INFORUM 2006 - 12. Annual Conference On Professional Information Resources

Information System Media Education (ISM): Networking for a New Digital Reference Tool [poster / contribution]

Author: Heike vom Orde,  Bavarian Broadcasting Corporation (BR), Germany

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Abstract

The Information System Media Education (in German: Informationssystem Medienpaedagogik - ISM) is the most extensive digital reference tool on the topic of media education in the German-speaking area.

ISM represents a joint effort for the integration of existing reference databases, project information and catalogues of educational media. The comprehensive aim of the project and the diverse information demands on behalf of our target groups (librarians, teachers, journalists, scholars) require a network of partners (libraries, documentation centres, research institutions, German Media Broadcasting Authorities, German Federal Agency for Civic Education) who contribute their specific thematic emphases and expertise the field of media education.

The objectives of ISM are not only the integration of freely available information via the internet but also the creation of a direct and complete access to the required subject-related information. The six databases of ISM dispose of a common database design which guarantees easy handling. There is no need for detailed knowledge about the structure of the individual database. The user may start a search request in all databases respectively in a selection of them. ISM is available free of charge on the internet and on CD-ROM.

About the author

Heike vom Orde
Graduate Education: M.A. in Psychology and German Literature, Dipl-Bibl. (degree on academic librarianship)
Present Title: Head of documentation Institution: International Central Institute for Youth and Educational Television (an international documentation and research centre on children's, youth and educational TV)
Selected Presentations: IFLA annual conferences 2003 and 2004 (Berlin/Buenos Aires); Internet Librarian International 2005 (London); DGI 2003 (Leipzig); ISI 2004 (Chur)