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Reminder! If you have implemented EAD at your repository, please consider participating in this study. This study is dependent on a broad cross-section of institutional implementation. As stated in the original call, we are interested only in tag usage and individual institutions will not be identified in the findings.

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Seeking EAD records from repositories that have implemented EAD

Standards have been entering the archival lexicon at a fast pace to ensure data reliability, enable data aggregation, and manage data over the long term. However, we have not yet examined the use of these standards across the archival community. As we  move into the next phase of standards-creation, a broad look at current implementations will help to inform the next  generation of these standards. To do this, Kathy Wisser (Simmons College) and Jackie Dean (UNC Chapel Hill) are conducting research on EAD tag usage in the encoding community.



This project is intended to inform the TS-EAD revision process of the standard, and results will be disseminated through traditional publication avenues.

We are seeking a sample of encoded finding aids from institutions that have implemented EAD.  If you are willing to participate in this project, please submit via electronic mail 12 to 15 finding aids to [log in to unmask] by December 15, 2010.



The goal of the project is to identify encoding behavior and not to evaluate the quality of the encoding or the content of the finding aid. We will be noting the presence and absence of elements and attributes and the way that elements are used within the context of an EAD instance.



All results will be anonymized; no institution-specific information will be linked to the results.  Institutions willing to participate will be acknowledged.



In order to obtain an accurate account of the use of the standard, we are looking for EAD instances from as many institutions as possible. We hope you will consider contributing to this effort.



If you have any questions about the project, please contact us.



Kathy Wisser (Simmons College) and Jackie Dean (UNC Chapel Hill)

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Katherine M. Wisser
Assistant Professor
Graduate School of Library and Information Science
Simmons College
300 The Fenway
Boston, MA   02115-5898
(617) 521-2887
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Jackie Dean
Manuscripts Processing Coordinator
Special Collections Technical Services
The Wilson Library
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
CB# 3926, Wilson Library, Chapel Hill, NC 27514-8890
919-962-1345  (FAX) 919-962-3594 [log in to unmask]