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Cooperation, interoperability and reuse of descriptions in AIM25 Robert Baxter Project Coordinator www.aim25.ac.uk
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A unified guide to archives and manuscript collections in HE institutions and learned societies in the London area.
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Funded by the Research Support Libraries Programme January 2000 – July 2002
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RSLP Criteria Increasing access Collaboration Collection level description
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AIM25 Objectives Regional base Comprehensive coverage – subject collections and institutional records Collaboration with M25 Consortium of HE libraries Integrated within the National Archives Network
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AIM25 Partners 16 Full HE Partners 20 HE Survey Partners 11 External Partners
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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
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AIM25 Standards ISAD(G) for collection description NCA rules for personal and corporate name index terms UNESCO structure for subject and place terms
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Current position - update 3200 descriptions available from 27 partners 1200 additional descriptions in database to go ‘live’ 40,000 external web hits monthly
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Technical infrastructure: Web - database interaction Web browser CGI AIM25 Perl scripts DBI MySQL
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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
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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)
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Creation/sharing implications AIM25 DATABASE AIM25 TEAM PARTNER NRA EAD M25 INFORM Other Formats
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