DCMI and the National Library of Finland are pleased to announce that
Finland has become DCMI's first National Affiliate. The DCMI Affiliate
program is intended to provide a stronger link between local communities of
practice and the Initiative. Affiliates will help promote the adoption of
Dublin Core specifications, and provide a training and consulting foundation
to help promulgate adoption of DC specifications. They will also maintain
translations of base DCMI standards and documentation as appropriate for the
locale. Affiliates will help support the infrastructure and management of
DCMI, and in return, will assume a growing governance role in the
Initiative.
Juha Hakala, Director, Information Technology for the National Library, and
a long time Dublin Core partipant, sees DCMI Affiliation as an important
strategic link between the National Library and many non-traditional
constituents of the National Library.
Finland has adopted Dublin Core as a basic part of the government's
information technology strategy, making DC a Finnish National Standard
published by the Finnish Standards Association SFS, and maintained &
supported by the National Library.
More information on DCMI Affiliates can be found at:
http://dublincore.org/about/affiliates/
More information on the National Library of Finland can be found at:
http://www.lib.helsinki.fi/english/index.htm
Stuart Weibel Juha Hakala
Executive Director Director, Information Technology
Dublin Core Metadata Initiative Helsinki University Library
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