Why Become a DCMI Member?

DCMI is a not-for-profit organization committed to the development and open availability of resources that support a healthy global metadata ecosystem. Annual membership dues by DCMI members play a significant role in ensuring that DCMI continues to advance this commitment to support innovation in metadata design and best practice. Regional Members and Institutional Members help shape DCMI by: (1) bringing their institutional perspectives to the work agenda of the Initiative through active participation on the governing Oversight Committee; and (2) supporting the efforts of an international community of volunteer metadata experts.

The work of DCMI requires dedicated, paid effort funded through the annual contributions of DCMI members. These paid efforts include:

Managing long term curation and development of DCMI specifications and metadata terms namespaces;
Managing ongoing discussion of current DCMI-wide work themes;
Setting up and managing international and regional events;
Curation and open availability of meeting assets including proceedings, project reports and meeting minutes;
Creation and delivery of training resources in metadata best practices including tutorials, webinars and workshops; and
Coordinating the global community of DCMI volunteers.

Benefits of Membership

Membership matrix

Regional Member

Governance Structure: Voting
Annual Fee:: US$10,000

A Regional Member is a public entity, a not-for-profit organization, a governmental agency, a quasi-governmental agency or a supra-governmental agency. Regional Members provide an important link between the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative as a worldwide activity and the local and regional activities of practitioners. They promote the adoption of Dublin Core specifications and best practices, thereby increasing the global network value for all. They help assure the availability of authoritative documentation and maintain translations of base DCMI standards and documentation as appropriate for the locale.

Through their ongoing efforts, Regional Members: (1) help focus a local concentration of expertise to promote deployment and development of DCMI metadata and architectures within the context of a given locale and language environment; and (2) advance the development of a healthy metadata ecology by supporting metadata best practices. As local custodians of the DCMI brand, Regional Members are a critical link in promoting DCMI standards and best practices through educational and training offerings In addition, Regional Members bringing local concerns to the attention of the larger metadata community, thereby improving the international coherence of the overall architecture, semantic content and practice of metadata.

Rights/Benefits:

Regional Member status provides the Regional Member with the right to exercise "exclusive coverage" of DCMI-endorsed activities and outcomes within their "Locale of Influence" in the following four areas:
1. Regional Members actively encourage development of Institutional Partner, Supporting Partner and Supporting Member memberships within the Regional Member's "Locale of Influence";
2. Regional Members engage in development, organization and delivery of metadata best practice education and training within the "Locale of Influence";
3. Where applicable, Regional Members promote and manage standardization processes for DCMI specifications within the "Locale of Influence"; and
4. Where applicable, Regional Members promote and manage translation processes for DCMI specifications and best practice documentation within the "Locale of Influence".
Regional Members appoint a voting representative to the Oversight Committee and actively participate in deliberations and decisions including matters reserved to Regional Members under the Singapore Companies Act;
One free registration for the annual international conference for the Regional Member representative (additional registrations at discount);
Regional Member logos are linked from the DCMI website, DCMI annual conference website (OCS), and regional meetings websites;
Regional Member memberships and renewals are announced through DCMI's social media channels, RSS feed and other news outlets;
Regional Member can provide information (brochures and other media) for placement in the DCMI annual conference delegate bags and on USB memory drives containing the DCMI proceedings;
Reduced fees are available to DCMI events (DCMI annual conference, NISO/DCMI webinars) for one Regional Member representative;
DCMI 'preview content' is available for Regional Member representatives;
Regional Members can organize event presentations at DCMI annual meeting; and
Regional Members can initiate regional events co-organized with DCMI (to the extent DCMI resources permit);
Regional Member can use the DCMI "Regional Member" logo on the Regional Member website and in other Regional Member-related media:

Obligations:

Regional Member agrees to an initial membership term ranging from 2-3 years with optional annual renewals thereafter;
Payment of a fixed annual membership fee on or before the anniversary date of membership;
Active participation by Regional Member representatives in DCMI governance through contribution to Oversight Committee deliberations and voting.
Regional Member promotes and manages standardization processes for DCMI specifications within the "Locale of Influence";
Regional Member provides ongoing reporting to the DCMI community on relevant metadata activity within the Regional Member's "Locale of Influence"; and
Ongoing and active advocacy of activities advancing the well-being of DCMI through the identification of new members in all DCMI membership categories within the "Locale of Influence" and beyond.

Institutional Member

Governance Structure: Voting
Annual Fee:: US$3,000

An Institutional Member is a public entity, a not-for-profit organization, a governmental agency, a quasi-governmental agency or a supra-governmental agency. Institutional Members need not be incorporated entities if otherwise recognized by DCMI. An Institutional Member may be an entity within the "Locale of influence" of a DCMI Regional Member. Institutional Members play a key role in DCMI governance through the active participation of their respective Representatives in the deliberations and decisions of the Oversight Committee.

Benefits:

Institutional Members appoint a voting representative to the Oversight Committee and participate in governance deliberations and decisions;
One free registration for the annual international conference for the Institutional Member representative (additional registrations at discount);
The logos of Institutional Members appear on the DCMI website, DCMI annual conference and regional meetings websites and are linked to the Members' homepages;
Institutional Member membership and renewals are announced on the DCMI website, on DCMI social media channels, and RSS feed;
Institutional Members may use the DCMI "Institutional Member" logo on their websites and in other Institutional Member-related media;
Institutional Members can provide information (brochures and other media) to be included in DCMI annual conference delegate bags and on USB memory drives containing the conference proceedings;
One Institutional Member representative pays reduced fees to DCMI events (DCMI annual conference, NISO/DCMI webinars);
Early availability to the Institutional Member representative of DCMI 'preview content' (e.g., pre-publication of online tutorials);
Select Institutional Member-organized event presentations can be arranged at DCMI annual meeting; and
Institutional Member-initiated regional events can be co-organized with DCMI (to the extent DCMI resources permit);
Institutional Members may use the DCMI "Institutional Member" logo on their websites and in other Institutional Member-related media:

Obligations:

Payment of a fixed annual fee on or before the anniversary date of the Institutional Member membership;
Institutional Member representatives actively participate in DCMI governance through contribution to Oversight Committee deliberations and voting; and
Institutional Member actively advocates for, and advances the well-being of DCMI through the identification of new members in all DCMI membership categories.

Supporting Member

Governance Structure: Non-voting
Annual Fee:: US$5,000

A Supporting Member is any private sector entity including companies and foundations interested in promoting the well-being of DCMI. A Supporting Member need not actually use DCMI specifications in either products or services.

Benefits:

Supporting Member representatives may attend meetings of the Oversight Committee as observers;
One free registration for the annual international conference for the Supporting Member representative (additional registrations at discount);
Preview access for the Supporting Member representative to pre-publication resources (e.g., online tutorials)
Name and a logo of the Supporting Member are listed on the Member page of the DCMI website;
Name and a logo of the Supporting Member will be listed in the Member area of the DCMI Open Conference System website;
Supporting Member initial membership and annual renewals will be announced in the announcements section of DCMI website, distributed through the DCMI RSS feed, and through DCMI's social media outlets;
Supporting Member logos on the DCMI website and the DCMI conference website will be linked to a page on the Supporting Member's website;
The Supporting Member logo will be included in all official DCMI presentations where Affiliate Members, Institutional Members, Supporting Members and Supporting Members are listed; and
The Supporting Member has the right to distribute two Member-provided brochures in delegate bags at the DCMI annual events;
The Supporting Member has the right to use the DCMI Member logo on its website and in printed marketing material:

Obligations:

Payment of a fixed annual fee on or before the anniversary date of the membership.

Individual Member

Coming 2nd Quarter of 2013

Governance Structure: Non-voting
Annual Fee: (Regular) US$150; (Student) US$75

The Individual Member category is designed for individuals interested in supporting the work of DCMI.

Benefits:

Individual Members receive discount registration for fee-based DCMI events including:
1. International Conference on Dublin Core and Metadata Applications;
2. NISO/DCMI Joint Webinars
3. Preview access to pre-publication resources (e.g., online tutorials)
Individual Members may use the DCMI "Individual Member" logo on their websites and in other Individual Member-related media:

Obligations:

Payment of a fixed annual fee on or before the anniversary date of the membership for two categories: Regular and Student

How to Join

An organization wishing to become a Regional, Institutional, or Supporting member should download and complete the application available below for the desired membership category. Submit the application following the instructions included on the Application Form.

Current annual membership fees: