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If you search the archives of this mailing list, a while back I asked for information on displays that were not using tables for the <dsc> info, and got several responses. The Triangle Research Libraries Network in North Carolina has a great tabbed display for finding aids that uses <div> instead of table cells for <dsc> content (example).

If the only reason you don't want tables is because it's cumbersome/confusing to have so many empty cells, I wrote a stylesheet that controls component-level display through CSS and uses a basic table, with one or two columns for containers and a third column for all other content. It's available here: http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/ead/stylesheets.html) and it's called "EAD 2002 <dsc> to three-column table."

As for innovative displays, off the top of my head I think the Southern Historical Collection at UNC-CH has an aesthetically appealing and user-friendly display (example), as does Yale (example), as does NCSU (example). One thing I particularly like about all of these is the fixed navigation (fixed left nav in the first two and tabbed browsing in the third) so the user can always jump to another section of the finding aid without going back to the top of the page. I'm sure there are a million more good looking and user-friendly displays out there, and I'm looking forward to seeing where other respondents point you!

Joyce

On Thu, Feb 4, 2010 at 12:48 PM, Creighton Barrett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Our archives will also be revising our XSLT stylesheet and I would also
> appreciate seeing any examples that people are willing to share,
> particularly those that do not use tables to format file lists.�
>
> Christie, if you are not already aware of it, there is a page for user
> contributed stylesheets on the EAD Help Pages
> (http://www.archivists.org/saagroups/ead/stylesheets.html).� It would be a
> good place to start.�
>
> Cheers,
>
> Creighton Barrett
> Archives Assistant
> Dalhousie University Archives and Special Collections
>
>
>
> On 4 February 2010 13:17, Christie Peterson <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>> Our archives has the opportunity to re-do our XSLT stylesheet for
>> converting EAD to HTML. �We know what our problems are with our current
>> stylesheet, but we're not quite sure what we want, so we're looking for
>> examples of good displays that we can give to the person who will be
>> creating the stylesheet.
>>
>> We're particularly interested in recent (i.e., created in the last 2-3
>> years) examples of EAD served up as HTML that have high usability, and/or
>> that are innovative in design. �So please, let me know about any EAD
>> displays of which you are either particularly proud or jealous.
>>
>> Thanking you in advance for assistance,
>>
>> Christie
>>
>> --
>> Christie Peterson
>> Processing Archivist
>> Muskie Archives & Special Collections
>> Bates College
>> 70 Campus Avenue
>> Lewiston, ME 04240-6018
>> (t) 207-753-6918
>> (f) 207-755-5911
>
>



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Joyce Chapman
NCSU Libraries Fellow
Metadata and Cataloging/
Digital Library Initiatives
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