2018 August - Washington DC

Meeting Date(s): 
August 14, 2018 - 6:00pm - 9:00pm
Location: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, Park Tower 8228

Society of American Archivists
Dictionary Working Group

A G E N D A
I. Welcome and Introductions  Rosemary Pleva Flynn
II. Reports
  1. Council Update  Courtney Chartier
  2. Publications Program Highlights – Teresa Brinati

 III. ARCHIVES*RECORDS 2018 Activities

  1. Special Forum: What Does That Mean? Building SAA's New Dictionary, Thursday, August 16, 7:30–8:15am, in Virginia C
  2. Ribbons: "Dictionary Working Group" + "Word Nerd"
  3. Tweet chat at #saawords
  4. Exhibit Hall Office Hour on Thursday, August 16, from 5:30pm to 6:30pm (Dictionary Working Group chair, American Archivist Editorial Board chair & Publications Board chair) 

 IV. Dictionary of Archives Terminology

  1. Tools and Workflow – Rosemary
    • DPS
    • Asana
    • Slack
    • SAA DWG listserv
    • SAA DWG microsite
    • Google Drive
  2. Review Entering Directions – Rosemary Flynn
  3. Group Discussion
    • How many project names/acronyms are we including? What is our criteria for making the cut?
    • Computing terms . . . what is going to be our criteria for making the cut?
    • Other discussion?
V. Any Other Business