[TopicMapsInLIS] [topicmapmail] topic maps library catalogs

[Liliana Melgar E.]

Hi,

I recently wrote my master thesis on a preliminary state of the art of
the applications of Topic Maps in Museums, Libraries and Archives. The
following is a list of cases. The main use I found was the FRBRization
of library catalogs and in the Digital Humanities. I compiled an
extensive bibliography on the topic that I can shate with those
interested on it. Tho the subjecte mailing list "topicmapsinLIS" is
devoted to the subject.


Catalogs of libraries, archives, museums
- Danmarks Kunstbiblioteks katalog (prototype not implemented) (Denmark)
- Fundación Germán Sánchez Ruipérez. Uses “Tema Tres”, supported by
Topic Maps, in their digital library. (Spain)
- Korean National Library (prototype in implementation) (Korea)
- Stanford University Libraries’ HighWire Press:
http://highwire.stanford.edu/help/hbt/ (browsing aid based on indexing
terms).
(USA)
- The Royal Library (prototype not implemented) (Denmark)

Digital collections in the Humanities
- Arppeanet (Finland)
- Arthurian Legend.
http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/tm4dh/topicmaps/arthurianLegend.xtm (USA)
- Assembly Media Gallery 2004-2005 (Finland)
- Auslit. http://www.austlit.edu.au/
- (Note: it is inspired by Topic Maps but not run by a topic map). (Australia)
- Cedeca. http://www.cedeca.it/progetto.aspx
- (Note: about 1600 topics and 4000 associations) (Italy. University of Pavia)
- Classical Mythology.
http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/tm4dh/topicmaps/mythology.xtm (USA)
- Collections of Finnish National Gallery http://www.fng.fi (Finland)
- Fish trout, you’re out (prototype) (Australia)
- Kiasmart (Finland)
- Korean Folk Music (Pansori) Retrieval System (Korea)
- Korean Historical resources (Korea)
- Mauritius Collection (prototype not implemented). (Australia)
- Mediateekki & Media Archive. (Finland)
- Musica Migrans. http://www.musicamigrans.de/. (Germany)
- New Zealand Electronic Text Centre (NZETC) at Victoria University of
Wellington http://www.nzetc.org/ (New Zealand)
- The Emigration Museum. www.museu-emigrantes.org (Portugal)
- The folklore collection of the University of Athens Greek Literature
Department (Greece)
- The Living Memory (in progress) (Germany)
- The Swinburne Project (USA)
http://www.letrs.indiana.edu/tm4dh/topicmaps/swinburne.xtm.
http://swinburnearchive.indiana.edu/swinburne/www/swinburne/index.html
- Town again (Note: taken offline due to copyright issues) (Finland)
- WebKat.hu http://www.webkat.hu/scripts/webkat (Hungary) Newspaper
content delivery in libraries
- Topic Maps Presentation Framework for newspaper content delivering
(New Zealand, Australia)
- OmniPaper (Canada) http://canada.esat.kuleuven.ac.be/omnipaper/

Other uses of Topic Maps in MLA
- Hálózatos Irodalom (Hungary) http://mekmester.oszk.hu:8080/itm/tmv/index.htm
- (E-learning application on Hungarian literature for secondary school
students created by the National Library of Hungary)
- Picture Australia: National treasures
http://nationaltreasures.nla.gov.au/ (Australia) (temporary Website
for a traveling exhibition)
- Potnia (tool for creating subject pathways using Topic Maps, DC, RDF) (Spain)
- Chung Hua University Library (pathfinder). (China)
- Tema Tres (a tool for creating thesaurus –out of the scope of this
thesis though, it is for Information Architecture)
http://tematres.r020.com.ar/index.html (Argentina)

Feasibility studies reported in papers or mailing lists
(information on conclusions is not available, and it’s not official)
- National Archives and Records Administration (NARA).
www.diglib.org/forums/spring2007/presentations/nguyen.pdf (USA)
- National Library of New Zealand
- National Library of Norway



2009/8/27 Carlo Moneti <cmoneti at twcny.rr.com>:
> Hi,
>
> A quick thought on topic maps for library catalogs (or ILSs), for
> enhanced book listings and linking to other subjects:
>
>  * A collaborative (nation-wide, world-wide) service where books are
> cataloged as a topic, and those topics are enhanced with additional
> details and associations by participants.
>
>  * This creates a massively distributed process of topics enhancement,
> which can be easily shared by all.
>  * A librarian receiving a new book, would enter information into its
> ILS by looking up the title on the collaborative service and downloading
> its topic information into its database.
>
>  * Library patrons would gain access to hugely more detailed and related
> information on a title via the catalog. Also, catalog "browsing"
> functionality could reach a whole new level. Think, "discover books" or
> even "discover subjects" (subjects you didn't know people were already
> writing about).
>
> Any thoughts? Are their any topic maps based library catalogs (or ILSs)
> available or being developed today?
>
> Thanks,
> Carlo Moneti
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-- 
Liliana Melgar
Erasmus Mundus student
International Master in Digital Library Learning
http://dill.hio.no