Finding Aid Basics: An Introduction to DACS

This workshop covers the basics of collection-level finding aids and focus on content and formatting as governed by Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS), the descriptive standard for archival materials.
Presenter: Amelia Parks, Archives Specialist, DHPSNY
Original Recording Date: April 26, 2017
This webinar was presented by Documentary Heritage and Preservation Services for New York (DHPSNY). DHPSNY is a program of the New York State Education Department, with services provided by the Conservation Center for Art & Historic Artifacts (CCAHA).
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[@Lucian1227]

Working on a finding aid for a master's course project found this very helpful.

[@orlandolinarespango7483]

Buenas, le escribo en castellano porque todavía no se muchos el inglés, pero de lo que yo tengo entendido cuando se ofrecen charlas como está que estoy seguro que sean interesantes ya que algunas cosas he captado, pero por lo que se cuándo no hay preguntas es porque todos han captado a la primera o nadie ha captado nada.

[@dickwalton4348]

Need a crash course. I dont understand any of this stuff

[@oxnerd]

trying to apply to an archivist position and i never took an archivist course in my MLS program. How do I fake it?