Stick to the Script: Automated Creation of XML for EAD Finding Aids

Robert G. Weaver

doi:10.1080/15332748.2019.1679013

Stick to the Script: Automated Creation of XML for EAD Finding Aids

Robert G. Weaver

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Abstract

The Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library (SWC) at Texas Tech University faced a backlog of finding aids to be authored using EAD. Additionally, though less pressing, were several dozen digital collections that needed to be linked to corresponding finding aids. After researching external solutions, the SWC wrote two PowerShell scripts: one for new collections or collections with no extant typed inventory, and another for legacy finding aids. Both scripts successfully encode collection inventories to current EAD standards rapidly and link digitized collections to online finding aids. This has allowed the SWC to reduce the backlog on-time and at greatly reduced labor cost.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	163-177
Number of pages	15
Journal	Journal of Archival Organization
Volume	16
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1080/15332748.2019.1679013
State	Published - Oct 2 2019

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EAD 2002
EAD3
digitization
finding aids

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