Author： Nickerson M.
Publisher： Springer Publishing Company
ISSN： 1042-1467
Source： Archives and Museum Informatics, Vol.12, Iss.3-4, 1998-01, pp. : 235-242
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Abstract
Ever since the card catalog gave way to the on-line public access catalog (OPAC) archivists and special collections librarians have longed to provide their patrons with the same level of computer searching power enjoyed by users of library main collections. In 1997 the Library of Congress announced the development of a new system designed to do just that: the Encoded Archival Description (EAD). The Special Collections at Southern Utah University's Gerald R. Sherratt Library adopted the new standard and used a basic wordprocessor, free open source software and in-house programming to create an efficient coding, search and display system for our photograph and manuscript collections.</p>
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