Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) #0930

Details October 16, 2008 Appalachian State University Boone, NC Early-Bird Registration Deadline: September 17, 2008 Co-Sponsor: Society of North Carolina Archivists

Lodging & Travel Information Holiday Inn Express 1943 Blowing Rock Road Boone, NC28607 Additional details

Members (Early/Regular)	Employees of Member Institutions (Early/Regular)	Nonmembers (Early/Regular)
$185 / $235	$210 / $260	$235 / $285

Want practical strategies for implementing DACS? This is the introductory workshop for you!

Practical DACS Implementations - get an in-depth, practical consideration of the key concepts and descriptive elements in Describing Archives: A Content Standard , the new U.S. standard. Explore strategies for incorporating this standard into workflows for accessioning, arrangement, and description through discussions and hands-on work with a variety of exercises, culminating in a DACS-based analysis of existing finding aids. This workshop, a basic introduction to the standard, focuses on application of DACS rules and concepts, which participants can apply to repository processes and descriptive outputs.

Upon completion of this workshop you'll be able to:

• Apply the rules to formulate the content of descriptive elements for a minimal standardized description;
• Understand the different application of DACS in single- and multi-level descriptive outputs;
• Integrate DACS into basic repository processes such as accessioning, arrangement, and description;
• Articulate how integration of a content standard into basic repository processes facilitates reuse of information in a variety of outputs.

*Workshop fee includes the SAA publication, Describing Archives: A Content Standard  (a $35 value!).

Who should attend? Anyone whose work includes accessioning, arranging and describing, or supervising employees who do that work.

Testimonals

When participants were asked "what aspect of the workshop methods/materials was most valuable to you?" responses included:

• "Group work and accompanying discussion. All of the feedback was very educational. The entire presentation was clear, even-paced, and informative." * Peter K. Steinberg 
• "Everyone should take this - it's a good how-to-write-finding-aids workshop, so it does double-duty!" - Judy Farrar
• "Application of rules to practice. Hands-on activities (exercises)." * Betsy Pittman
• "Identity elements - especially title, wil make me rethink how I will supply titles in the future." * Burton Altman 
• "Clarification of what DACS is and is not; emphasis on elements rather than name formation; demonstration of output options; exercises were very helpful." * Melissa Watterworth 

Attendance limited to 25.

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