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"There's a Standard for That" Webinar Announcement

  • 1.  "There's a Standard for That" Webinar Announcement

    Posted 7 hours ago
    Hi All,
    As part of its annual meeting, the Standards Committee will be holding a webinar There's a Standard for That on May 14th from 12pm-1:30pm ET.  In a series of 3-4 minute lightning talks, presenters will cover the following information about an SAA maintained or endorsed standard:
    • Purpose of the standard
    • Why is it important
    • Here's how I use it/use case
    • Who is this standard for
    • Updates (if applicable)
    21 different standards will be covered:
    • ACRL/RBMS Guidelines Regarding Security and Theft in Special Collections
    • Archival Accessioning Best Practices
    • Archival and Special Collections Facilities: Guidelines for Archivists, Librarians, Architects, and Engineers
    • Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia (A4BLiP) Anti-Racist Description Resources
    • Best Practices for Archival Term Positions
    • Best Practices for Volunteers in Archives
    • Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)
    • Encoded Archival Context - Corporate bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF)
    • Encoded Archival Context - Functions (EAC-F)
    • Encoded Archival Description (EAD)
    • Guidelines for Accessible Archives for People with Disabilities
    • Guidelines for Archival Description of Notated Music, A Supplement to Describing Archives: A Content Standard
    • Guidelines for College and University Archives
    • Guidelines for Primary Source Literacy
    • Guidelines for Reappraisal and Deaccessioning
    • Guidelines for Standardized Holdings Counts and Measures for Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries
    • Museum Archives Guidelines
    • Orphan Works: Statement of Best Practices
    • Principles in Indigenous Archival Repatriation (PINAR)
    • Protocols for Native American Archival Materials
    • Standardized Statistical Measures and Metrics for Public Services in Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries
    This event will be recorded and posted to the SAA Youtube channel.
    Register here to attend.
    All the best,
    Dan Michelson, Standards Committee Co-Chair


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    Dan Michelson
    Collections Archivist
    Smith College
    dmichelson@smith.edu
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