1. The Impact of Community: AT Plug-in Development at BYU Cory L. Nimer Brigham Young University

2. Project Background BYU pursuing a workflow- based archival management system (AMS) solution since 2003 Reviewed AT in 2006, but opted for local solution

3. Integrated Digital Special Collections (INDI)

4. AMS Review Review of project functional requirements User testing of open source options – AT found to be most usable, and with best documentation – Some divergences with the Utah Manuscripts Association (UMA) EAD Best Practices Guidelines Recommended adoption of AT, but customizations would be needed

5. UMA EAD BPG Developed in LSTA grant in 2007 Adapted from Northwest Digital Archives EAD BPG Allows: – Multiple date entries – Grouped physical description entries

6. AT Release 1.5.9

7. Developing Specifications Separate specifications developed: – Expanded dates – Expanded physical description Included functionality, linking, data models, importing, exporting, business rules, and task sequences

8. Community Response Generally positive about date specification changes Lack of consensus on physical description modifications – Mirrored lack of consensus in physdesc encoding practices

9. National physdesc Encoding RLG OAC LC

10. NWDA/UMA physdesc Encoding

11. Development Process Functionality to be provided through plug-ins – Data model changes included in application core Development done in stages – Phase I: Data model additions – Phase II: Plug-in development Expected completion in September

12. Community Role Community Feedback