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Repurposing EAD ______________________________________
2009-03-20
Spring 2010 New England Archivists Meeting
Session: “Repurposing Metadata”
Mike Rush, EAD CoordinatorBeinecke 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 howyou might reuse EAD data
•Never start from scratch
•Ask for helphttp://www.flickr.com/photos/twid/ / CC BY-SA 2.0
Broader Context + Opportunities ______________________________________
2009-03-20http://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
twitter.com/mike_rush
http://www.flickr.com/photos/a_ninjamonkey/ / CC BY-NC-SA 2.0