The Descriptive Notes editorial team is pleased to announce the publication of a new post in our Cataloging Description series.
In "Standardizing Scientific Metadata at Los Alamos National Laboratory," Laura McGuiness and Mark Offtermatt discuss the scientific metadata standards used by the Los Alamos National Laboratory's National Security Research Center, including the ongoing creation and implementation of site-specific controlled vocabularies.
Read it here: https://saadescription.wordpress.com/2024/06/03/standardizing-scientific-metadata-at-los-alamos-national-laboratory/
Descriptive Notes is the blog of SAA's Description Section. We are currently soliciting posts for an upcoming series on Remote Labor. This is a partner series to our 2021 Remote Description series, which featured posts related to pandemic-related remote descriptive work and adaptations. Topics can include: --Do you work a remote or hybrid schedule? How does working remotely full- or part-time affect your descriptive work? --Do you work with off-site vendors? How do you describe collections or projects to them, and do your vendors do any descriptive work? --If your repository has completed or is undergoing a collections move or space renovation, how did/do you adapt to archival descriptive work while not in your usual space? --Did your repository change its role responsibilities and labor practices due to remote or hybrid work options? How are processing projects organized and labor distributed in a telework-friendly environment? --Do you have any remotely-completed projects that you or your team are particularly proud of and would like the opportunity to highlight?
Descriptive Notes would like to hear from you! Send all pitches to SAAdescription@gmail.com. You can view previous posts here: saadescription.wordpress.com and submission guidelines here: saadescription.wordpress.com/guidelines
Please feel free to contact us with any questions. We look forward to your submissions!
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Katherine Madison
Lead Editor, Descriptive Notes
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