KATHRYN LYBARGER DECEMBER 1, 2010 Archivists’ Toolkit Collaboration.

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KATHRYN LYBARGER DECEMBER 1, 2010 Archivists’ Toolkit Collaboration

Archival Collections at UK

Goals: Provide access Public access to detailed collection information Access alongside other library materials Centralized access for UK archivists/librarians

Specific goal: Finding aid in KDL

Goals: Provide access Public access to detailed collection information Access alongside other library materials Centralized access for UK archivists/librarians

Specific goal: Catalog (Infokat) access

Catalog record

Goals: Provide access Public access to detailed collection information Access alongside other library materials Centralized access for UK archivists/librarians

Archivists’ Toolkit Archival data management system Free, open-source “for archivists by archivists”

Output from Archivists’ Toolkit Archivists’ Toolkit MARCReportsEAD

Input to Archivists’ Toolkit Archivists’ Toolkit DatabasesSpreadsheets Input Forms

Resource form

Names headings

Name heading

Standards Describing Archives: A Content Standard (DACS)  Archival description  Name headings Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH)  Subject headings

Authority Control Use one unique term per specific subject Completeness – find all material on one subject Disambiguate – find ONLY material on that subject

Subject heading list

Differences in formatting Lexington (Ky.)  Lexington, Kentucky  Lexington, KY Picky spacing and punctuation:  How many hyphens?  Spaces between hyphens and words?  Ending with punctuation?

Typos Coal miner’s spouses should be Coal miners’ spouses

Improper LCSH History—Kentucky  Kentucky—History Agriculture—Social conditions  Agriculture—Social aspects Voyages and travels—Kentucky  Kentucky—Description and travel

Ambiguous heading: Coral Sea Coral Sea ? (the sea) Coral Sea (Aircraft carrier) ? Coral Sea, Battle of the, ?

Ambiguous headings: Casablanca Casablanca (Aircraft carrier) ? Casablanca (Chile) ? Casablanca (Morocco) ? Casablanca (Motion picture) ? …

Sometimes LCSH is not appropriate Cyanotypes  Blueprints? Court day  Festivals—Kentucky— Mount Sterling ? Combat fatigue   Post-traumatic stress disorder ?  War neuroses ?

Status 1400 collections names/subject headings 2 collections exported, now in OCLC and Voyager Postcard collection Gems of Kentucky Scenery