1. A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk UK DCMI Affiliate Rosemary Russell UKOLN University of Bath Email R.Russell@ukoln.ac.uk URL http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/ UKOLN is supported by: Metadata and Digital Repositories SIG 16 April 2007 University of Manchester

2. A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk DCMI Affiliate aims provide link between DCMI as a worldwide activity and the local and regional activities of practitioners promote the use of DC/adoption of DC specifications bring local concerns to the attention of the larger metadata community (requirements) assure the availability of authoritative documentations [and maintain translations of base DCMI standards and documentation] provide education and training

3. A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk UK DCMI Affiliate Affiliate membership funded by JISC/MLA UKOLN is ‘managing agent’ so all UK DC practitioners involved, not just a UKOLN thing…

4. A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk Other Affiliates Singapore New Zealand Korea Finland German-speaking countries (soon) Italy (planned)

5. A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk UK Affiliate activities… [apart from moderating DC communities/task groups, participating in conferences etc] promotion of ePrints AP (UKOLN/Eduserv) developing web pages (link to MDR SIG…) online tutorials/documentation (existing/repurposing) finding out about use of DC in UK (informal survey?) liaison with other Affiliates (eg Germany) planning MLA community event ? http://www.ukoln.ac.uk/metadata/dcmi-affiliate/

6. A centre of expertise in digital information managementwww.ukoln.ac.uk For discussion… DC Education community any additional local UK needs, apart from (international) work UK practitioners are involved in? what about people who don’t come to MDR SIG meetings/look at web pages? other opportunities…? Widening use: any known communities where support is needed? or communities/areas of work which would benefit from using DC – where we could encourage takeup?