Cooperation, interoperability and reuse of descriptions in AIM25 Robert Baxter Project Coordinator
A unified guide to archives and manuscript collections in HE institutions and learned societies in the London area.
Funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme January 2000 – July 2002
RSLP Criteria Increasing access Collaboration Collection level description
AIM25 Objectives Regional base Comprehensive coverage – subject collections and institutional records Collaboration with M25 Consortium of HE libraries Integrated within the National Archives Network
AIM25 Partners 16 Full HE Partners 20 HE Survey Partners 11 External Partners
Regional Cataloguing team BENEFITS Familiarity with practice of cataloguing, standards and data entry Consistent, high quality product Allows host staff to continue with usual duties Allows institutions with no/limited cataloguing facility to participate Variety/experience for cataloguer
AIM25 Standards ISAD(G) for collection description NCA rules for personal and corporate name index terms UNESCO structure for subject and place terms
Current position - update 3200 descriptions available from 27 partners 1200 additional descriptions in database to go ‘live’ 40,000 external web hits monthly
Technical infrastructure: Web - database interaction Web browser CGI AIM25 Perl scripts DBI MySQL
MySQL Database Import/export of data from/to CALM, ADLIB etc for partners Capable of holding image and sound files Allows export in any other defined format
Interoperability Other major archive networks – A2A, HE Archives Hub (EAD) Other RSLP projects – CASBAH, GENESIS, MUNDUS etc HMC NRA links to AIM25 M25 HE Library Consortium (Z39.50) Open Archives Initiative (OAI)
Creation/sharing implications AIM25 DATABASE AIM25 TEAM PARTNER NRA EAD M25 INFORM Other Formats