I would be interested in a course like this.
Kate Cruikshank
Political Papers Specialist
268E Wells Library
Indiana University
Bloomington, IN 47405
Tel. 812-856-4601
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From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf
Of Daniel Pitti
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2007 9:59 AM
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Subject: Potential Course in Rare Book School
It is the time of year for me to contemplate what and if I will teach a
week-long course through the Rare Book School at the University of
Virginia in 2008.
For the past 10 years, I have taught a course called "Implementing EAD."
This course offered an intensive week covering the technological and
intellectual foundations of EAD and a lot of hands on experience in
applying it. At this point, EAD appears to be sufficiently promulgated
to be mostly self-sustaining (the trained train new comers),
supplemented by training in archive and library programs and the SAA
two-day workshop. The need for the "Implementing EAD" course has
diminished.
I am contemplate offering a course next year called Archival Description
Systems. This course would cover an introduction to the ICA standards
and emerging standards, their relations to EAD, EAC, EAG, and a yet to
be name communication standard for the description of functions, and
finally the conceptual and technological framework within which these
standards would be brought together to form a complete dynamic archival
descriptive system. A post-finding aid world.
I would like to ask the subscribers to this list if you would be
interested in such a course. Specifically I want to know whether you
would be **sufficiently interested to seek funding, apply, and attend
the course.**
I need to make a decision soon, and so I would like to hear from you
soon.
Thank you for taking a moment to consider this.
Daniel Pitti
University of Virginia
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