_Brave New Word: Navigating Meaning in Digital Collections_

[Gerry Mckiernan]

_Brave New Word:
    Navigating Meaning in Digital Collections_

    For a survey article I am currently preparing,
I would great appreciate learning of current efforts that are investigating
the application of thesauri or like systems of Managed
Conceptual Navigation for enhanced access
to Web/Net resources.

    I am interested in services that have applied
controlled vocabulary in an indexing/cataloging  process for Web collection
such as the Scout Report Signpost (http://www.signpost.org/) or OMNI (
http://omni.ac.uk/umls/) as well as
Web-accessible commercial databases that employ
versatile vocabulary access and manipulation
(e.g., NISC [http://wwww.nisc.com]).

    I am greatly interested in alternative
presentation of thesauri (e.g., Xia Lin's
SiteMap SOM application to INSPEC descriptors
[http://lislin.gws.uky.edu/Sitemap/Sitemap.html]
or the visual thesaurus of Plumb Design
[http://www.plumbdesign.com].

   I am most particularly interested in learning about the availability of
key reports and most important copies of papers prepared or in preparation
for the forthcoming ISKO and ASIS
conferences that relate to Thesauri.

    As always, Any Contributions, Comments, Queries, Critiques, or
Questions, etc. are Most Welcome!

Gerry McKiernan
Curator, CyberStacks(sm)
and
Theoretical Librarian
Iowa State University
Ames IA 50011

gerrymck at iastate.edu
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~CYBERSTACKS/

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