Description Section Agenda and Sessions 1998 Annual Meeting

I. Welcome from the Chair

II. Reports from SAA Committees and Liaisons

EAD Working Group - Kris Kiesling
TSDS (Technical Services and Descriptive Standards Committee) - Dennis Meissner
CC:DA Committee on Descriptive Standards - Michael Fox (Michael will include reports on the Cataloging from Metadata Task Force and the Rule 0.24 Revision Task Force)
MARBI (US MARC Advisory Board) - Michael Fox
OCLC - Susan Westberg

III. Section Reports

IV. Section Mission Statement and Bylaws

V. Proposals Publication proposals 2001 Program proposals

VI. Election of Vice Chair/Chair Elect

VII. Sessions Sponsored by the Section

Thursday 3 September, 10:30 am

1. Reports from SAA Committees and SAA Representatives

Michael Fox (Michael will include reports on the Cataloging from Metadata Task Force and the Rule 0.24 Revision Task Force)

2. Section Reports

3. Section mission statement and bylaws

4. Proposals

5. Election of Vice Chair/Chair-Elect

Session #3 3:00 pm - 4:30 pm
"Toward Integrated Archival Description: The Convergence of EAD, USMARC, and APPM"

Session #13 11:00 am - 12:30 pm
"Fishing for Compliments or Collecting Criticism: User Evaluation of Archival Description"

Session #23 1:45 pm - 3:15 pm
"Using Digital Technology to Integrate Archival Formats"