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The Description of Born-Digital Material in Finding Aids Project Group of
the DLF Born-Digital Access Working Group (BDAWG)
<https://wiki.diglib.org/Born-Digital_Access_Working_Group> is happy to
announce its unveiling of the Examples of Born-Digital Description in
Finding Aids <https://borndigitaldescriptioninfindingaids.wordpress.com/>.
This resource links to a collection of finding aids that describe
born-digital material and organizes/tags them according to various
categories. In addition, the web page provides links to existing guidelines
for description of born-digital materials. We hope this resource will serve
a dual purpose:


   1.

   To compile a snapshot of descriptive practices for born-digital
   materials as of 2022.



   1.

   To facilitate the creation of born-digital description by providing
   examples of how other archivists are doing this work.


The project group wholeheartedly invites archivists to contribute
additional examples of finding aids with, or guidelines pertaining to,
born-digital description. If you know of such a finding aid or set of
guidelines, we want to hear from you!

To facilitate contributions to this portal, the subgroup has developed
three separate Google forms:


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   Use this form if you would like to contribute an example of born-digital
   description in one (or more) finding aid(s
   <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdV8HGld825Jagoq8YdAwES5EgaE_WHzV99OgM5Fk16syLkoA/viewform>
   ).



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   Use this form if you would like to contribute links to one (or more)
   born-digital description guidelines.
   <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeS8omRUGuI7wdbTVJqkskFGAaQQyxWgFfLa6xGc4TWjSctvg/viewform>



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   Use this form if you would like to contribute general feedback relating
   to this resource.
   <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScBIvgsP10R0zZ7wdbf_pB17SNkvkQ7PEsrK3u_ub6Hjboz0Q/viewform>


Please be aware that we are only accepting contributions and feedback for a
limited time! Specifically, the deadline to contribute is February 28th,
2022.

If you have any questions about this effort, please contact Brenna Edwards (
[log in to unmask]) and/or Lara Friedman-Shedlov ([log in to unmask]).

Thank you,

Lara Friedman-Shedlov,

on behalf of the DLF Born-Digital Access Working Group (BDAWG), Description
of Born-Digital Material in Finding Aids Project Group.

The DLF Born-Digital Access Working Group (BDAWG)
<https://wiki.diglib.org/Born-Digital_Access_Working_Group>, Description of
Born-Digital Material in Finding Aids Project Group follows the DLF Code of
Conduct <https://www.diglib.org/about/code-of-conduct/>and values the
participation of each member of the community. We are dedicated to
providing a harassment-free experience for everyone, regardless of gender,
sexual orientation, disability, physical appearance, body size, race or
religion. We do not tolerate harassment of participants in any form. All
communication should be appropriate for a professional audience including
people of diverse backgrounds and cultures.


-- 
Lara D. Friedman-Shedlov    (she / they)  (hear my name
<https://namedrop.io/larafriedmanshedlov>)
Digital Records Archivist | Archives & Special Collections
University of Minnesota Libraries | lib.umn.edu | 612.626.7972

*I acknowledge that the University of Minnesota is located
<https://editions.lib.umn.edu/openrivers/article/where-we-stand/>on the
traditional, ancestral and contemporary lands of Indigenous people
<https://mcae.umn.edu/sites/mcae.dl.umn.edu/files/styles/panopoly_image_original/public/media/dakhota_thomakhoche.jpg?itok=SoL5V45r>.*

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