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Barriers to Using EAD

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Barriers to Using EAD

Encoded Archival Description (EAD) is an encoding standard for markup and display of archival finding aids. Available since 1998, EAD has enjoyed international adoption and has been implemented at large and small institutions. However, many institutions still encounter barriers to EAD implementation. This activity seeks to identify barriers to EAD implementation and recommend ways of getting past those barriers.

Background

More than 10 years since Encoded Archival Description was introduced, institutions or individuals who wish to implement EAD still encounter barriers to doing so.

Impact

Suggestions for overcoming barriers to EAD implementation will be of great use to the archival community.

Details

A working group has been formed to review barriers to EAD implementation, many of which have been outlined in the published literature. The group, which is composed of practitioners at large and small institutions, has formulated suggestions for tackling the various obstacles to implementation.

Outputs

A brief report will suggest tools or techniques to remove barriers. Some suggestions for future work may also be an outcome.

More Information

Resources

Lisa Spiro, Archival Management Software: A Report for the Council on Library and Information Resources, January, 2009.
Katherine M. Wisser, EAD Tools Survey, 2005.
Sonia Yaco, It's Complicated: Barriers to EAD Implementation, American Archivist, Volume 71, Number 2 / Fall/Winter 2008.
Archivists' Toolkit Survey, 2008.

Team Members

Merrilee Proffitt (lead)

Working Group:

Michele Combs, Syracuse University
Mark Matienzo, New York Public Library
Lisa Spiro, Rice University

Last update: 11 August 2009.

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