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Presenting the Danish Center of Knowledge Technology. Mogens Sandfaer CVT - DTV - DTU ms@dtv.dk. Organisational context. CVT , Center of Knowledge Technology Is a part of DTV , Danish Technical Knowledge Center Which is a part of DTU , Danish Technical University. CVT Profile.
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Presenting the DanishCenter of Knowledge Technology Mogens Sandfaer CVT - DTV - DTU ms@dtv.dk
Organisational context • CVT, Center of Knowledge Technology • Is a part of • DTV, Danish Technical Knowledge Center • Which is a part of • DTU, Danish Technical University
CVT Profile • Development of IT-based systems for the communication, management and publication of scientific information • Started 10 years ago, based on DTV´s history of developing library automation systems (ALIS) and close links to CERN and the early WorldWideWeb project
CVT Focus Areas • Digital libraries • Virtual union catalogs, database cross-searching • E-journal systems, authorization, payment • Web harvesting and indexing systems • Subject based information gateways, etc • Electronic publishing • Migrating print journals to the web • Editorial workflow systems for (secondary) journals • Institutional repositories / open archives / e-print databases
CVT Project Types • International development projects • European projects: 6 projects supported by the EU Commissionsince 1994 • Nordic projects: 5 projects supported by NORDINFO or NORDUNETsince 1993 • UNESCO/ISTIC: DISTIC feasibility study, 2002 • National development projects • Danish national digital library (DEF), 1998- • Digital Article Database Systen (DADS), 1996-
CVT Project Types (cont.) • Local projects at DTV-DTU • INFONET (2002-4) • Organising all information services in a single coherentand standardised XML architecture • Supporting an integrated portal/web-interface- regardless of information type and storage • Supporting many differents portals • Integrating with virtual learning environments - in an open way
CVT and GMSVU • Digital library services for the virtual learning environment • Do virtual libraries and virtual universites add up?
Common portal A virtual (digital) library Web index - general Web index - special Journal directory E-article database E-preprints & reports Books from libraries Books from Amazon etc
Common portal A virtual learning space Course catalogue Course calendar Lecture notes, videos Exercises & tests Discussion forums Document sharing Personal spaces
Common portal Common portal Common portal XML Web Services Web index - general Web index - special Journal directory E-article database E-preprints & reports Books from libraries Books from Amazon etc Course catalogue Course calendar Lecture notes, videos Exercises & tests Discussion forums Document sharing Personal spaces Adding up?
Course calendar Lecture notes Exercises & tests Discussion forum Web search engine Books Electronic journals Selected web sites
Electronic journals