Hellok all:
On behalf of the METS Editorial Board, I wanted to announce some changes to
the METS Editorial Board that are taking place in the very near future.
As you might recall, we have been looking for people interested in joining
the Board as a result of the resignation of Merrilee Proffitt and Cecilia
Preston. In addition, we have reluctantly accepted the resignation of Susan
Dahl, the Metadata Librarian from the University of Alberta (Canada) who has
been so helpful in supporting METS in Canada as well as keeping us apprised
of issues important to that community. In addition, she was instrumental in
helping us write the text of the METS Primer and Reference Manual. We wish
her well and plan to keep in touch.
As a result of these three resignations, we were very happy to receive an
exceptional pool of applicants for the member openings with the difficult
task of choosing among them. Following the application and interview
process, we are happy to announce that the following people have accepted
our invitation to join the Board:
Terry Catapano, Columbia University
Joachim Bauer, ccs-gmbh.com (Content Conversion Specialists from Hamburg,
Germany)
Arwen Hutt, University of California at San Diego
In addition, due to a change of responsibilities at the the METS maintenance
agency, the U.S. Library of Congress, longtime Board member and METS
supporter, Morgan Cundiff will be stepping down as the Library of Congress
representative. Morgan has been a very productive and loyal member of the
Board since its inception, and has always offered his wisdom, insights and
experience to the Board without reservation. His special focus on
developing and using the METS profile schema to write and register all of
Library of Congress METS profiles has been instrumental in furthering the
use of the METS profile mechanism. We hope to continue communiciation with
Morgan as he uses METS for the Library's special collections. Clay Redding
will be taking Morgan's place on the Board.
We will welcome all the new Board members to the next face to face Board
meeting at the Fall DLF Forum in Providence, Rhode Island on November 10th.
Stay tuned for the agenda of that meeting. Anyone in the area is welcome to
join.
Regards,
Nancy
Admin Co-Chair, METS Editorial Board
Nancy J. Hoebelheinrich
Metadata Coordinator
Digital Library Systems and Services
Stanford University Libraries/Academic Info Resources
Stanford, CA
94305-8408 [log in to unmask]
voice: 650-725-6843
fax: 650-725-0547
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