TY - JOUR
T1 - Taming the "Beast"
T2 - An archival management system based on EAD
AU - Levine, Jennie A.
AU - Evans, Jennifer
AU - Kumar, Amit
N1 - Copyright:
Copyright 2007 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - In April 2005, the University of Maryland Libraries launched ArchivesUM (http://www.lib.umd.edu/archivesum), an online database of finding aids for manuscript and archival collections using Encoded Archival Description (EAD). ArchivesUM, however, is only the publicly available end-product of a much larger project-an integrated system that ties together the basic archival functions of accessioning, inventory control, and description with a public interface for searching and browsing collection descriptions. In this article, the authors explore the challenges and solutions encountered while developing the system, addressing the theoretical, practical, and programming decisions that contributed to the design of this archival management system.
AB - In April 2005, the University of Maryland Libraries launched ArchivesUM (http://www.lib.umd.edu/archivesum), an online database of finding aids for manuscript and archival collections using Encoded Archival Description (EAD). ArchivesUM, however, is only the publicly available end-product of a much larger project-an integrated system that ties together the basic archival functions of accessioning, inventory control, and description with a public interface for searching and browsing collection descriptions. In this article, the authors explore the challenges and solutions encountered while developing the system, addressing the theoretical, practical, and programming decisions that contributed to the design of this archival management system.
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U2 - 10.1300/J201v04n03_05
DO - 10.1300/J201v04n03_05
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:34548312507
SN - 1533-2748
VL - 4
SP - 63
EP - 98
JO - Journal of Archival Organization
JF - Journal of Archival Organization
IS - 3-4
ER -