Tools & helper files Western Connecticut State University/ Archives and Special Collections

URL: http://library.wcsu.edu/web/about/units/archives/

Description:  

WCSU implemented EAD in the summer of 2007. Finding aids were encoded in EAD to conform to WCSU's local guidelines (derived from NYU's local guidelines). Using the Excel templates Brian Stevens created at NYU, WCSU's special collections as of December 2007 will have 45 collections of their archival holdings described in EAD finding aids.

Encoding Procedure:  

EAD files published by WCSU were created using an MS Excel template in concert with a NoteTab clip. Troubleshooting and ongoing editing of EAD files is done with NoteTab utilizing Chris Prom's EAD configuration.

Delivery Mechanism:  

EAD Finding aids are rendered from a call to an XSL style sheet in the EAD document. Brian Stevens designed the style sheet based on a James F. Bell design and Leslie Myrick's NYU style sheet; all these are based on Michael Fox's Cookbook versions. Finding aids are accessible from an index maintained by Special Collections and from the 856 field in Connecticut State University Library System's (CONSULS) OPAC records. Experiments using Archivists' Toolkit generated MARCXML and ingesting it into the OPAC are ongoing. An application for searching WCSUs EADs is also currently being investigated.

Contact:  

Brian Stevens - stevensb@wcsu.edu

RLG Member:  

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Last updated:  

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If any information concerning the above EAD implementation is incorrect or out of date download the XML source file for this entry, make required changes and mail back to levjen@umd.edu.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