DEI and Collections Metadata/DEI Audit | August 16, 2021
The 2nd edition of DACS indicates the use of companion standards such as RDA for the formation of appropriate name headings. Building on the introduction provided in the webcast ""Forming names according to RDA,"" which discussed the benefits of authority structures and the basic rules for personal names and corporate bodies. It explores many of the more complex names designations we encounter for persons and corporate bodies. Challenges from chapter 9 include situations for personal names, such as changes of names, religious titles, titles of nobility, various surnames, personal names guidelines for various countries. Chapter 11 discusses challenges that include complex hierarchies and name changes for corporate bodies. Special attention is paid to the different treatments of jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional corporate bodies, and it discusses designations associated with corporate bodies of various types. The specific cases outlined will conclude with a discussion about patterns that can provide strategies for handling complex cases encountered through arrangement and description practices.
Upon completion of this course, you will:
Who Should Attend:
archivist practitioners, librarians, archivists faced with complex name formation challenges
What You Should Already Know:
You should be versed in DACS and the basics of personal and corporate body name formation according to RDA or its predecessor, AACR2.
A&D Core Competency:
2. Description: Analyze and describe details about the attributes of a record or collection of records to facilitate identification, management, and understanding of the work.
3. Descriptive Standards: Apply rules and practices that codify the content of information used to represent archival materials in discovery tools according to published structural guidelines.
5. Discovery: Create tools to facilitate access and disseminate descriptive records of archival materials.
Instructor:
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You will have access to this product for 60 days from the date of purchase.
Once the webcast is purchased, go to SAA's Learning Management System and click the Resources tab to access a PDF of the presentation slides and the webcast exam (if applicable).
If you intend to pursue the A&D Certificate, you will need to pass the examination for this course.
Upon completion of this course, you will:
- Recognize complex name formation problems.
- Increase capacity with the decoding of RDA rules.
- Exposure to name conventions from other languages.
- Recognize patterns established by the rules that can be used as a strategy for name formations going forward.
Who Should Attend:
archivist practitioners, librarians, archivists faced with complex name formation challenges
What You Should Already Know:
You should be versed in DACS and the basics of personal and corporate body name formation according to RDA or its predecessor, AACR2.
A&D Core Competency:
2. Description: Analyze and describe details about the attributes of a record or collection of records to facilitate identification, management, and understanding of the work.
3. Descriptive Standards: Apply rules and practices that codify the content of information used to represent archival materials in discovery tools according to published structural guidelines.
5. Discovery: Create tools to facilitate access and disseminate descriptive records of archival materials.
Instructor:
You May Also Be Interested In:
You will have access to this product for 60 days from the date of purchase.
Once the webcast is purchased, go to SAA's Learning Management System and click the Resources tab to access a PDF of the presentation slides and the webcast exam (if applicable).
If you intend to pursue the A&D Certificate, you will need to pass the examination for this course.