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# Dublin Core Metadata—Exploration for Memory Institutions As the mainstream Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI) progressed, RLG was an early explorer of the impact of the Dublin Core on the practices of research institutions such as libraries, museums, and archives. Would they make use of Dublin Core? In what ways might they use it? Would it change any of their processes—or merely add to them? In 1997 RLG hosted a "Metadata Summit" to explore these topics. Since then, we have continued to be involved in significant efforts to advance the Dublin Core from concept to practice—such as the best practices guide developed by CIMI on behalf of the museum community and the DCMI Libraries Working Group discussions to create an application profile for libraries' use of the Dublin Core. Summary of the Metadata Summit Proposed Guidelines for Extending the Use of Dublin Core [link to "/legacy/rlgnews/news44.html" target="_blank"]"The News talks with metadata experts Waibel and Erway" RLG News Issue 44, Fall 1997 Dublin Core Metadata Initiative DCMI Libraries Working Group CIMI Guide to Best Practice: Dublin Core, version 1.1 ## Participants Twenty-three invited participants attended the summit meeting; these included individuals chosen because they could either represent or address concerns of one or more research communities or standards efforts. Since many participants "wore multiple hats," each was asked to ensure representation for at least one particular community. Those communities are indicated in parentheses below. Those named in italics were the meeting planners. Murtha Baca (Categories for the Description of Works of Art) Project Manager, Standards and Research Databases Getty Information Institute Nancy Brodie (National Library of Canada, Government Information Locator Service) Information Resource Management National Library of Canada Joseph Busch (general museum community) Program Manager Getty Information Institute John Byrum (Library of Congress) Regional and Cooperative Cataloging Division Library of Congress Sherman Clarke (Visual Resources Association) Head, Original Cataloging New York University Jim Coleman (Text Encoding Initiative) Head, Academic Computing for the Humanities Stanford University Stephen Davis (Unable to attend) Director, Library Systems, Columbia University Michael Fox (Encoded Archival Description) Head of Processing Minnesota Historical Society Peter Graham (TEI/Center for Electronic Texts in the Humanities) Associate University Librarian Rutgers University Dianne Hillman (National Digital Library Federation) Olin Library Cornell University Sherry Kelley (Dublin Core Task Force of the ALCTS Committee on Cataloging: Access and Description) Head, Cataloging Services Department Smithsonian Institution Libraries Lynn Marko (Committee on Institutional Cooperation; National Digital Library Federation) Head, Cataloging University of Michigan Sally McCallum (MARC) Chief, MARC Standards Office Library of Congress Janet McCue (library technical processing community) Head, Technical Services Division Mann Library Cornell University John Perkins (Consortium for Computer Interchange of Museum Information) Executive Director Consortium for Computer Interchange of Museum Information Cecelia Preston (Coalition for Networked Information) Preston & Lynch Merrilee Proffitt (American Heritage Project) Computer Resource Specialist, Library University of California, Berkeley Margaretta Sander (Facilitator) Consortium for Computer Interchange of Museum Information Lyn Elliot Sherwood (Canadian Heritage Information Network) Director General Canadian Heritage Information Network Joan Swanekamp (ALCTS Committee on Cataloging: Access and Description) Head, Cataloging Department Yale University Don Thornbury (library technical processing community) Head, Catalog Division Princeton University Stuart Weibel (Dublin Core) Consulting Research Scientist OCLC Robin Wendler (National Digital Library Federation Metadata Task Group) Bibliographic Analyst Harvard University Robert Wolven (preservation community) Director of Bibliographic Control Columbia University Jennifer Younger (unable to attend) Assistant Director for Technical Services, Ohio State University RLG staff members participating: Willy Cromwell-Kessler Ricky Erway Robin Dale Ed Glazier Karen Smith-Yoshimura Anne Van Camp