Good morning everyone,

I get the list in digest format so I am day late in commenting on the 
standards thread.  The Society of American Archivists Standards 
Committee will be doing some pilot work this year to compile a standards 
information site, potentially a portal.  The ARMA Standards Development 
Committee and I hope some other organizations will assist in the 
endeavor.  The idea is to create an online resource that records 
professionals or anyone can consult to see what standards currently 
exist, date last updated, standards in development, etc. and where they 
can be obtained or accessed.   Right now the proposal is to have 5-6 
major divisions one of which will be devoted to records management. The 
SAA Standards Committee has done some background work on the project and 
identified the pieces of information that will be collected for each 
standards or guideline.

It is a major project, but I think a much needed one. Many folks have 
had the frustration of trying to find out what standards exist and where 
they can be obtained.  Increasingly, standards serve many purposes not 
the least of which is serving as a model so that one does not need to 
start scratch in an area or re-invent the wheel. In standards 
development work, we need to know what already exists in an area before 
developing new projects.  We think this standards identification project 
will be valuable resource for the records related professions.

As the project proceeds, more information will be posted to this list 
and others. Stay tuned.... I hope there will be progress to report late 
this year.

Best Regards,
Nancy Kunde
SAA Standards Committee Chair
Member ARMA Standards Development Committee
University of Wisconsin Madison Records Officer
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