General EAD Guidance
- EADiva. A Plain-Talking EAD Tag Library
Live finding aid examples from real repositories rendered in XML, with links to HTML and raw .xml files. - EAD3 Documentation, from SAA
Society of American Archivists page for EAD revision with timetable for revisions and documentation. - Library of Congress. “Encoded Archival Description Tag Library, Version 2002”
- Levay, William. 2014. “A Place for Our Stuff: Evaluating Archival Content Management Systems”
Blog post overviewing of multiple platforms, including AtoM, ArchivesSpace & others – part of American Museum of Natural History, “Hidden Collections: stories from the archive.”
EAD Editors
- Oxygen (https://www.oxygenxml.com/)
- Sublime (shareware)
(https://www.sublimetext.com/) - Notepad++ (https://notepad-plus-plus.org/download/v7.7.html)
- Microsoft XML Notepad (https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=7973)
- TextEdit (https://softfamous.com/textedit/)
Publishing Platforms
ArchivesSpace
- http://www.archivesspace.org
The main AS website. Contains all basic information about the application, how to begin, how to become a member, etc. Also includes sandbox area. - AS Data Import/Export Maps
A subpage on the official AS website featuring mapping for imports and exports of accession information, EAD, MARCXML, and digital objects. - Official AS Wiki
Contains information on development, working groups, and a section on community resources. An account is required for contribution to the wiki. - AS Wiki Article on customizing EAD importers & exporters
Short article on how to customize EAD importers & exporters without writing customized XSLT. - AS Wiki on GitHub
Installation of AS and backend development, with user and developer support resources. - Bits & Bytes, Rockefeller Archive Center, “Automating ArchivesSpace exports, or Better Living Through APIs”
Blog post on automating finding aid EAD & PDF export using the AS REST API. Also contains information on using Git for versioning. - Library Labs Blog, University of Edinburgh, “Archives Space at the University of Edinburgh – the techie side”
Short summary blog post about the University of Edinburgh’s AS setup & launch. - Yale’s AS Blog
This blog explores Yale’s implementation and use of AS in-depth. - Yale’s AS Committee Website
This site is a companion to Yale’s AS blog, serving as an example of an institutional AS hub.
Access to Memory (AtoM)
- https://www.accesstomemory.org/en/
The main AtoM website, which includes the AtoM download, an abundance of documentation, the official Wiki, and links to User Forum and GitHub. Also includes demo. - AtoM GitHub
Backend development for AtoM. - Digital Curation Centre
DCC overview of ICA-AtoM (an earlier version of AtoM). - Chave, Isabelle, and Claire Sibille-de Grimoüard. 2015. “Towards the Development of a National Archival Authority File in France: An Approach to Implement EAC-CPF.” Journal of Archival Organization 12, no. 1/2: 98—17. LISTA, EBSCOhost (accessed October 5, 2015):
Journal article discussing AtoM implementation.
AtoM front-end interface examples (All allow export of EAD in XML):
- McGovern Historical Center, Texas Medical Center Library
- Special Collections and Archives, Coates Library, Trinity University
- Simon Fraser University
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection
- UNESCO Archives Catalogue
- Royal BC (British Columbia) Museum
eXtensible Text Framework (XTF)
- http://xtf.cdlib.org
Main XTF website, which includes download, tutorial, documentation and a community portal. - GitHub XTF Customization
Backend XTF customization for the Rockefeller Archive Center. - Woodruff Library Blog, Emory University, “Archival Technologies: Archivists’ Toolkit, XTF, and CONTENTdm”
Blog post describing one institution’s experience using AT, XTF, and Cdm together.
XTF front-end interface examples:
