With the movement toward automation and standardization in archival descriptive practice, archivi... more With the movement toward automation and standardization in archival descriptive practice, archivists have increasingly been impacted by library systems and standards. With the release of the new library descriptive rules, Resource Description and Access (RDA), archives can now be seen to have a reciprocal influence on the development of bibliographic standards. However, RDA's reliance on library conceptual models also introduces
... Wendy M. Duff, Barbara Craig, and Joan Cherry, “Historians' Use of Archival Sources: Pro... more ... Wendy M. Duff, Barbara Craig, and Joan Cherry, “Historians' Use of Archival Sources: Promises and Pitfalls of the Digital Age,” Public Historian 26, no. 2 (Spring 2004): 216–230. ... Robert W. Proctor and Kim-Phuong L. Vu (Mahwah, NJ: Laurence Erlbaum Associates, 2005), 30. ...
This case study describes efforts in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections to build and teach an u... more This case study describes efforts in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections to build and teach an undergraduate course to develop archival literacy skills in undergraduate students. The article reviews current models of archival instruction and describes how these were applied in creating the course content. An evaluation of the course's outcomes and effectiveness is also included.
This article examines how finding aids are structured and delivered, considering alternative appr... more This article examines how finding aids are structured and delivered, considering alternative approaches. It suggests that single-level displays, those that present a single component of a multilevel description to users at a time, have the potential to transform the delivery and display of collection information while improving the user experience. It also examines how single-level displays allow for greater reuse of finding aid data. It introduces the Brigham Young University finding aid system as a proof of concept model demonstrating the power of using inheritance and single-level displays to meet user needs.
With the movement toward automation and standardization in archival descriptive practice, archivi... more With the movement toward automation and standardization in archival descriptive practice, archivists have increasingly been impacted by library systems and standards. With the release of the new library descriptive rules, Resource Description and Access (RDA), archives can now be seen to have a reciprocal influence on the development of bibliographic standards. However, RDA's reliance on library conceptual models also introduces
... Wendy M. Duff, Barbara Craig, and Joan Cherry, “Historians' Use of Archival Sources: Pro... more ... Wendy M. Duff, Barbara Craig, and Joan Cherry, “Historians' Use of Archival Sources: Promises and Pitfalls of the Digital Age,” Public Historian 26, no. 2 (Spring 2004): 216–230. ... Robert W. Proctor and Kim-Phuong L. Vu (Mahwah, NJ: Laurence Erlbaum Associates, 2005), 30. ...
This case study describes efforts in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections to build and teach an u... more This case study describes efforts in the L. Tom Perry Special Collections to build and teach an undergraduate course to develop archival literacy skills in undergraduate students. The article reviews current models of archival instruction and describes how these were applied in creating the course content. An evaluation of the course's outcomes and effectiveness is also included.
This article examines how finding aids are structured and delivered, considering alternative appr... more This article examines how finding aids are structured and delivered, considering alternative approaches. It suggests that single-level displays, those that present a single component of a multilevel description to users at a time, have the potential to transform the delivery and display of collection information while improving the user experience. It also examines how single-level displays allow for greater reuse of finding aid data. It introduces the Brigham Young University finding aid system as a proof of concept model demonstrating the power of using inheritance and single-level displays to meet user needs.
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