I am interested in the FAST workshop.
Sonja M. Nielsen
Branch Librarian
Wisser Library
New York Institute of Technology
PO Box 8000
Old Westbury, NY 11568-8000
(516) 686-7657
fax (516) 626-2914
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On Mon, 20 Jul 1998, Lorna Corbetta-Noyes wrote:
> RLG has proposed a workshop for the 1999 ARLIS/NA conference, and
> the Conference Planning Committee has tentatively approved it contingent
> upon the level of interest in the ARLIS membership. The idea for the
> workshop grew out of a very popular session from last year's conference:
> "Collection Level Records: Archivists and Librarians Share Solutions". The
> workshop would also complement a proposed session for next year's conference:
> "When Collection Level Records are not enough". This workshop, Finding Aids SGML
> Training (FAST), developed by RLG and the University of California at Berkeley,
> has been given more than 12 times throughout North American, the UK, and Australia.
>
> The workshop would cover the application of the EAD (Encoded Archival
> Description), and the SGML DTD (Standard Generalized Markup Language
> Document Type Definition) for archival finding aids. The use of
> electronically accessible and encoded finding aids in conjunction with
> collection level records offers an alternative to the item level cataloging
> of certain type of materials, ranging from ephemera to photo and other
> image/graphic archives.
>
> After taking the workshop, participants will understand the EAD structure,
> know how to apply EAD elements and attributes and be able to make informed
> decisions regarding software, Web publishing tools, and institutional
> implementation of the EAD. The workshop is geared toward supervisors who
> will manage implementation of EAD as well as staff who will be marking up
> finding aids. Trainees must have basic computer skills, e.g., know how to
> use a mouse and how to cut and paste text.
>
> This is a two-day hands-on workshop that will be held post-conference.
> If you are interested (no commitment implied), please respond to me no
> later than August 10, 1998. The conference program will be finalized
> during the month of August, so we need to know if enough people are
> likely to attend.
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> Lorna Corbetta-Noyes/RLG
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