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The Association of Research Libraries has published a report titled Research Library Publishing Services: New Options for University Publishing (PDF). Among the report's findings are the results of a late 2007 survey that "verified that research libraries are rapidly developing publishing services.

Major changes in the PREMIS 2.0 data dictionary include expanded rights metadata, more extensive significant properties and preservation level information, and a mechanism for extensibility for a number of metadata units.

Deadline for comments on the XML schema is April 24. More information is available at the PREMIS schemas website.