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Apologies for multiple postings: The Description Section meeting will take place Friday, Aug. 23rd from 8:00-10:00 AM. We cordially invite all who have an interest in archival descriptive practices, whether it be general or technical. Jean Dryden's update on the CUSTARD Project highlights the program. She is an excellent and entertaining speaker. We hope to see you there! Section Meeting Agenda: I. Welcome from the Chair - Mary Lacy II. Reports from SAA Committees and Liaisons EAD Working Group - Kris Kiesling US MARC Advisory Board (MARBI) - Michael Fox ICA Committee on Descriptive Standards - M. Fox SAA Technical Subcommittee on Descriptive Standards (TSDS) - Lynn Holdzkom OCLC - Susan Westberg RLG - Anne Van Camp RLG EAD Advisory Group - Dennis Meissner ALA Committee on Cataloging: Description and Access (CC:DA) - Susan Hamburger III. Section Reports Descriptive Notes - John Rees Section Web Site - Diane Ducharme Finding Aids Fair - Brad Westbrook IV. Ongoing Business Section-sponsored sessions on the 2002 program - Mary Lacy Ideas for 2002 program sessions - Brad Westbrook Amendment of bylaws (adding Coker Awards subcommittee service to duties of Chair) V. New Business VI. Election of Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (results announced at the end of the program) VII. Program Jean Dryden, Editor and Project Manager of the Canadian/U.S. Taskforce on Archival Description (CUSTARD) project update, will give a presentation on the work of the CUSTARD project to date, including its recently published "Statement of Principles", available at: http://www.archivists.org/news/custardproject.asp. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- John Rees, Newsletter Editor http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/descr/index.htm John P. Rees Associate Curator, Modern Manuscripts History of Medicine Division National Library of Medicine 8600 Rockville Pike Bethesda, MD. 20894 (301) 496-8953 Office (301) 402-7034 Fax [log in to unmask]