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