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Dear Colleagues,

There is still space available in the two-day RLG sponsored Finding Aids
workshop to be held at the Vancouver ARLIS/NA conference.  The following
information is from the Vancouver conference web site
(http://www.eciad.bc.ca/~danutaz/arlis/arlis.html).  Remember, to qualify
for the preregistration conference discount (no discount for workshops),
registration materials must be postmarked no later than February 8, 1999.
Registration materials received after February 20, 1999.

This will be an excellent, hands-on, training opportunity to gain experience
in the use of these information protocols.

Regards,

Peter Blank
RLG Art & Architecture Group Steering Committee


Workshop III -- Creating Finding Aids using the EAD and SGML DTD
Vancouver Public Library
Wed., March 31 & Thurs., April 1, 1999
Enrollment limit: 20
Price:  $CAN 645.00 / $ US 450.00
Sponsor:  RLG
Instructors:
 Kris Kiesling, Head of the Department of Manuscripts and Archives
 Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin
 Michael Fox, Head of Processing, History Center, Minnesota Historical Society


Wed., March 31
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

I. Introduction/agenda/goals
II.  SGML:  Conceptual overview and hands on experimentation
III.  EAD overview and application: A review of the structure and content of
finding aids, and comparison to the content model of EAD; discussion of the
tag library and other documentation; practice markup on paper and using
computers.

Thurs., April 1, 1999
9:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

IV. EAD Overview and application continued: header and front matter elements.
V. Publication of the Web: A practical discussion and demonstration of style
sheets and navigators and the issues they present.
VI. Implementation:  An overview of authoring/editing tools and processes;
discussion of implementation issues such as workflow and implications for
reference service.

The workshop will 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 types
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 making
finding aids.  Trainees must have basic computer skills, e.g., know how to
use a mouse and how to cut and paste text.