AFTERNOON WORKSHOP
Amy Benson and Amanda Strauss will lead a session in which users hack the Library’s EAD-XML finding aids to design new, flexible, and dynamic ways to present and use research collection inventories and descriptions. Currently, the Library’s finding aids are presented as static text documents, but we think this data could be repurposed in new formats to allow reordering, filtering, annotation, and imaging to support new insights into archival materials.
The program will begin with a brief introduction to finding aids, the EAD XML schema, and existing repurposing options for the metadata. Participants will be provided with live Lib Guide pages to host and test results. Participants will be encouraged to explore ways to remix and re-imagine existing finding aid data into more flexible and dynamic research tools using technologies and systems commonly available to libraries.
