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Research Projects at the APLab |
Adaptive Library Network Interface Project
An example of the APLab's projects is the Adaptive Network Library Interface
(ANLI). This 4-year project explores the potential of a new highly parallel
organization of access to information. ANLI is a computer program that stands
as a buffer between the users of an online public access catalog and the catalog
itself. In contrast to the classical paradigm, in which access depends on the
matching of descriptions of resources to descriptions of problems, the ANLI
will store and retrieve links among information-bearing materials. These links
are to be accessed by the users of the ANLI. ANLI is intended to increase the
value of the catalog for the users and should provide librarians with new and
useful information about the collection. Test sites will be established at 4
library collections. Research topics will include: examination of the
structure(s) of knowledge reflected by that network, and study of the relation
of the ANLI network among materials to other patterns of communication among
the users themselves. The project is budgeted at $450,000. The U.S. Department
of Education is providing major support under the Title II-D program, and
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Contact Cecilia S. Gal, Programs
Administrator
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