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Seeking participants for Finding Aid Fair at SAA



Greetings!

The SAA Description Section's Finding Aids Fair in Washington, which
will be held at the International Archives and Information
Technology Exposition August 29-30 between 10 and 5, will focus on
best practices in the creation of finding aids as documented by the
manuals, application guidelines, and other standards-based documents we
follow in creating our finding aids. These documents determine the
intellectual content, format, display, and encoding practices (where
applicable) of finding aids whether they are created in SGML/XML format,
as databases, using word processing software, or other methods, and
whether they are designed to be used locally in paper or electronic
format, or on the Web.

We welcome the submission of current tools (whether in final form or
work-in-progress) as well as guidelines which have stood the test of
time. These tools may be in paper or electronic format, and may have been
developed for the use of an individual repository or of a consortium of
multiple institutions. You are encouraged to share with your colleagues
such tools as:

     Manuals for the creation of finding aids
     Manuals for processing of papers and records which include
instructions on creating finding aids
     Guidelines for the inclusion of finding aids in consortia
     Application guidelines for the encoding of finding aids
     Guidelines for the integration of finding aids and catalog records in
your descriptive system
     Lists of the descriptive standards you draw on in creating finding
aids (e.g., ISAD(G), APPM, RAD, AAT and other
     specialized thesauri)
     Exemplary finding aids which have resulted from your application of
these guidelines and standards

Stop by the Finding Aids Fair booth in the Exhibition area on Thursday and
Friday during this year's SAA meeting in Washington to get ideas (and
share your successes) with other toilers in the descriptive vineyards. A
bibliography of submissions, with URLs for online resources, will be made
available on the Web after SAA.

To contribute, please contact Mary Lacy by e-mail (mlac@loc.gov) or phone
at (202) 707-8799. Finding aid tools and finding aids may also be
submitted by snail mail to Mary Lacy, Manuscript Division, Library of
Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540-4682. There will be no Internet access
from the booth, but we are planning to make a laptop available for a
limited time during booth hours for off-line display.  For best results,
consider submitting printouts or screen shots of resources that are
available only in electronic format. Please feel free to contact me with
any questions or suggestions! We hope to see you in Washington.


Mary Lacy
Manuscript Division, Library of Congress
(202)707-8799 fax (202)707-6336
mlac@loc.gov
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