Repurposing EAD (Encoded Archival Description)

Repurposing EAD ______________________________________ 2009-03-20 Spring 2010 New England Archivists Meeting Session: “Repurposing Metadata” Mike Rush, EAD Coordinator Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library

EAD Background ______________________________________ 2009-03-20
Why bother with EAD when HTML is easier?
Photo by Mike Rush

EAD Background ______________________________________ 2009-03-20
Costs
Staff time
Training
Outsourcing
Stylesheet development
Indexing and delivery
Justifications
Get finding aids online
Standardize look and feel
Fielded searching
First step toward structured, repurposable data
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mcbeth/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

EAD Crosswalks ______________________________________ 2009-03-20
Metadata Content Standards
EAD  DACS
EAD  ISAD (G)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/chidorian/ / CC BY-SA 2.0

EAD Crosswalks ______________________________________ 2009-03-20
Metadata Transmission Standards
EAD  MARC / MARCXML
EAD  MODS (Metadata Object Description Schema)
EAD  Dublin Core
http://www.flickr.com/photos/iankoh/ / CC BY-NC 2.0

XSLT Transformations ______________________________________ 2009-03-20
XML to HTML
XML to XHTML (XSLT 2.0)
XML to XML
XML to Text
Screen cap by Mike Rush, 2010-03-18

Transforming EAD ______________________________________ 2009-03-20
Commonplace EAD Transformations
EAD to HTML
EAD to XSL-FO (and then rendered as PDF)
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nifmus / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

Transforming EAD ______________________________________ 2009-03-20 http://www.flickr.com/photos/dnnya/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
EAD to XML Transformations
EAD to Dublin Core
EAD to MODS
EAD to MARCXML
MARCXML to EAD

Transforming EAD ______________________________________ 2009-03-20 http://my.nbc.com/groups/werewolf-barmitzvah Used without permission - Sorry, couldn’t resist.
EAD to Text Transformations
Excel for Beinecke Digital Library (MODS-based)
Box and Folder Label Mail Merge
Microfilm Targets Mail Merge
Miscellaneous other spreadsheets

Getting Started ______________________________________ 2009-03-20
How do I start repurposing my EAD?
Invest in a good XML editor (I recommend Oxygen)
Take the SAA Workshop “Style Sheets for EAD”
Think creatively about how you might reuse EAD data
Never start from scratch
Ask for help
http://www.flickr.com/photos/twid/ / CC BY-SA 2.0

Broader Context + Opportunities ______________________________________ 2009-03-20 http://www.flickr.com/photos/newyork808/ / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0
Impact of Collection Management Systems (Archivists’ Toolkit, Archon, etc.)
Upcoming EAD Revision
Encoded Archival Context – Corporate Bodies, Persons, and Families (EAC-CPF)

Questions? ______________________________________ 2009-03-20 Mike Rush [email_address] twitter.com/mike_rush http://www.flickr.com/photos/a_ninjamonkey/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0

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