Hi Barbara and Leslie --

  Barbara, thank you for sharing the link for the British "Connected
History" effort (another here: 
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8577164.stm ).

  And Leslie, it's heartening to read that someone in the US is doing
something similar, though I read that yours will cover 140 collections
selected from 24 member libraries in the Philadelphia area.

   Does anyone know of others in the states who are working on something
like this?  It would be terrific if we could manage a collaborative
project for the entire US.  Perhaps regional area search engines would
be the middle step.

  --jody


Jody DeRidder
Digital Services
University of Alabama Libraries
Tuscaloosa, Alabama 35487
(205) 348-0511
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> Dear Leslie,
>
> I don't have your email address; could you respond off-list?  I am
> interested in your CLIR processing/EAD project.  I have received internal
> SI funding for a large MLP project here at AAA which will result in EAD
> finding aids.  We have not yet adopted AT here at AAA - we've been
> Cookbook EAD implementers since 1999 - but other SI units have or are in
> the process of adopting AT.   AAA has plans to adopt AT for EAD creation
> in the spirit of collaboration, with the hope that this will eventually
> lead to an SI-wide EAD consortia.   All of that aside, I am really
> interested in the # of linear feet you hope to process over the 27 month
> project, and the # of staff/persons devoted to processing.
>
> Best,
>
> Barbara D. Aikens
>
> Chief, Collections Processing
> Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
> Ph: 202-633-7941
> email:  [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
> Mailing Address
> Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
> PO Box 37012
> Victor Bldg., Suite 2200, MRC 937
> Washington, DC  20013-7012
>
>
>
> From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of
> LESLIE WILLIS
> Sent: Thursday, March 25, 2010 10:56 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: Very Cool Project in UK
>
> Dear Barbara...
>
> In Philadelphia, a similar project is being undertaken by PACSCL
> (Philadelphia
> Area Consortium of Special Collections Libraries). The Mellon Foundation
> and CLIR (Council for Library and Information Resources) have been
> funding these efforts.
>
> Best, Leslie
>
> On Thu, Mar 25, 2010 at 9:53 AM, Aikens, Barbara
> <[log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>> wrote:
> http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/8577164.stm
>
> I don't recall hearing about this one....perhaps some of you have.
>
> Barbara D. Aikens
>
> Chief, Collections Processing
> Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
> Ph: 202-633-7941
> email:  [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
>
> Mailing Address
> Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution
> PO Box 37012
> Victor Bldg., Suite 2200, MRC 937
> Washington, DC  20013-7012
>
>
>
>
>
>
> --
> Leslie Willis-Lowry
> Archivist
> Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection
> 1st Floor, Sullivan Hall
> 1330 West Berks Mall (007-00)
> Philadelphia, PA  19122
> phone -- 215-204-5379
> fax -- 215-204-5197
> email -- [log in to unmask]<mailto:[log in to unmask]>
> http://library.temple.edu/blockson
>