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The Library of Congress, Network Development & MARC Standards Office, is pleased to announce the release of "Implementing the PREMIS data dictionary: a survey of approaches" by Deborah Woodyard-Robinson. The Library of Congress, as part of the PREMIS maintenance activity, commissioned Deborah Woodyard-Robinson to provide this study, which explores how institutions have implemented the PREMIS semantic units. The goal was to assist the newly established PREMIS Editorial Committee with its first revision of the data dictionary and schemas by understanding the difficulties presented in applying the semantic units and thus improve the specification. In this study sixteen repositories have been surveyed about their interpretation and application of the PREMIS Data Dictionary (PDD), with an analysis then made on how the PREMIS core fits with the functions of a preservation repository and which PDD semantic units will be most relevant to certain types of repositories. This study will assist institutions planning the use of or already using preservation metadata. In addition, as the PREMIS Editorial Committee is revising the PREMIS Data Dictionary (expected to be completed in the last quarter of 2007), it will benefit from the findings reported in this paper. The study is available at: http://www.loc.gov/standards/premis/implementation-report-woodyard.pdf ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ ^^ Rebecca S. Guenther ^^ ^^ Senior Networking and Standards Specialist ^^ ^^ Network Development and MARC Standards Office ^^ ^^ 1st and Independence Ave. SE ^^ ^^ Library of Congress ^^ ^^ Washington, DC 20540-4402 ^^ ^^ (202) 707-5092 (voice) (202) 707-0115 (FAX) ^^ ^^ [log in to unmask] ^^ ^^ ^^ ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^