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this workshop sounds very interesting--I am interested--cost, of course, would be a factor. Barbara Mathe At 04:09 PM 7/20/98 PDT, you 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 >[log in to unmask] > >To: [log in to unmask] > > Barbara Mathe Senior Special Collections Librarian Department of Library Services American Museum of Natural History 79 Street and Central Park West New York, NY 10024 PH. 212 769-5419 FAX 212 769-5009