at least 5 years of relevant experience