2.3.8 GEM (Gateway to Educational Materials)
Lead
U.S Department of Education
Origin
U.S.A
Background
Founded in 1996, GEM established and developed the architecture, software, and training materials
necessary to build and maintain The Gateway to Educational Materials which was introduced in 1997. This
project has been funded at least in part with Federal funds from the U.S. Department of Education.
Consortium members range from government agencies, both federal and state, educational institutions, non
profit and commercial organizations.
As of May 2004, educators can access over 40,000 records from over 600 Consortium member collections by
searching or browsing The Gateway. GEM uses a new, advanced retrieval engine named Seamark from
Siderean Software. The engine is built around a search technique called "faceted searching".
URL
http://www.thegateway.org/
Aims and
The aim is to expand educators capability to access Internet based lesson plans, instructional units and other
Objectives
educational materials in all forms and formats.
GEM s goal is to improve the organization and accessibility of the substantial collections of materials that are
already available on various federal, state, university, non profit, and commercial Internet sites.
The Gateway to Educational Materials
SM
is a Consortium effort to provide educators with quick and easy
access to thousands of educational resources found on various federal, state, university, non profit, and
commercial Internet sites.
GEM uses a new, advanced retrieval engine named Seamark from Siderean Software to help you find
resources that meet your needs. The engine is built around a search technique called "faceted searching".
Faceted searching combines the processes of searching for specific words somewhat as one does in Yahoo!
and Google
with browsing descriptions of resources based on what are called "facets." The result is a
powerful new interface that supports exploration as well as discovery of resources.
Metadata
Dublin Core
Standards
Content
unable to find information at time of writing
Packaging
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