Instruction Toolkit for
Textiles and Engineering Services
Information for Librarians : The Instruction Toolkit database
During the 2004-05 academic year we have been working to redesign and reconstruct
the web presense for the Curriculum Integrated Instruction program. This effort has also
coincided with an attempt to better organize the instruction documents that we use during
teaching sessions. We have begun placing our instruction documents online for three
reasons.
- To allow NCSU faculty to browse library instruction materials for use in their
classes and illustrate to them the components of our instruction program
- To provide electronic copies of handouts and presentation slides to students
who increasingly request them
- To better facilitate sharing ideas and content among librarians at NC State
In order to facilitate online access to instruction documents, we have developed
a metadata repository for instruction documents. The staff involved in the curriculum
integrated instruction program have developed a relational database model tailored to
our local instruction program. Librarians enter information into the database and upload
their documents to a web server so that they can be accessed online in a dynamic browse
environment.
The Dublin Core metadata scheme forms the foundation for our database model because
it is the instruction document that exists at the center of this portion of the online
environment. The standard Dublin Core set of sixteen elements is well suited to our
task because it was designed for online materials and provides a framework that
meets our basic requirements:
- A method for uniquely identifying individual documents;
- Providing the framework for enhanced access in a browsable environment; and
- The ability to create relationships among instruction documents
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