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    Jean Godby, Ph.D.
    Research Scientist
    <P>I currently manage the <A href="../projects/mswitch/1_schematrans.htm">Metadata Schema Transformations</A> project.</P>
<P>During my eleven years in OCLC Research, I have contributed many projects involving subject classification, content analysis, and the organization of full-text document collections. These projects include:</P>
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<LI>An early large-scale prototype of an <A href="http://digitalarchive.oclc.org/da/ViewObject.jsp">electronic publishing</A> system 
<LI>Numerous information retrieval and automatic indexing experiments 
<LI>The <A href="http://www.ifla.org/documents/libraries/cataloging/oclcmeta.htm">Dublin Core metadata standard</A> 
<LI>Electronic adaptations of the Dewey Decimal Classification 
<LI>The <A href="http://purl.org/oclc/wordsmith/">WordSmith</A> project 
<LI>The <A href="../projects/auto_class/default.htm">Automatic Classification</A> project </LI></UL>
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<LI>"Metadata Switch: Thinking about Some Metadata Management and Knowledge Organization Issues in the Changing Research and Learning Landscape." With Lorcan Dempsey, Eric R. Childress, Thomas B. Hickey, Andrew Houghton, Diane Vizine-Goetz, and Jeff Young. In <EM>EScholarship: A LITA Guide</EM>, ed. Debra Shapiro (2005). A February 2005 preprint is available online: <A href="../publications/archive/2004/dempsey-mslitaguide.pdf" target=_blank>http://www.oclc.org/research/publications/archive/2004/dempsey-mslitaguide.pdf</A> <SPAN class=small>(PDF:824K/25pp.)</SPAN> 
<LI>"A Repository of Metadata Crosswalks." With Jeffrey A. Young and Eric Childress. <EM>D-Lib Magazine</EM> 10,12 (December 2004). Available online at: <A href="http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december04/godby/12godby.html">http://www.dlib.org/dlib/december04/godby/12godby.html</A>. 
<LI>"What do Application Profiles Reveal About the Learning Object Metadata Standard?" <EM>Ariadne</EM> 41 (October 2004). Available online at: <A href="http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue41/godby/">http://www.ariadne.ac.uk/issue41/godby/</A>.<BR></LI></UL>
    
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<LI><A href="../presentations/godby/alao200605.ppt" target=_blank><STRONG>Terminology mining at OCLC</STRONG></A> <SPAN class=small>(PPT: 676K/26 slides)</SPAN><BR><ACRONYM title="Academic Library Association of Ohio">ALAO</ACRONYM> Technical Services Interest Group Spring Workshop, 19 May 2006, Columbus, Ohio </A>(USA) </LI></UL>
    
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