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LEADS the Way A Collaborative EAD Project at Simmons College

LEADS The Way: A Collaborative EAD project at Simmons

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Presented at the New England Archivists Spring 2013 Meeting on 2013/3/23 by Kathy Wisser, Jason Wood, Justin Snow, Brian Shetler, Aliza Leventhal, and Meghann Wollitz. The LEADS (Leveraging EAD Skills) project is a collaboration between the Simmons Graduate School of Library and Information Science and the Simmons College Archives that seeks to retrospectively convert analog finding aids to Encoded Archival Description. The project is designed to both implement EAD at a small institution while also providing students from the Archives Concentration at GSLIS an opportunity to enhance their EAD skill set through applied learning. The speakers discussed the project’s pedagogical underpinnings, its impact on the College Archives’s collection management and access, the delivery of finding aids through stylesheets and publication considerations, and issues of project management and workflow. Students discussed their motivations for participation and their experiences in working with the project.

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LEADS the Way

A Collaborative EAD Projectat Simmons College

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About the College Archives

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Description and Access

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Let’s Do EAD

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EAD in GSLIS Curriculum

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LEADS pedagogy

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LEADS pedagogy

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LEADS pedagogy

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Volunteer Timeline June 2012: Recruitment for Pilot Program begins; 10 students

approached, 8 accepted

June-July 2012: Best Practice Guidelines, XML template, sample encoded finding aid, and workflow documents created for volunteer training

July 2012: Introductory training session held; each volunteer given one finding aid to encode; 86% of volunteers completed their encoding within one-week

August 2012: Additional students recruited for LEADS Fall semester push; Goal by end of semester was to encode the entirety of the Charity Collections

December 2012: By end of Fall semester, 21 student volunteers had completed 89% of the finding aids; remainder completed in Jan. 2013

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Student Volunteers

Summer/FallRecruitment Response

Students recruited based on combination of their interest and ability. Required to have taken LIS 440 (Archival Access & Use).

More than 60% of recruited students became volunteers on LEADS.

91% of volunteers completed at least 1 finding aid during the semester.

40% completed 2 or more finding aids

Spring semester: additional 12 volunteers added (71% response rate)

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Workflow Process

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Student Volunteers

<author>Machine-readable finding aid created by: Aliza Leventhal, M.S./M.A. Candidate, Archives & History Dual Degree, Simmons College</author>

<author>Machine-readable finding aid created by: Meghann Wollitz, M.S. Candidate, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, Simmons College</author>

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STYLESHEETS!

1. Intro

2. Website Survey

3. Tips

4. Show & Tell

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YOUCAN

DO IT

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http://simmons.edu/library/

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http://discover.lib.umn.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=umfa;id=navbarbrowselink;cginame=findaid-idx;cc=umfa;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=CLRC-1060;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;focusrgn=summaryinfo;byte=73990249

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http://discover.lib.umn.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=umfa;id=navbarbrowselink;cginame=findaid-idx;cc=umfa;view=reslist;subview=standard;didno=CLRC-1060;rgn=Entire%20Finding%20Aid;focusrgn=summaryinfo;byte=73990249

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nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou02191

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nrs.harvard.edu/urn-3:FHCL.Hough:hou02191

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http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.BRAINERD

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http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/scrc/findingaids/view.php?eadid=ICU.SPCL.BRAINERD

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http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/uars/ead/40127.html

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http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/uars/ead/40127.html

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3 Tips

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Be flexible.

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Step back.

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<arrangement><head>Collection Arrangement</head><p>Collection is arranged into 2 series:

<ref target="cc016s1">Annual Reports</ref>,<ref target="cc016s2">MiscellaneousPublications</ref>.</p>

</arrangement>

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<arrangement><head>Collection Arrangement</head><p>Collection is arranged into 2 series:</p><list type=”simple”>

<item><ref target="cc016s1">Annual Reports</ref></item>

<item><ref target="cc016s2">MiscellaneousPublications</ref></item>

</list></arrangement>

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Zero in.

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<xsl:stylesheetxmlns="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9"xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"version="2.0">

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<xsl:stylesheetxmlns:x="urn:isbn:1-931666-22-9"xmlns:xsl="http://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink"version="2.0">

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<xsl:template match= "chronlist"><div class="margin_bot10">

<xsl:apply-templates/></div>

</xsl:template>

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<xsl:template match= "x:chronlist"><div class="margin_bot10">

<xsl:apply-templates/></div>

</xsl:template>

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http://beatleyweb.simmons.edu/collectionguides/CharitiesCollection/cc025.html

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The Future(s) of LEADS

Phase I: Charities Collection: Complete & To Be Unveiled!

Phase II: Manuscript Collections: In Process Phase III: Administrative Records: In Planning Phase Forward: Integrating LEADS into the

standard operating procedures of the College Archives and Library

Stylesheet and Implementation Guidelines will be published and available on the Simmons College website

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LEADS Contact Information

Jason Wood [email protected]

Kathy Wisser [email protected]

Justin Snow [email protected]

Brian Shetler [email protected]