Hi Joshua, Many repositories have transitioned from hand-encoding EAD to relying on systems like ArchivesSpace to describe archival materials, provide access to finding aids and support functions like location and container management.
Sometimes repositories prefer to export EAD from a system like ArchivesSpace and upload the EAD XML to a consortial site, their ILS, or a locally managed digital repository. Other times, repositories rely on the use interface that ships with the archival collection management system. SAA’s Collection Management Tools Section<https://www2.archivists.org/groups/collection-management-tools-section> provides some information about the various tools and options available for managing archival materials and finding aids. All best, Carolyn Carolyn Runyon Assistant Head of Collection Services and Director of Special Collections University of Tennessee at Chattanooga Library 615 McCallie Ave., Chattanooga, TN 37403 [email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>, (423) 425-4503 Dept. 6456, LIB 439D On Sep 18, 2018, at 2:13 PM, Josh Welker <[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: Hi all, We are about to embark on a first-time project encoding some of our special collections pathfinders in EAD format. The staff involved have no experience with EAD and minimal experience with XML at all. Does anyone know of any good learning/training materials, whether book, video, online course, etc.? I am also interested in seeing how libraries actually display this information to the user. Do people just use XSLT stylesheets to transform the EAD documents into human-readable web pages? How/where do you index the EAD files? Joshua Welker Information Technology Librarian James C. Kirkpatrick Library University of Central Missouri Warrensburg, MO 64093 JCKL 2260 660.543.8022
