Case Study: eduSource and the Athabasca University Digital Library Project
Published in ASTD (original submitted article), 2004
This case study explores Athabasca University’s participation in the eduSource project, a pan-Canadian initiative to build an interoperable network of learning object repositories based on international standards.
Key contributions from AU included:
- Development of ADLib, a standards-compliant metadata repository application.
- Creation of the Digital Reading Room (DRR), an online repository of course materials.
- Tools such as the MARC–IEEE LOM converter, intelligent agents for FAQs, broken link checking, and learning object recommendations.
- Open source APIs and services for metadata validation, identifier resolution, and Java bindings for LOM standards.
The project demonstrated AU’s commitment to putting all of its courses online and provided a foundation for interoperable, standards-based e-learning repositories across Canada and internationally:contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}.
Recommended citation: McGreal, R., Anderson, T., Hubick, C., Lin, F., Sosteric, M., Tin, T., & Yasynska, O. (2004). "Case Study: eduSource and the Athabasca University Digital Library Project." ASTD (submitted article).
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