University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, School of Information and Library Science)

The Metadata Research Center (MRC) at the School of Information and Library Science, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, and the National Evolutionary Synthesis (NESCent) Center in Durham, North Carolina will use the Helping Interdisciplinary Vocabulary Engineering (HIVE) model to dynamically integrate multiple discipline-specific controlled vocabularies encoded with Simple Knowledge Organization Systems (SKOS). HIVE is an innovative approach and model designed to cater to the growing controlled vocabulary needs of curatorial and cataloging information professionals in the library, museum, and archival communities. It will address the need to provide efficient, affordable, interoperable, and user-friendly access to controlled vocabularies during metadata creation activities. Continuing educations for library, museum, and archival professionals will be provided as part of this project to reinforce the importance of new enabling technologies that can assist in the development and use of controlled vocabularies.