Finding Aids: Tools and Tips for Basic Description

Join Kate Philipson, Archives Specialist, DHPSNY, as she explores practical steps to help you create finding aids on a basic level. In this webinar, Kate will discuss how to prioritize the required elements of a finding aid so that archival description feels attainable, while building upon the 2017 DHPSNY webinar about finding aids. She will also share further details about Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) by discussing the DACS update process, and examining how the DACS Principles help to frame description work.

Presenter: Kate Philipson, Archives Specialist, DHPSNY

Original Recording Date: August, 25, 2021

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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