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February 2, 2009
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Metadata Tools Report Released by DLF Aquifer

Washington, D.C.— The Digital Library Federation (DLF) is pleased to announce the publication of Future Directions in Metadata Remediation for Metadata Aggregators, a report that identifies and evaluates tools that can be used to normalize and enhance metadata. Commissioned by DLF Aquifer, the report was written by Greta de Groat, electronic media cataloger in the Metadata Development Unit of the Stanford University Libraries, and was supported by a grant from The Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation. The report will be available for download, free of charge, from the DLF Web site in early February 2009; print-on-demand copies will be sold on Amazon.com later that month.

“The Digital Library Federation is delighted to provide this tools inventory and evaluation to the cultural heritage community,” Katherine Kott, DLF Aquifer Director stated. 

DLF Executive Director Peter Brantley added, “The value of our online culture is enhanced by our ability to link together perspectives on knowledge from across the world. The generosity of the Gladys Krieble Delmas Foundation enables DLF Aquifer to assist the development of critical tools enabling people to find and join together the information resources of libraries, museums, and archives.

The Digital Library Federation, founded in 1995, is a partnership organization of research libraries and related organizations that are pioneering the use of electronic-information technologies to extend their collections and services. Through its strategic and allied members, DLF provides leadership for libraries by identifying standards and "best practices" for digital collections and network access; coordinating research and development in the libraries' use of technology; and incubating projects and services that libraries need but cannot develop individually. More information about DLF is available at http://www.diglib.org/.