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<p class="MsoNormal">Hi, ArchivesSpace colleagues,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">I’m writing to ask if anyone on this list has internal, documented policies and best practices in the use of the Genders field in the ArchivesSpace Agents module.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">We (here at Yale) haven’t yet started using that field and are in the process of assembling some initial thoughts about how we might guide practitioners on campus to use (or not use) that field.
<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Any local documentation you have about this would be much appreciated – if you’re willing to share, could you please send me a note at
<a href="mailto:alison.clemens@yale.edu">alison.clemens@yale.edu</a>? <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">And if you’re curious about the broader literature and principles we’re consulting in this work, I’ve included our compiled list of sources below my signature.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">With thanks,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Alison<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Alison Clemens<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">[she/her or they/them]<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Access Strategist<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none">Yale University Library <o:p>
</o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="mso-ligatures:none"><a href="mailto:alison.clemens@yale.edu"><span lang="EN-GB" style="color:#0563C1">alison.clemens@yale.edu</span></a></span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ligatures:none"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Compiled resources:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<a href="https://zenodo.org/record/6686841#.Y-ZlpnbMKUk"><span style="color:#1155CC">Metadata Best Practices for Trans and Gender Diverse Resources</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<a href="https://www.loc.gov/aba/pcc/documents/gender-in-NARs-revised-report.pdf"><span style="color:#1155CC">Revised Report on Recording Gender in Personal Name Authority Records</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<a href="https://portal.snaccooperative.org/node/359"><span style="color:#1155CC">SNAC Cooperative Demographics Statement</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<a href="https://github.com/rose-collectionservices/collection-services-manual/tree/master/05-DESCRIPTION#544-describing-gender"><span style="color:#1155CC">Collection Services Manual for the Stuart A. Rose Manuscript, Archives, and Rare Book Library at Emory
University, Section 5.4.4, Describing Gender</span></a> <o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/15usOPOUi4Edq0gz2O47xbQBgvYJJlpX3sj6_LDOaQuM/edit"><span style="color:#1155CC">Digital Transgender Archive Harm Reduction Guide</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<a href="https://wiki.harvard.edu/confluence/display/hmschommanual/Guidelines+for+Inclusive+and+Conscientious+Description#GuidelinesforInclusiveandConscientiousDescription-Identity&Naming"><span style="color:#1155CC">Harvard CHoM Description Manual</span></a><o:p></o:p></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0in;margin-bottom:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline">
<span style="color:windowtext"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1XoQmrT-kdj5fCKNcg0umghsWFORrKRf7rMsB4OsnY5o/edit#heading=h.3o2j39wyeqw5"><span style="color:#1155CC">Records in Contexts (RiC) Comments from the Technical Subcommittee on Describing
Archives: A Content Standard (TS-DACS), Section 2. Concepts Around Human Identity: RiC-P36 Gender (2016)</span></a></span><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
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