The Descriptive Notes editorial team is pleased to announce the publication of our first piece in our new Accessioning Description series!
In "Slow Burn: Building an Archival Accessioning Standard with Intentionality," the founders of the National Best Practices for Archival Accessioning Working Group, Meaghan O'Riordan and Rosemary K.J. Davis, recall the process of creating the group and its work to-date.
Read it here: https://saadescription.wordpress.com/2023/10/24/slow-burn-building-an-archival-accessioning-standard-with-intentionality/
Descriptive Notes is the blog of SAA's Description Section, featuring discussions relating to issues of archival description. We would like to hear from you about your case studies, projects, collaborations, and any conversations that would be of interest to readers. We especially encourage posts from students to feature in our Student Voices series. See our submission guidelines for more information, here: https://saadescription.wordpress.com/guidelines/
(And if you're interested in submitting a piece to our Accessioning series, please don't hesitate to submit a pitch to our editorial team at saadescription@gmail.com!)
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Katherine Madison
Lead Editor, Descriptive Notes
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