Putting Descriptive Standards to Work

Putting Descriptive Standards to Work is another installment in the series Trends in Archives Practice and consists of the following four modules: Module 17: Implementing DACs: A Guide to the Archival Content Standard by Cory L. Nimer Leads archivists through the provisions of Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS) with the aim of assisting institutions in choosing between available options and creating documentation for local application. Includes extended examples of recording DACS content in EAD3, EAC-CPF, and MARC formats. Module 18: Using EAD3 by Kelcy Shepherd Provides an introduction to Encoded Archival Description Version EAD3, including its benefits and challenges, overall structure, and relationship to other archival standards. Discusses changes in the recent version and offers practical information on implementation. Module 19: Introducing EAC-CPF by Katherine Wisser Introduces the standard Encoded Archival Context - Corporate Bodies, Persons and Familes (EAC-CPF) and situates it in the wider archival standards landscape. Module 20: Sharing Archival Metadata by Aaron Rubinstein Explores the potential of data created by archivists and, using approaches and tools for sharing structured data, how it can be shared with researchers in the digital humanities as well as how it can enhance archivists own discovery systems and strategies.