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
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Dept. 6456, LIB 439D

On Sep 18, 2018, at 2:13 PM, Josh Welker <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> 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