[SOA] New free online tool: Dictionary of Archives Terminology from SAA

[Carleton, Janet]

Dictionary of Archives Terminology (DAT)
n. ~ an online publication of the Society of American Archivists, launched in April 2020 at https://dictionary.archivists.org<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchivists.us3.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6%26id%3D6cc8671ae5%26e%3D399b52cd06&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C0f8cba4a04324b54bc7108d7eb731894%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637236751870836792&sdata=jLIXu7NBl9BWgj%2BsnHT4358cVjx3YSOjvZD83aHT3LU%3D&reserved=0>, that provides definitions of terms based on their usage in the published literature of the archives profession

Notes
The Dictionary of Archives Terminology (DAT)<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchivists.us3.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6%26id%3Dcb5e7cb7da%26e%3D399b52cd06&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C0f8cba4a04324b54bc7108d7eb731894%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637236751870836792&sdata=rspqKMEFLT3eE%2F0Aku4FgyM3US307KschGyVnBtdL0w%3D&reserved=0> includes many revised and unrevised entries from A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchivists.us3.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6%26id%3D4ca4412bdc%26e%3D399b52cd06&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C0f8cba4a04324b54bc7108d7eb731894%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637236751870846790&sdata=raTRF7sJmtaymuFvlg3FvUlYc7yePyH0pmLBeFIKWqo%3D&reserved=0>, written by Richard Pearce-Moses and published by SAA in 2005. It has been updated with 150 additional entries composed by members of SAA's Dictionary Working Group between 2013 and 2020. In order for a term to be considered for inclusion in DAT, it must be used in at least three published sources. The working group writes a definition based on this usage. Word of the Week<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchivists.us3.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6%26id%3D64da54092d%26e%3D399b52cd06&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C0f8cba4a04324b54bc7108d7eb731894%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637236751870846790&sdata=XV3IZwaiFR30RX4AFi0iXQphraI8AnIt%2Fu2fQMTcEOQ%3D&reserved=0>, the weekly e-blast that debuted in July 2014, brings new or revised terminology from DAT-more than 300 terms and counting-straight to your email inbox.

The Dictionary Working Group wishes to thank everyone who contributed their feedback over the years! All suggestions for new terms and revisions to definitions have been logged and are still being reviewed. Please continue to send in feedback (click on links below)-the Dictionary of Archives Terminology is a work-in-progress.

Dictionary Working Group: Rosemary Pleva Flynn (chair, University of North Dakota), Kathryn Bowers (Harvard University Archives), Tamar Chute (The Oho State University), Cliff Hight (Kansas State University), Geoffrey Huth (New York State Unified Court System), Mary Elizabeth Ruwell (US Air Force Academy), Dawn Schmitz (University of North Carolina Charlotte), Margery N. Sly (Temple University Libraries), and Katy Sternberger (Portsmouth Athenaeum).

Citations
Society of American Archivists, Dictionary of Archives Terminology<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchivists.us3.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6%26id%3D71542984ad%26e%3D399b52cd06&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C0f8cba4a04324b54bc7108d7eb731894%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637236751870856781&sdata=5Fi4j7V%2FkLw569dxSfiZcNcCk1K82My3IVCXbD5fpjQ%3D&reserved=0> (2020).
Huth, Geof, "Why a Dictionary for Archivists?<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchivists.us3.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6%26id%3D16d8a2532e%26e%3D399b52cd06&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C0f8cba4a04324b54bc7108d7eb731894%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637236751870856781&sdata=tRlSq3E3EKiZ98FTleE4E9xizmBJloOY86Fs7NRR%2B7A%3D&reserved=0>," Archival Outlook (November/December 2018): 13.
Bowers, Kate, "Uncontrolled Vocabulary<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchivists.us3.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6%26id%3D04ac2a086c%26e%3D399b52cd06&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C0f8cba4a04324b54bc7108d7eb731894%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637236751870866777&sdata=dMQv8GdHv1WopukGHZx%2FevORZsn6OIZyMQjgt0xaFgo%3D&reserved=0>," Archival Outlook (March/April 2017): 11.
Flynn, Rosemary Pleva, "On Our 'Terms'<https://nam03.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Farchivists.us3.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D56c4cfbec1ee5b2a284e7e9d6%26id%3D7298d984b5%26e%3D399b52cd06&data=02%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7C0f8cba4a04324b54bc7108d7eb731894%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637236751870866777&sdata=QaL8KuQvRNf4ru7f2U5v9pwcPWbg65EMabOcl6Uwvj4%3D&reserved=0>," Archival Outlook (November/December 2015): 17.

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