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Standards for Digital Archives | DAS: Foundational | August 23, 2017

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Description

Do you know the most important standards a digital archivist needs to know? What are the options, which ones apply to your work, what are the benefits, and what is practical for your particular situation? Get started with this foundational webcast on standards as a stepping stone to courses that focus on and/or incorporate specific standards for particular archival functions and the applications of those standards, including accession, arrangement and description, access, preservation, and outreach.

Learning Objectives:
  • Explain how standards are created and the different standards creating bodies
  • Identify the different standards supporting digital archiving functions
  • Apply standards to basic digital archiving functions

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Contributors

  • Mahnaz Ghaznavi

    Mahnaz Ghaznavi has held appointments in the field of library, records, and archives management with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, the American Film Institute, the National Historical Publications and Records Commission, and the Getty Research Institute, amongst others. She periodically teaches for the UCLA and San Jose State University MLIS programs, respectively.  Her past service to the profession includes membership on the Society of American Archivists (SAA) Force on Digital Archives Continuing Education (DACE). She currently serves as the Chair of the SAA Digital Archives Specialist Subcommittee (DAS).

August 23, 2017
Wed 9:00 AM CDT

Duration 1H 0M

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