Dear meta2:
Although this message might be of real value only for the German
speaking audience among us (of which there seems to be quite a
substantial proportion), I want to inform also the rest of you of a
new discussion forum for metadata (particularly DC) issues.
This new mailinglist is called META-BIB and is part of the META-LIB
project (a metadata initiative of German libraries). Conforming to
the overall purposes of the META-LIB project, this list is to address
issues related to the description of electronic resources. The
ventage point will be from a library perspective but allows for
interdisciplinary view-points as well. In the course of the
discussions, a special emphasis will be given to the development and
implementation of metadata formats such as the Dublin Core. Another
important aspect will be reports on the development of the META-LIB
project.
Although the discussion will largely be in German, contributions in
English are certainly most welcome at any time. We would particularly
be delighted if major developments (such as reports, RFCs or metadata
tools) or relevant workshops were also announced (directly
cross-posted) in the META-BIB list.
META-BIB is an unmoderated list and hosted at the DBI (the
German libraries institute) in Berlin. Information on this list
(including mail archive) can be found at:
http://www.dbi-berlin.de/cgi-bin/lwgate/lwgate/META-BIB/
A subsription form for META-BIB is available at:
http://www.dbi-berlin.de/cgi-bin/lwgate/lwgate/META-BIB/subscribe.html
Alternatively, send an e-mail to [log in to unmask] with the
following message in the mail body (you may ignore the subject
field): subscribe meta-bib
Information on META-LIB is available at the project's homepage:
http://www.dbi-berlin.de/projekte/einzproj/meta/meta00.htm
or on the metadata-server at SUB Goettingen:
http://www2.sub.uni-goettingen.de
Unfortunately, most of this information is only available in German
at that point. Resouce pages in English are in preparation and will
be made available asap.
There will also be a metadata workshop hosted by META-LIB at SUB
Goettingen on June 22 - 23. The topic will be: Metadata: New
Perspectives for the Description of Networked Resources in Libraries.
Further information and the workshop program will soon be available
at:
http://www.dbi-berlin.de/projekte/einzproj/meta/meta04/programm.htm
Best regards,
R.S.
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Dr. Ralf Schimmer
Projekt META-LIB
Niedersaechsische Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek
D-37070 Goettingen
Tel: +49 551 395230 / Fax: +49 551 393199
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