A Long and Twisted Road: The Journey from EAD to ArchivesSpace Implementation at the University of Minnesota. Issue 3 (1st October 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Dietrick, Kate; Friedman-Shedlov, Lara; Marineau, Caitlin
• Is Part Of: Journal of archival organization. Volume 13:Issue 3/4(2016)
• Page Start: 90
• Page End: 99
• Publication Date: 2016-10-01
• Subjects: Archival description -- archival management systems -- ArchivesSpace -- EAD -- encoded archival description -- online finding aids -- University of Minnesota; Archives -- Processing -- Periodicals; 025.341
• DOI: 10.1080/15332748.2018.1443462
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1533-2748

Abstract

ABSTRACT: This article will provide an overview of the implementation of EAD by the Archives and Special Collections Department, University of Minnesota Libraries, and the decision to implement ArchivesSpace, which necessitated addressing divergent and legacy practices. Some attention will be given to previous efforts to standardize description and accessibility at the University of Minnesota and how those efforts ultimately failed without a centralized content management system.