[DCRM-L] Call for Comments on Describing Archives: A Content Standard

[Deborah J. Leslie]

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From: Gordon Daines <gordon_daines at byu.edu>
To: "Archives & Archivists (A&A) List" <archives at forums.archivists.org>

In February 2010, the SAA Council charged a new subcommittee of the
Standards Committee, the Technical Subcommittee on Describing Archives:
A Content Standard (TS-DACS). TS-DACS was given the specific
responsibility of reviewing Resource Description and Access, the
replacement for AACR2, and comparing it to Describing Archives: A
Content Standard. TS-DACS was also charged to undertake a revision of
DACS within a period of five years. To ensure the widest possible input
from users of DACS, the subcommittee is calling for proposed changes to
Describing Archives: A Content Standard. The deadline for comments and
change recommendations is April 30, 2011.

The current timetable for the revision process is:
January 2011:           Call for comments
April 30, 2011:          Deadline for comments
August 2011:            Discussion forum at SAA annual meeting in
Chicago
Spring 2012:             Working meeting of TS-DACS (subject to funding)
November 2012:        Release of proposed changes to Describing
Archives: A Content Standard

Call for comments on proposed changes
December 31, 2012:   Deadline for comments on proposed revisions
August 2013:             Publish revised version

To propose changes, please complete the form at
http://www.archivists.org/standards/dacs/. Please complete a separate
form for each change suggested. Each suggested change should include a
brief description of the change and rationale for the change. Be sure to
indicate the rule the proposed change applies to.

A particular area that the subcommittee will be looking at are the
examples in Describing Archives: A Content Standard. We strongly
encourage community members to submit appropriate examples to be
considered for addition to the updated standard.

To ensure that the revision process is as transparent as possible, all
comments must be attributable to named individuals and affiliated
organizations (where appropriate). Anonymous responses will not be
considered. All change proposals will be made publicly available, with
attribution, in a forum to be determined. Contact information is
requested (preferably email addresses) so that we may contact
respondents for clarification; contact information will not be share.

We look forward to the communitys participation in the revision of
Describing Archives: A Content Standard.

Gordon Daines (Brigham Young University)
Chair, TS-DACS




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