Kent State University Main Campus

Project Director:  Michael Kreyche

To Support:  Development of a collaborative framework for building a bilingual (Spanish-English) list of subject headings for access to libraries materials.  The project would exploit Web technologies for data gathering and enable broad-based collaboration so that use of the database contributes added value.

Award Dates:  09/01/2007 - 08/31/2008

Outright Funds: $29,994.  Matching Funds: $0

Abstract: This proposal describes a prototype for a new kind of digital subject heading list to overcome some limitations of the traditional reference tools, printed thesauri, and catalog-based authority files. It will encompass multiple sources and focus on collaborative development and management of data using emerging web technologies. Specifically designed to be bilingual (English/Spanish), it may also have applications for monolingual vocabulary lists.

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Jointly Funded by the NEH and the Institute of Museum and Library Services.