[DCRM-L] Fwd: Re: DACS and APPM

[Randal Brandt]

FYI

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>Subject: Fwd: Re: DACS and APPM
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>The SAA President himself has spoken . . . .
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>>Date:         Tue, 10 May 2005 10:00:20 -0700
>>Reply-To: Randall Jimerson <Randall.Jimerson at WWU.EDU>
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>>From: Randall Jimerson <Randall.Jimerson at WWU.EDU>
>>Subject: Re: DACS and APPM
>>Comments: To: sarlic at MSNOTES.WUSTL.EDU
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>>Colleagues,
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>>As an official SAA standard, DACS has already replaced APPM. Council 
>>voted in February to approve DACS as the professional standard for 
>>archival descriptive content. Each archival repository should begin the 
>>transition to the new guidelines as soon as feasible. Compliance with the 
>>new standard is, of course voluntary, and there will be no archival 
>>cataloging police to enforce it. Those repositories participating in 
>>network systems or utilities such as OCLC or RLIN should seek guidance 
>>from the network administrators.
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>>
>>Rand Jimerson
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>>SAA President
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Archives & Archivists [mailto:ARCHIVES at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU] On 
>>Behalf Of Cathy Sarli
>>Sent: Tuesday, May 10, 2005 7:19 AM
>>To: ARCHIVES at LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU
>>Subject: DACS and APPM
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>>When is DACS scheduled to replace APPM? Is there a firm date for 
>>transition to DACS?
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>>Thank you,
>>Cathy Sarli
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