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New Post in Descriptive Notes: Plane Talk

  • 1.  New Post in Descriptive Notes: Plane Talk

    Posted Dec 19, 2022 04:43 PM
    The Descriptive Notes editorial team is pleased to announce the publication of the next piece in our Specialized Description series.

    In "Plane Talk: Navigating Subject Headings and Descriptions in Aviation Records," Ali Lane and Charise Dinges of the Museum of Flight examine how its Archives reconciles the differences between natural language use, Library of Congress Subject Headings, and the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum's vocabulary standards when describing aircrafts.

    Read it here: https://saadescription.wordpress.com/2022/12/19/plane-talk-navigating-subject-headings-and-descriptions-in-aviation-records/

    Descriptive Notes is currently seeking submissions for our Favorite Finding Aids series, which celebrates the art and method of archival description. Do you have a finding aid that presented a particular descriptive challenge, an opportunity for collaboration, or perhaps a test of new descriptive guidelines? Is there a finding aid that you find innovative, stylistically elegant, or particularly well-researched? We want to hear about it! Read about our editorial and submission guidelines here, or reach out to the team at saadescription@gmail.com. We also welcome submissions on topics related to our existing series - such as Specialized Description, Conference Dispatches, and Inclusive Description - and to all issues related to archival description.

    Happy reading!

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    Katherine Madison
    Lead Editor, Descriptive Notes
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