Support the Learner: What, Where, When and Who

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Support the Learner What, Where, When and
Who Michael Buckland, University of California,
Berkeley. Our work is based on four ideas 1.
Understanding means knowing the context. 2.
Could the use of digital resources be made more
like using a well-organized library reference
collection? 3. How could it be easier to find
context of any museum object, document, or
performance What is related to it in what it
is, where it came from, when it originated, and
who was associated with it? 4. Distinguishing
WHAT, WHERE, WHEN, and WHO provides a useful
structure.
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Support for the Learner with a Query
Facet Vocabulary Displays WHAT
Thesaurus Cross- e.g. LCSH
references WHERE Gazetteer Map WHEN
Period directory Timeline WHO Biograph.
dict. Personal e.g. Whos Who relations
Any catalog Archives, Libraries, Museums, TV,
Publishers
Any resource Audio, Images, Texts, Numeric data,
Objects, Virtual reality, Webpages
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Vocabularies are the key! Want Kung-fu
movies? Use LCSH Hand-to-hand fighting,
oriental, in motion pictures.
Linking vocabularies WHAT, WHERE, WHEN Library
subject headings Topic Geographic subdivision
Chronological subdivision Place name
gazetteer Place name Type Spatial markers
(Lat long) When Time Period Directory Period
name Type Time markers (Calendar) Where
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WHEN Time Period Directory Timeline
Link to Catalog Link to Wikipedia
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WHO Biographical Dictionary Complex
relationships
Life events metadata WHAT Actions
prisoner WHERE Places Holstein WHEN Times
1261-1262 WHO People Margaret Sambiria Need
external links
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Any document, object, or performance
Connect it with its context and other resources.
Facet Vocabulary Displays WHAT
Thesaurus Cross- e.g. LCSH
references WHERE Gazetteer Map WHEN
Period directory Timeline WHO Biograph.
dict. Personal e.g. Whos Who relations
Any catalog Archives, Libraries, Museums, TV,
Publishers
Any resource Audio, Images, Texts, Numeric data,
Objects, Virtual reality, Webpages
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ECAI Cultural Atlases presenting history in its
geographical chronological contexts