Society of Southwest Archivists

SAA A&D Bootcamp San Antonio: EAD and Arrangement & Description workshops

  • 05 Feb 2019 12:17 PM
    Message # 7148358

    A&D Bootcamp 
    San Antonio, TX | March 11-15, 2019

    Join us at the University of Texas at San Antonio for our four day A&D Bootcamp! Complete two of your required foundational courses in the SAA A&D program and get a jump start on your certificate path today! 


    Encoded Archival Description 
    March 11-12, 2019 | REGISTER NOW!
    Instructors: Michael Rush & Dr. Kathy Wisser

    Early-Bird Deadline: February 12, 2019

    Here’s your chance to receive the instruction and hands-on practice you need to bridge the digital divide. Get acquainted with the language of XML and practice with XML authoring software. This two-day course covers the most up-to-date EAD version.

    In this course, you will:

    • Discuss an overview of Extensible Markup Language (XML)
    • Examine the structure of EAD (the SAA-endorsed standard for archival finding aids)
    • Mark up a finding aid
    • Explore style sheets and implementation strategies
    • Practice encoding a finding aid using EAD

    Who should attend? Archivists and others who are charged with exploring and/or implementing EAD at their institution or who want to enhance their résumé

    What Should You Know? Participants should have arrangement and description practice and familiarity with finding aids


    Arrangement and Description: Fundamentals 
    March 14-15, 2019 | REGISTER NOW!
    Instructors: Pam Hackbart-Dean & Anne Ostendarp

    Early-Bird Deadline: February 15, 2019

    This two-day course introduces the basic principles, concepts, and tools that archivists use to establish both physical and intellectual control over archival records. These include: developing accession records and processing work plans; identifying common arrangement schemes for collections with varying formats; and how to physically organize materials during processing. You will learn the essential elements of a finding aid and the major descriptive standards that support these elements, as well as the day-to-day decisions made in arranging and describing archival materials. You'll also participate in a set of exercises designed to emphasize the principles and concepts of arrangement and description.

    Who Should Attend? New archives professionals and graduate students in archival programs who have little or no experience in the arrangement and description of archival records;

    What Should You Know? Participants are expected to have basic archival training and education.

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