2008-04-28, The organizing committee of DC-2008 is pleased to announce two of four keynote speakers for this year's conference: Kurt Mehlhorn (Max Planck Society), and Ute Schwens (German National Library). In addition to this keynotes there will be paper and poster presentations and several open meetings of DCMI Communities, Task Groups and on other topics of interest to the community. Following the Call for Papers, the Program Committee received over 70 submissions for papers, posters and project reports that will be evaluated by 53 reviewers until 15 May 2008.

2008-04-28, The early bird registration for DC-2008 is scheduled to open on 1 June 2008. An individual online registration system will be available on the conference Web site. To find the perfect accommodation for your stay during the conference, we have picked some well-equipped and conveniently located hotels for you. Participants are now welcome to book their accommodation online.

2008-04-28, Siderean Software, Inc., a Los Angeles-based semantic search company, has joined the British Library in stepping forward to assist in funding the DCMI/RDA Task Group. "The efforts of the library community in developing next-generation standards for cataloging metadata has the potential to inform the work of the Semantic Web community in ways that go far beyond its application to libraries," said Bradley Allen, Founder and CTO of Siderean. "Siderean is pleased to be able to help out by providing funding assistance for the DCMI/RDA project." See also information on the DCMI Partnership Program.

2008-04-28, The National Library of Finland, the first organization to join the DCMI Affiliate Program in 2003, has extended its Affiliation until 2011.

2008-04-28, Public Comment on the Working Draft "Description Set Profiles: A constraint language for Dublin Core Application Profiles" is now closed. Comments received will be further discussed on the DC-ARCHITECTURE mailing list.

2008-04-14, The DCMI Directorate and the chairs of the DCMI/RDA Task Group are happy to announce that The British Library has agreed to provide financial support to the activities of the DCMI/RDA Task Group. See also the Activity Sponsor page of the DCMI Partnership Program.

2008-03-31, The DCMI Directorate invites organizations to join the new DCMI Partnership Program. This program is intended for organizations that want to associate themselves with DCMI and provide financial support to the activities of DCMI. There are several levels and options in the program that may be of interest to companies and public organizations. For further information, see the Partnership Program page.