Brown, Geoff
Permanent URI for this collectionhttps://hdl.handle.net/10222/15105
Email: gsbrown@dal.ca
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Item Open Access Item Open Access A Quest to Survey Library and University Press Collaborations in Canada: A Case Study in Research Approach and Design(Association of Research Libraries, 2017) Coughlan, Rosarie; Brown, Geoff; Glushko, Robert; Kehoe, InbaItem Open Access NSIS and Atlantic Ecosystems Initiative to make data accessible - one dataset at a time(Nova Scotian Institute of Science, 2017) Brown, Geoff; Kennedy, Mary; Sherin, Andrew; Appletans, Ward; Mills, Eric L.; Lavoilette, LanceItem Open Access Nancy D. Courtney ed. 2010. More Technology for the Rest of Us: A Second Primer on Computing for the Non-IT Librarian(University of Toronto Press, 2011) Brown, GeoffItem Open Access Adding Archival Finding Aids to the Library Catalogue: Simple Crosswalk or Data Traffic Jam?(The Partnership: Provincial and Territorial Library Associations of Canada, 2007) Brown, Geoff; Harvey, KathrynDalhousie University Archives and Special Collections (DUASCSC) has been producing Encoded Archival Description (EAD) finding aids to describe its archival collections since 2003. The EAD descriptions started as a way to convert the collection of print and electronic (MS Word and WordPerfect) finding aids into a stable, software neutral format. As the collection of finding aids grew it became apparent that we needed a way to search these documents beyond what was possible via a basic browse on the DUASC website. As a result, we embarked on a systematic crosswalk of the EAD finding aids into MARC format for inclusion in the Novanet library catalogue. This has facilitated searching and discovery of the materials by a much broader audience of Dalhousie University Library users as well as users from all of the other Novanet member libraries in Nova Scotia and the general public. This article describes the primary motivation for the project and the technical aspects of converting the EAD finding aids into MARC format for inclusion in the Novanet catalogue.