I've had a hard time finding it this morning as well.  Can anyone offer
some help?

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At 09:45 AM 10/8/2001 -0400, Frank Sadowski wrote:
>Perhaps it's my searching technique, but Techstreet did not list ANSI/NISO
>Z39.85 as an available publication as of 2 minutes ago.  ...
>
>Frank Sadowski, University of Rochester
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 10:00:54 -0400
>From: Marilyn Geller <marilyn.geller@MINDSPRING.COM>
>To: MARC <MARC@loc.gov>
>Subject: Dublin Core Metatdata Element Set Approved
>
>Bethesda, Md., USA - (October 5, 2001) NISO, the National Information
>Standards Organization and the Dublin Core Metadata Initiative (DCMI)
>announce the approval by ANSI of the Dublin Core Metadata Element Set
>(Z39.85-2001).

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>
>This standard is available for free downloading or hardcopy purchase at:
>http://www.techstreet.com/
>
>For additional information contact NISO Headquarters at (301) 654-2512.
>Email: nisohq@niso.org