Appendix A - Society of American Archivists

Approximately 275 digital image and audio files (12.4 GB) on 1 portable hard drive95 audio files : digital, WAV files (96 kHz, 24 bit)2.6 Name of Creator(s) Element 2.6.3 commentary, third sentence: Change “…recorded as access points” to “be recorded asaccess points”. 2.6.4: In addition to AACR2 and RDA, include ISAAR(CPF) in the list of rules for formulatingstandardized names.Chapter 9, Authority Records Page 124: heading "Definition" is misspelled Page 127, first sentence: Delete “with the”. If the archivist is to record a name in the authority record in accordance with, e.g., RDA orAACR2, what should be done when those standards conflict with the instructions in DACSchapter 9? Or is only the authorized name – the heading, i.e., that will be used in access points– to conform with RDA, AACR2, or other standard, while additional elements included in theauthority record should comply with chapter 9? 9.8: Make this optional or clarify that variant names that have already been establishedaccording to other conventions should be given as variants, but that it is not required toestablish such variants. It would be too much to expect archivists to establish names accordingto more than one standard. 9.14: How is “period of activity” to be stated? The examples show only the dates. We suggestamending the first example to "active 1841-1874" (RDA uses "active" to replace the old "fl.") 9.17: Still unhappy with the changes to family names, although this may be necessary in relationto RDA. Cataloger believes this will be detrimental to description/research.Hi Gordon,Took a while to get my head back in this, but I hope these comments make sense and are useful. I madea lot of comments on the PDF of the draft itself, and then tried to summarize and highlight the things Ithought were most important in the attached Word document. This seems to be shaping up quite well,though I think there's some need for some fundamental discussions of issues like the square brackets,where I think this draft glossed over really important differences between the generic square bracket andthose used based on bibliographic traditions. I also think the challenge of presentation of the new Part IIwill at some point be an important one to address. As it is now, with an uninterrupted, atomizedpresentation of 52 rules, it kind of boggles the mind ;-)Anyway, I admire the organizational work you've done to move this this far!Cheers,BillBill LandisHead of Public ServicesAction: DACS Revision Page 153 of 158 0113-II-A-DACS