Standards Committee


Who We Are

Chair: Donald Juedes
Board Liaison: Heather Ball
Members: Phil Heagy, Jennifer Parker, Aprille Nace, Linda Duychak, Sara Harrington
Checklist for Digital Image Databases:
Trudy Jacoby, Deborah Boudewyns, Alan Michelson, Carole Ann Fabian

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Our Mission

To facilitate and coordinate the development of ARLIS/NA standards. To support this function, the Committee shall:
  1. Maintain an inventory of standards-in-progress through the Society;
  2. Identify areas of future standards development;
  3. Recommend what body should create the standards the Committee has identified as warranting development; and
  4. Review standards prior to Executive Board action.
Special appointments: The Chair is responsible for appointing, on behalf of the Executive Board, an ARLIS/NA representative to the National Information Standards Organization (NISO). The current representative is Pat Fragola.

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Annual Reports

ARLIS/NA Members Only

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Committee Minutes



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Proposals

Proposal to update ARLIS/NA Occasional Paper 11 Staffing Standards for Art Libraries and Visual Resources Collections (1996).

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Initiatives

  • Digital Image Database Standards Checklist: Technical, Functional, Content, & Access Recommendations
    >> Download the Checklist in PDF
    >> Download the Checklist in MS Word

    The Digital Image Database Standards Checklist (DIDSC) may be used as a guide to determine whether a particular electronic image product is appropriate for your library, campus, museum, or other institution. Although designed to evaluate image databases that are content repositories with asset management and presentation functionalities, portions of the checklist may be used independently to assess products with fewer capabilities. The DIDSC itself may be modified, expanded, or augmented to accommodate local needs; institutions are encouraged to tailor this document to suit individual application.

    The Standards Committee is very interested in your input; please send any comments or recommendations to Donald Juedes, the committee's current chair.


  • ARLIS/NA Occasional Paper 14
    This publication addresses accreditation standards. Chapter 3 outlines core standards used for accreditation in all libraries; the list below was provided by the authors of Occasional Paper 14 for the benefit of the Standards Committee. Updates to this list will be posted on this page.

    PURCHASE ARLIS/NA OCCASIONAL PAPER 14 NOW
    CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE LIST OF STANDARDS.


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