By Alice Prael As digital storage technology progresses, many archivists are left with boxes of obsolete storage media, such as floppy disks and ZIP disks. These physical storage media plague archives that struggle to find the time and technology to […]
by the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University The Archival Processing Manual for the Manuscript Unit of the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library records policies and procedures for processing manuscript collections at Beinecke and thereby serves as […]
Choose an EAD file from your computer to check. See errors that need manual intervention, errors that can be automatically fixed, or all errors. https://eadchecker.lib.harvard.edu/
by Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library, Cataloging and Metadata Services Unit The Cataloging and Metadata Services Unit at Utah State University ‘s Merrill-Cazier Library recently set out to map out the general workflows of the unit, including where material comes […]
Connecting the Dots: Using EAC-CPF to Reunite Samuel Johnson and His Circle Created by Enrique A. Diaz, last modified by Susan C. Pyzynski A project to demonstrate the benefits of using Encoded Archival Context – Corporate bodies, Persons, and Families […]
For student employees, interns, and new processors who will be processing personal papers and corporate/organizational records in the Rubenstein Library’s Technical Services Dept. By Meghan Lyon A library processing manual in zine format. https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B5NFn3rudrDgTk9HXzdUZHNMaUk All files (pdf, booklet, text only) available at: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/0B5NFn3rudrDgTk9HXzdUZHNMaUk
xEAC is an open-source XForms-based application for creating and managing EAC-CPF collections. https://github.com/ewg118/xEAC
In January 2015 the Born Digital Working Group was formed to determine how the different libraries and museums can pool resources and expertise to find a path forward for born-digital archival materials. One of the priority goals of the BDWG is to […]
by Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library These procedures outline the steps for linking digital collections to archival collections marked up in EAD, focusing on items scanned at the item level. This process focuses on “low-tech” ways to convert metadata from CONTENTdm into container […]
by Utah State University, Merrill-Cazier Library These procedures outline the steps needed to batch upload items into CONTENTdm when there is an established online finding aid. This process focuses on “low-tech” ways to use the content or container list displayed in table […]