CIMI is very pleased to announce the Dublin Core Metadata Testbed Project. This is an exciting opportunity for museums, corporations, and other organizations that produce and distribute digital object descriptions to take part in an 8-month Consortium for the Interchange of Museum Information (CIMI) testbed of Dublin Core (DC) metadata creation and conversion starting April 1998. Please excuse cross-postings. The Call for Participation and Project Description, respectively, are available at <http://www.cimi.org/documents/metafinalCFP.html> and <http://www.cimi.org/documents/metafinalPD.html>. Expressions of interest, in the brief format prescribed in the Call for Participation, are DUE FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1998. Interest will be acknowledged with a followup questionnaire to be completed and returned by Friday, April 3, 1998. CIMI plans to announce project participants the week of April 10, 1998. Thank you in advance for your interest, and please do not hesitate to contact the Project Manager <[log in to unmask]> should you have any questions. Erin Stewart CIMI Dublin Core Metadata Testbed Project Manager [log in to unmask] 972-776-7538 (CST) John Perkins CIMI Project Director [log in to unmask] voice: 902-826-2824 fax: 902-826-1337