The PREMIS Editorial Committee is pleased to announce the release of the PREMIS Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata, version 2.0. This document is a revision of Data Dictionary for Preservation Metadata: Final report of the PREMIS Working Group, issued in May 2005. The PREMIS Data
Dictionary and its supporting documentation is a comprehensive, practical resource for implementing preservation metadata in digital archiving systems. Preservation metadata is defined as information that
preservation repositories need to know to support digital materials over the long term.

"The DLF Electronic Resource Management Initiative (ERMI) Phase 2 Steering Group has been investigating interoperability between integrated library system acquisition modules and electronic resource management systems for the last 18 months. In January 2007 the ERMI2 subcommittee charged with this work released a draft report for comment.

The subcommittee is now pleased to make available the final report of this investigation, available from . The release will also be announced this week at the 2008 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia."

"This group recommended a new level of cataloging, emphasizing data elements that allow catalog users to search for and find records, while de-emphasizing data elements that have traditionally been used in full level records to describe and identify the resource but are not as relevant to remote access electronic resources, or do not support resource discovery."

Site includes links to the report, Mandatory Data Elements, Draft Cataloging Guidelines and several PP presentations about the project

Short article proposes an alternative to licenses for e-resources:

"After looking at the risks perceived by librarians and publishers that initially prompted the creation of license agreements, the group became convinced that it is possible to develop a new way to address the exposure that each party felt in dealing with electronic resources. ...

Despite the range of perspectives on the problem, there was consensus that a best practice approach was possible and could be useful in many cases. The best practice approach would rely on existing law and create a document describing a brief list of expectations that could be shared by librarians and publishers. If a publisher felt that the best practices and existing law were sufficient to manage their perceived risk, they could market their product indicating their reliance on the expectations described in the best practices and forgo use of a formal license agreement."