The Descriptive Notes editorial team is pleased to announce the publication of a new piece in our Accessioning Description series.
In "In Good Form: Building Infrastructure Around Pre-Custodial Appraisal," Christina Velazquez Fidler, Jaime Henderson, Lara Michels, and Jessica Tai of the University of California, Berkeley's Bancroft Library discuss the creation and implementation of a pre-custodial collection appraisal form designed to document and track multiple facets about a collection's history, materiality, and processing needs.
Read it here: https://saadescription.wordpress.com/2023/11/28/in-good-form-building-infrastructure-around-pre-custodial-appraisal/
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 are still accepting pitches for our Accessioning Description series, and 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/
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Katherine (Kate) Madison
Lead Editor, Descriptive Notes
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