EAS Section

Learn about the EAS Section leadership candidates: www2.archivists.org/groups/encoded…

For EAS Section members, please vote in the annual elections! Ballot page: mysaa.archivists.org/myballots (you must be logged in to vote).

The meeting includes a panel on agent records, moderated by Marie Elia, EAC-CPF team lead, with panelists Rachel Menyuk from @SmithsonianNMAI, Hayley Moreno from @OCLC, and Jerry Simmons, lead NARA liaison to @SNACcooperative - please join us & bring your agent questions!

There will be updates from our section, TS-EAS, and the NAFAN project; a moderated panel on agent records; and presentations on EAF (Encoded Archival Functions) and the EAD major revision currently underway! The meeting is free and you don't need to be a member of SAA to attend.

Join us for our joint annual meeting with TS-EAS on June 20th, 12-1:30pm EST! connect.archivists.org/events/event-d…

I am very excited to share that findings from our research for the Building a National Finding Aid Network project are now available. This was a major effort to inform the future of archival discovery and I'm really proud of this work oc.lc/nafan-research

Apply by this Friday, May 26! And please share this call with anyone you think might be interested. All experience levels are welcome and valued.

📣Call for candidates! The EAS Section seeks to fill 3 leadership positions for 2023-2025: 1 co-chair & 2 Steering Committee members. Please consider running for a position & joining this friendly group! Read the full call at the following link: www2.archivists.org/groups/encoded…

We've added the Texas Archival Resources Online (TARO) Best Practices Guidelines texastaro.pbworks.com/w/file/fetch/1… & the RiC-O convertor tool github.com/ArchivesNation… to our Recommended Tools & Resources page - check them out! www2.archivists.org/groups/encoded…

Want to learn more about using controlled vocabularies for subjects, places, persons, etc. mentioned in / related to your archival documents? Then this webinar series by @archivists_org's Description Section and TS-EAS is for you: bit.ly/3L8ZGgA

📣 Controlled Vocabularies upcoming webinar series! Co-hosted by TS-EAS and the Description Section. For more information and to register, please visit: www2.archivists.org/groups/technic…

Any favorite resources for working with encoded archival standards? We are updating the EAS Section’s Recommended Tools and Resources page. If you have resources to recommend, please share them with us here or via email at eas.section.saa@gmail.com www2.archivists.org/groups/encoded…

Learn more about EAC-CPF 2.0! Recordings and slides of these webinars are now available: November 14: youtu.be/Gs8Erj2GNYk November 15: youtu.be/di1cAZIfvG4 Slides (PDF): github.com/SAA-SDT/TS-EAS…

Check out the latest @archivists_org Descriptive Notes Blog post "Updates to EAC-CPF 2.0: A Webinar Recap" by EAS section member James Truitt: saadescription.wordpress.com/2023/01/10/upd…

📣 Reminder! TS-EAS is hosting a webinar on the new version of EAC-CPF on Mon, Nov 14 at 5pm ET, or Tues, Nov 15 at 9am GMT. A recording will be available after. To register please visit: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist… @archivists_org

Upcoming Fall SAA Education courses are going fast! Register now for Encoded Archival Description 3, held virtually November 7, 9, and 11. ow.ly/Acbe50KRPx3

Call for volunteers! TS-EAS is seeking to fill 3 international and 4 SAA based vacancies. Experience describing archival functions & activities is of particular interest. For more information & links to application forms, please visit: www2.archivists.org/groups/technic…

Join TS-EAS for a webinar introducing the new version of EAC-CPF (Encoded Archival Context - Corporate bodies, Persons, and Families), on Mon, Nov 14 at 5pm ET, or Tues, Nov 15 at 9am GMT. A recording will be available after. To register please visit: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regist…

Join the "Building a National Finding Aid Network" (NAFAN) project for an online information session on Thursday, October 6, 11am-12pm PT. For more information and to register, please visit: confluence.ucop.edu/display/NAFAN/

Registration is now open for the joint annual meeting of the Encoded Archival Standards Section and the Technical Subcommittee on EAS (TS-EAS). The meeting will be held via Zoom on Wednesday, August 3, 2022. We hope you can join us! connect.archivists.org/events/event-d…