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Amy- Since we've already been in contact about the Five Colleges EAD project, I won't repeat what I've already told you. If you have specific questions that aren't being answered by others on the listserv, contact me directly and I will be happy to help in whatever way I can. Kelcy __________________________________________________ Kelcy Shepherd Director, Five College On-Line Finding Aids Access Project Special Collections & Archives W. E. B. Du Bois Library University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA 01003-9275 Phone: 413.545.6844 ----- Original Message ----- From: Amy Cooper <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 12:47 PM Subject: Encoding Consortial Arrangements > Hello All -- In the process of researching our use of EAD, I've heard > from a few people who used consortial arrangements to help them encode > Finding Aids, rather than re-invent the wheel at their own small > institutions. I'd be interested in hearing from people in institutions > who have used consortial arrangments for encoding. Specifically, I'd > like to know if smaller institutions have found it valuable, and if they > have, where they've gone. > > The contents for SAA's 2000 session, "Everything but Encoding: Costs and > Benefits of EAD Consortia" have been very helpful, and I've been > directed to Bibliographic Center for Research (and Pacific Data > Conversion Corp.); but any recommendations for readings or contacts > would be much appreciated. > > Thanks for all the help that I've received so far from the membership of > this list, and thanks in advance for more information. > > Regards, > Amy Cooper > > ************************************************* > Assistant Professor Amy Cooper > Archivist/Special Collections Librarian > I. D. Weeks Library > The University of South Dakota > > Phone: 605-677-8867 E-Mail: [log in to unmask] >