Tools & helper files International Institute of Social History

URL: http://www.iisg.nl/archives/findingaids.html

Encoding Procedure:  

We have started with converting some 500 WordPerfect 5.1 files. These files were first prepared for conversion by checking for consistency and adding extra information and codes required. Conversion to EAD is done automatically with OmniMark. EAD files were (and still are) validated with Author/Editor. After the WordPerfect 5.1 files we have also converted our paper finding aids to digital format using EAD. We didn=t do OCR, instead all documents were rekeyed en encoded according to EAD. At present, we try to develop a suitable procedure to mark up the new finding aids. Information on archives and collections can also be found in an online catalogue (GEAC-geoweb) and on separate webpages on the archives. At both places links to the finding aids will be made.

Delivery Mechanism:  

Currently over 750 finding aids of archival collections at the IISH are available on the Web. Most of them have been encoded in EAD and are delivered in both SGML and HTML. The HTML version is created from SGML, not on the fly, but using a Perl-script. Besides to an alphabetical list the finding aids are linked to their MARC records and collection level descriptions. Full text searching through an search engine (WebGlimpse) is also possible. Presently the IISH works on delivering the finding aids in XML.

Contact:  

Jack Hofman Archivist International Institute of Social History jho@iisg.nl

RLG Member:  

Yes

Last updated:   February 2003

Update information:
If any information concerning the above EAD implementation is incorrect or out of date download the XML source file for this entry, make required changes and mail back to levjen@umd.edu. Updated entries may only be submitted by the contact listed above.