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Articles on DB/Text WebPublisher and EAD



Greetings,

The current issue, v.17, no.2, of the _OCLC Systems & Services_ published
three article related to archives.  They are listed below:

1.  Dahlstrom, Neil.  (2001) "Providing Web access to the Space Business
Archives through DB/Text WebPublisher," pp: 65-70.

Neil is Chief Archivist at the Space Business Archives, Alaxandria,
Virginia.  In this article, Neil describe how DB/Text WebPublisher interacts
with DB/TextWorks database software and how to create a Web query form and a
search result display form.  Neil also is the author of "Managing the Space
Business Archives with DB/TextWorks", published in the v.16, no.2 issue of
this journal.

2.  Kiesling, Kristi.  (2001) "Metadata, metadata, everywhere - but where is
the hook?" pp:84-88.

Kris is one of the EAD founders and is currently Head of the Department of
Manuscripts and Archives at the Harry Ransom Humanities Research Center,
University of Texas at Austin.  Her article discusses issues that currently
exist between EAD and Dublin Core.

3.  Prom, Christopher.  (2001) "Extending the capabilities of the EAD
Cookbook," pp: 89-95.

Chris is currently assistant university archivist at the University of
Illinois Archives, Urbana, Illinois.  He shares his experiences in
simplifying the tagging process with WordPerfect macros and incorporating a
digital image linking process into EAD Cookbook routine.

In addition, the editorial of this issue, "EAD: a true machine-readable
encoding standard for archivist," also covers EAD development history, use
of EAD, and the future of EAD.

_OCLC Systems & Services_ is a refereed and quarterly publication with an
international readership.  If you are interested in contributing articles on
information organization, processing, and dissemination, please feel free to
contact me.


Regards,
Sheau-Hwang Chang
Editor of OCLC S&S
Librarian
Bridgewater State College
Bridgewater, MA 02325
E-Mail:  schang@bridgew.edu

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