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gils: Government of Canada GILS Pilot Project

Government of Canada GILS Pilot Project

Brodie Nancy (neb@nlo.nlc-bnc.ca)
Fri, 08 Nov 1996 16:55:00 -0800 (PST) 

Date: Fri, 08 Nov 1996 16:55:00 -0800 (PST)
From: Brodie Nancy <neb@nlo.nlc-bnc.ca>
Subject: Government of Canada GILS Pilot Project
To: GILS Forum <gils@cni.org>
Message-Id: <3283D67D@its.nlc-bnc.ca>


Canadian GILS Pilot Project  URL: http://gils.gc.ca

The Government of Canada announces the launch of a Canadian Government 
Information Locator Service (GILS) Pilot Project.

Governments are increasingly recognizing the value of metadata to improve 
access to government information on the Internet, to help users gain access 
to information resources which are not available on-line and to support 
management of growing collections of electronic information.  The 
interdepartmental GILS Subgroup of the Canadian federal government has 
assessed the Government Information Locator Service and is proposing it as 
the standard for common content and structure for the description of 
government information resources.

The Treasury Board Secretariat and the GILS Subgroup are coordinating a GILS 
Pilot Project within the Canadian federal government to determine if the 
GILS record is sufficient to describe and provide access to government 
information resources; to evaluate the Government Telecommunications and 
Informatics Service's GILS record creation tool and central GILS record 
repository; and to help departments and agencies identify requirements for 
creating, maintaining and updating GILS records. The Pilot Project began on 
November 1, 1996.

Please visit the Canadian GILS Pilot Project site at:  http://gils.gc.ca and 
send us your comments.

Nancy Brodie and Fay Turner
National Library of Canada

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Nancy Brodie                  Phone: (613) 947-5887
Information Resource Management    Fax:   (613) 996-3573
National Library of Canada         Internet:
Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0N4      Nancy.Brodie@nlc-bnc.ca
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