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Scope: This document lists the fields that are required, or required if applicable, under the current rules for cataloging manuscript and archival collections, Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS).
Because RMC is now doing its collection-level cataloging of these collections in ArchivesSpace, which does not use MARC, the MARC tags previously included in this Procedure have been deleted.
Contact: Margaret Nichols Jaime Groetsema
Unit: LTS Special Materials RMC
Date last reviewed: November 2022
Date of next review: August 20232026
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Note:
DACS rules are intended to apply to finding aids as well as catalog records. Fields whose names are in boldface below are required in all DACS records.
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Other fields we routinely use: Add subject headings and/or form/genre terms to the resource record in ArchivesSpace as appropriate. Use authorized Library of Congress Subject Headings. RMC generally uses the Art and Architecture Thesaurus as the source of its form/genre terms for archival collections.
Note: The absence of other fields from this list does not mean that you cannot use them in DACS. This list is meant to highlight the fields that are required, or required if applicable.
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