Colleagues --

The SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force on the Development of Standardized Holdings Counts and Measures for Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries is pleased to invite comments on its proposed “Level 1 Count” for quantifying and sharing information about the holdings of archival repositories and special collections libraries. Comments are due on or before Friday, 3 March 2017.

The document is available both online and as a pdf on this SAA website:

http://www2.archivists.org/groups/saa-acrlrbms-joint-task-force-on-holdings-metrics/proposed-level-1-guidelines-for-standardize

Comments should be directed to either or both of the Task Force co-chairs:

Martha O’Hara Conway moconway@umich.edu (for RBMS)

Emily R. Novak Gustainis emily_gustainis@hms.harvard.edu (for SAA)

You do not need to be a member of RBMS or SAA to comment on the proposed  “Level 1 Count.”

Thank you in advance for your interest and input!

Angela Fritz, on behalf of the SAA-ACRL/RBMS Joint Task Force on the Development of Standardized Holdings Counts and Measures for Archival Repositories and Special Collections Libraries

Martha O’Hara Conway (RBMS) University of Michigan

Adriana P. Cuervo (SAA) Rutgers University

Rachel A. D'Agostino (RBMS) Library Company of Philadelphia

Lara Friedman–Shedlov (RBMS) University of Minnesota

Angela Fritz (SAA) University of Arkansas

Emily R. Novak Gustainis (SAA) Harvard Medical School

E. Haven Hawley (RBMS) University of Florida

Lisa K. Miller (SAA) Stanford University

Katy E. Rawdon (RBMS) Temple University