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This is the book...I'm a member, and if we decide to do this, can order on my membership... Describing Archives: A Content Standard A product of the CUSTARD project (Canadian-U.S. Task Force on Archival Description), and funded by the National Endowment for the Humanities, Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) is designed to facilitate consistent, appropriate, and self-explanatory description of archival materials and creators of archival materials. It can be applied to all types of material at all levels of description. Although the rules can be used for any type of descriptive output, examples of the application of the rules are provided for two widely used structure standards, MARC 21 and Encoded Archival Description (EAD). DACS will replace Archives, Personal Papers, and Manuscripts (APPM) as a content standard for catalog records. The volume consists of three parts: "Describing Archival Materials," "Describing Creators," and "Forms of Names." Separate sections discuss levels of description and the importance of access points to the retrieval of descriptions. Appendices include a glossary, list of companion standards, and crosswalks to APPM, ISAD(G), ISAAR(CPF), MARC 21, and EAD. Publisher: Society of American Archivists (2004) 291 pp., Soft cover Nonmember price: $49.00 SAA Member price: $35.00 Product Code: 436 Pamela D. Burdett Assistant Librarian for Public Services Stetson University College of Law Library 1401 61st Street South St. Petersburg, FL 33707 (727) 562-7824 (727) 345-8973 (fax) -----Original Message----- From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Kris Kiesling Sent: Wednesday, March 16, 2005 8:25 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Status of APPM Peter, APPM has been superseded by Describing Archives: A Content Standard (published by SAA, 2004 http://www.archivists.org/catalog/index.asp).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