Thank you for your work on this. I just can't afford a copy of DACS right
now, or I'd certainly buy it--also it would take awhile to get to me without
the extra expense of a courier.
Arel
Brantford, Ontario, Canada
------ Original Message ------
Received: 01:41 PM EST, 03/17/2005
From: Kris Kiesling <[log in to unmask]>
To: [log in to unmask]
Subject: Re: Status of APPM
> As you may have intuited would happen given my last message, I've asked SAA
> to take the DACS PDF file down, which they have done. As handy as it may
> have been, it's just not a good idea to have a non-canonical version of
such
> a document floating around cyberspace.
>
> That said, I have also asked SAA to renew their efforts to have DACS added
> to the Cataloger's Desktop. Primarily it's an issue of licensing. I'll
> keep you posted.
>
> Kris
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> Burt Altman
> Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 11:18 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Status of APPM
>
> Thanks for noting that, Kris. However, I wonder if there's another link to
> this file. I can't access
> it using the link below.
>
> Burt Altman
>
> At 10:42 AM 3/17/2005 -0600, you wrote:
> >Peter et al,
> >
> >This PDF file is definitely NOT the final version of DACS. It is most
> >likely the version that was made available for public comment. Lots of
> >changes were made based on those comments, some of them very significant.
> >Thank you, Peter, for pointing this out.
> >
> >Kris Kiesling
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> >digest Peter Hirsch
> >Sent: Thursday, March 17, 2005 9:59 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Re: Status of APPM
> >
> >Well, DACS is available (minus some appendices and possibly not in its
> >final form) on-line at:
> >
> >http://www.archivists.org/DACS.pdf
> >
> >I have this bookmarked so I can get to it, but I am not sure of its
context
> >within the SAA site at this point, so I can't vouch 100% for its
> >up-to-dateness. Still, it is better than nothing and might be of use while
> >you are waiting for your hard copy to show up.
> >
> >Peter Hirsch
> >
> >NYPL
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Kris Kiesling
> > <[log in to unmask] To: [log in to unmask]
> > EXAS.EDU> cc:
> > Sent by: Encoded Subject: Re: Status of
> APPM
> > Archival
> > Description List
> > <[log in to unmask]>
> >
> >
> > 03/16/2005 08:24
> > AM
> > Please respond to
> > Encoded Archival
> > Description List
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Peter,
> >
> >APPM has been superseded by Describing Archives: A Content Standard
> >(published by SAA, 2004 http://www.archivists.org/catalog/index.asp).
DACS
> >is designed to be used for the creation of finding aids and bibliographic
> >records, in conjunction with EAD and MARC 21, for everything from
> >collection
> >to item level descriptions. It also can be used with EAC for the creation
> >of archival authority records. DACS is not yet available online, but at
> >some point in the future will be incorporated into Cataloger's Desktop.
> >
> >Kris Kiesling
> >Associate Director for Technical and Digital Services
> >Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center
> >
> >
> >
> >-----Original Message-----
> >From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> >Peter Verhaar
> >Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 1:58 AM
> >To: [log in to unmask]
> >Subject: Status of APPM
> >
> >I have a question about the Archives, Personal Papers, & Manuscripts
(APPM)
> >standard. The company that I work for, IDC Publishers (in the Netherlands)
> >has used this standard in past for the bibliographic description of
> >archival
> >collections, next to EAD of course as a data format. My question is about
> >the current status of APPM. I noticed that the current version of
> >Cataloger's Desktop of the Library of Congress does no longer include a
> >description of the APPM standard. I have also been unable to locate a
> >on-line version of APPM elsewhere. Does anybody know if this standard is
> >still actively maintained? And do many institutions still use APPM for the
> >actual description of archives, also on item level?
> >Kind regards,
> >
> >Peter Verhaar
> >
> >Bibliographic Department
> >IDC Publishers
> >Leiden, The Netherlands
> >www.idc.nl
>
>
>
> Burt Altman, CA
> Pepper Librarian and Archivist
> Claude Pepper Library
> 636 West Call Street
> Florida State University
> Tallahassee, FL 32306-1123
> (850) 644-9305
> Fax: (850) 644-9303
>
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