Standards Committee 2026 Annual Meeting + Webinar

When:  Thu, May 14, 2026 from 11:00 AM to 12:30 PM (CT)


DESCRIPTION
There's A Standard For That: Standards Committee community meeting

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


RECORDING
YES - this meeting will be recorded.


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This free event is open to all. Registration required for virtual security.