Tools & helper files The Newberry Library

URL: http://www.newberry.org/collections/ModMss.html

Description:  

We currently have over 120 finding aids on the website.

Encoding Procedure:  

As collections are processed or updated, an EAD-encoded finding aid is constructed in XML using XMetal 3 in conjunction with NoteTab Pro. Sometimes the container information is entered straight into XMetal; most of the time the lists are created in Microsoft Word or Excel. We have a macro in NoteTab Pro, developed by consultant Christopher Prom, that converts our Word documents into EAD-tagged container lists.

Delivery Mechanism:  

Using XSLT we create html files where the user can choose three different views for seeing the finding aid: Frames Off (default), Frames On, and Print View. Print View strips out the hyperlinks and maximizes the amount of text on the page in order to save paper.

A freeware search engine dedicated to searching archival finding aids will be customized as part of an NEH grant starting October 1, 2006.

EAD finding aids are linked to collection-level MARC records in the online catalog, and are also captured in RLG's ArchiveGrid.

Contact:  

Alison Hinderliter, Manuscripts and Archives Librarian



or

Martha Briggs, Lloyd Lewis Curator of Midwest Manuscripts



The Newberry Library

60 W. Walton St.

Chicago, IL 60610-7324

(312) 943-9090

RLG Member:  

Yes

Last updated:  Date unknown

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If any information concerning the above EAD implementation is incorrect or out of date download the XML source file for this entry, make required changes and mail back to levjen@umd.edu.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.