DCMI Governing Board
The Governing Board manages the affairs of DCMI and performs the duties usually performed by the board of directors of a corporation. These duties include providing direction for the general management of the Initiative, oversight of the DCMI Executive, stewardship of DCMI's finances, approval of DCMI bylaws, and a broad remit to shape the strategic direction of DCMI and formulate DCMI policies in consultation with the Executive and the wider community. The Governing Board also contributes to the promotion of the Initiative through liaisons with the public and private sectors.
Alasdair MacDonald
(Chair)
Metadata and University Collections Facility Manager
University of Edinburgh
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
Representing Institutional Member: University of Edinburgh
Since January 2014, Alasdair MacDonald has been employed as Metadata and University Collections Facility Manager at Edinburgh University Library, with overall responsibility for managing the Metadata Services team.
Stefanie Rühle
(Past-chair)
Göttingen State and University Library (SUB Göttingen)
Germany
Representing Institutional Member: SUB Göttingen
Stefanie Rühle, works at the Data Conversion Group of the State and University Library in Göttingen and is responsible for metadata supply to zvdd (Zentrales Verzeichnis Digitlisierter Drucke) and the German Digital Library (DDB).
Sam Oh
Sam Gyun Oh is a Distinguished Professor for Global Affairs at Sungkyunkwan University in Seoul Korea and chairs the ISO/IEC JTC1/SC34 (Document Description & Processing Languages) and ISO TC46/SC9 (Identification & Description) committees.
Fredrik Klingwall
Developer/Data curator Representing Institutional Member: The National Library of Sweden
Current activities at the National Library of Sweden is in the linked data information modeling field.
Flávia Bastos
Coordinator of Libraries, General Coordination
Universidade Estadual Paulista—Unesp
Sáo Paulo, Brazil
Representing Institutional Member: Universidade Estadual Paulista
Flávia Bastos serves as Coordinator of Libraries, General Coordination at the São Paulo State University (Universidade Estadual Paulista—Unesp).
Dan Brickley
schema.org
Representing Institutional Member: schema.org
Dan Brickley is best known for his work on Web standards in the W3C community, where he helped create the Semantic Web project and many of its defining technologies.
Juan Pablo Carvallo
Executive Director
Ecuadorian National Research and Education Network (CEDIA)
Cuenca, Ecuador
Representing Regional Member: Ecuadorian National Research and Education Network (CEDIA)
Marie-Claude Côté
Manager, Recordkeeping Strategies, Archives Branch
Library and Archives Canada
Representing Institutional Member: Library and Archives Canada
Marie-Claude Côté is the Manager of Record-Keeping (RK) strategies with the Archives Branch at Library and Archives Canada.
Haliza Jailani
Deputy Director, Resource Discovery and Management Division
National Library Board Singapore
Representing Regional Member: National Library Board Singapore
Haliza Jailani is a Deputy Director in the Resource Discovery and Management Division of the National Library Board of Singapore.
Mike Lauruhn
Technology Research Director, Elsevier Labs, Portland, Oregon, United States Independent Member
Mike Lauruhn is a librarian working as Research Technology Director at Elsevier Labs.
Wei Liu
Deputy Director, Shanghai Library, China
Representing Institutional Member: Shanghai Library
Wei Liu (aka Keven) holds a doctoral degree in Computer Science from Fudan University (2006) and a master degree on Library and Information Science from East China Normal University (1990).
Kyong Eun Oh
Associate Professor
School of Library and Information Science at Simmons University
Representing Institutional Member: Simmons University
Kyong Eun Oh is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Ph.
Helena Patrício
Director of the Special Collections Services
The National Library of Portugal
Lisbon, Portugal
Representing Institutional Member: The National Library of Portugal
Shigeo Sugimoto
Specially Appointed Professor
University of Tsukuba
Tsukuba, Japan
Independent Member
Shigeo Sugimoto has been actively involved in DCMI Metadata activities since 1997.
Osma Suominen
Information System Specialist
The National Library of Finland
Helsinki, Finland
Representing Regional Member: National Library of Finland
Osma Suominen is working as an Information Systems Specialist at the National Library of Finland.
Klaus Tochtermann
Director, ZBW – German National Library of Economics
Leibniz Information Centre for Economics, Kiel, Germany
Representing Institutional Member: German National Library of Economics
Paul Walk
Founder & Director, Antleaf
Frome, UK Independent Member
Paul Walk is a technical consultant with thirty years of experience working with information systems and web services primarily in the higher education and cultural heritage sectors.
Marcia Zeng
Marcia Lei Zeng, Chair of the DCMI Education Committee, is a Professor at School of Information of Kent State University. Her research interests include knowledge organization systems -- taxonomies, thesauri, ontologies, etc.