Archivists' Toolkit - DLF Presentation, 11 April 2006
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Brief Project Update
•Project status
–Fact sheet
–Revision of specification
–Building of application
–No cost extension
–Release timeline
•Project objectives
–Promote standardization of archival information
–Create workflow efficiency
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To build digital tools that will:
•Support archival processing in a manner that promotes efficiency and standardization
•Integrate key functions in the archival lifecycle, including accessioning, resource description, subject and name management and application, and resource location
•Support outputs such as EAD, EAC, METS, MARC XML, and various administrative outputs
•Be deployable in a range of archival settings
•Types: historical societies, college archives, museum archives, commercial archives, and other archives specializing in non-textual materials (sound or video archives, for example)
•Sizes: single staff member or a multi-repository consortium