Include information about considering a plurality of users when assigning access points.

[sreller]

Link to Relevant DACS Principle

Principle 2. Users are the Fundamental Reason for Archival Description.
Principle 10. Archivists must have a user-driven reason to enhance existing archival description.

Describe how DACS does not currently meet this principle

DACS should include information about considering a plurality of users when assigning access points and when encoding creators. 2.6 states that "Repositories are encouraged to employ recognized standardized vocabularies (e.g. Library of Congress). Language should suggest alternative thesauri.

Additional guidance could be added to the Overview of Archival Description and Access Points. Language should focus on inclusivity and state that inclusive description is created with care and thoughtfulness. Likewise, language should suggest that archivists do not rely on Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) exclusively (and especially problematic LCSH subject headings) when creating subject access points.

I expect that this will require a

• [] Minor change to DACS
• Major change to DACS

Link(s) to any relevant part(s) of DACS

[Overview of Archival Description: Access Points] (https://saa-ts-dacs.github.io/dacs/05_overview_of_archival_description.html#access-tools)
2.6 Name of Creators

[regineheberlein]

I agree with this in principle. The question I have is how we avoid falling from one set of bias into another when naming examples of other thesauri to use.