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Barbara: Thanks for an excellent suggestion. Anyone attend this working conference who can report on what the recommendation might be? Best, Jodi -----Original Message----- From: Encoded Archival Description List [mailto:[log in to unmask]]On Behalf Of Paulson, Barbara Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 11:41 AM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Re: Encoding really long finding aids If any of you are going to the ARL Exposing Hidden Collections Working Conference at LC on Monday, please bring this along: it touches on a number of issues that are likely to be discussed. See you there, Barbara P.S.: Thanks, Jodi. -----Original Message----- From: Jodi Allison-Bunnell [mailto:[log in to unmask]] Sent: Friday, September 05, 2003 1:17 PM To: [log in to unmask] Subject: Encoding really long finding aids Hello all: I am part of the Northwest Digital Archives (NWDA) project, and am looking for some advice on encoding really long finding aids. I am about to send a long (1200 page word processing document) document to our conversion vendor, and have the option of making this one long document, or having the 36 series encoded separately and linked to the main document. I can think of advantages and disadvantages both ways; obviously I need to make up my mind. Our consortium guidelines do not have specific recommendations either way, and I don't find any in other guidelines (OAC or RLG). We have a single stylesheet for the consortium. Thanks for any assistance/advice you can provide. Best, Jodi Jodi Allison-Bunnell Archives Grant Administrator Maureen and Mike Mansfield Library The University of Montana Missoula, MT 59812 (406) 243-4421 [log in to unmask] "Books are easy! Ninety-five percent of them exist in multiple copies and are now easily accessible through international databases. It is the scholarly resources hidden in archives that we need to make more visible." -David Stam, librarian emeritus, Syracuse University