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Best Practices training was held at the Utah State Archives on March 7, 2008.
Best Practices training was held at the Utah State Archives on March 7, 2008.


* Slides from the LSTA Best Practice training are available [media:UMA_EAD_Best_Practices_Training.pdf|here].
* Slides from the LSTA Best Practice training are available [[media:UMA_EAD_Best_Practices_Training.pdf|here]].
* Topics not covered in the training slides are covered in the Best Practice Guidelines themselves, available at the [http://umaead.lib.byu.edu UMA Report Card site].
* Topics not covered in the training slides are covered in the Best Practice Guidelines themselves, available at the [http://umaead.lib.byu.edu UMA Report Card site].
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===Additional Resources===
===Additional Resources===
* For institutions using an XML editor or creating EAD by hand, you can use the native features in Excel and Word to speed up the process. A [http://archives.state.ut.us/containerlist/containerlist.html Flash movie] has been created to walk people through data entry within a container list.
* For institutions using an XML editor or creating EAD by hand, you can use the native features in Excel and Word to speed up the process. A [http://archives.state.ut.us/containerlist/containerlist.html Flash movie] has been created to walk people through data entry within a container list.
* Sample flowchart for the encoding and conversion of legacy EAD documents prior to aggregation, with resources available for each step. [[Image:LSTA_flowchart.png|left|thumb|LSTA project sample flowchart.]]

Latest revision as of 10:12, 3 April 2008

Training Materials

Best Practices training was held at the Utah State Archives on March 7, 2008.

  • Slides from the LSTA Best Practice training are available here.
  • Topics not covered in the training slides are covered in the Best Practice Guidelines themselves, available at the UMA Report Card site.


Additional Resources

  • For institutions using an XML editor or creating EAD by hand, you can use the native features in Excel and Word to speed up the process. A Flash movie has been created to walk people through data entry within a container list.
  • Sample flowchart for the encoding and conversion of legacy EAD documents prior to aggregation, with resources available for each step.
    LSTA project sample flowchart.