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The Archivists' Toolkit as a Collaborative Tool Between Primary Source Repositories�

Cassandra A. Schmitt

Online Northwest

February 11, 2011

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Reasons for adoption

manuscripts

archives

photographs

AT

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Collaboration Beginnings

  • UO: Special Collections and University Archives
  • OSU: University Archives
  • Only inter-institutional instance of AT

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Collaboration Meetings

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Joint Instance�What does this mean?

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Technical Set up Problems

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Connected!

Interior view of Mitchell Point Tunnel, Columbia Highway, Oregon State University Archives, http://www.flickr.com/photos/osucommons/3679690626/in/set-72157620686697985/

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Shared decisions

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Work flow

collaborate

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EAD Output �(Encoded Archival Description)

AT EAD output

NWDA compliant EAD

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Expanding Services

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Authority Control

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Joint Reference

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Joint Collection Development

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Moving Forward

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Thanks!

Cassie Schmitt schmitt@uoregon.edu

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Nathan Georgitis nathang@uoregon.edu

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Elizabeth Nielsen

elizabeth.nielsen@oregonstate.edu

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