Encoded Archival Description - EAD
Are you bamboozled by EAD?
Do you find it difficult to get really objective advice and information
on this new way of coding archive descriptions?
Are you worried you may be missing out on a great opportunity? Or
making a big mistake?
Want to hear the world's experts on the subject, right here in Scotland?
Then sign up for the conference at Heriot Watt in September, organised
by the Scottish Archive Network.
( Daniel Pitti, USA,
( Kent Haworth, Canada,
( Chris Seifried, Canada
( Peter Horsman, Netherlands,
( Gavan McCarthy, Australia,
( Göran Kristiansson, Sweden
( Dick Sargent, UK
head the list of speakers on the theme:
Is EAD the way forward for the archive profession?
This conference will help us to take important decisions about the way
we list archives. If you want to be part of these decisions, you need
to attend the conference.
The full programme is below, together with a booking form.
Places are limited, so register now.
Programme
Friday 24 September
9.30 - 10.00
Coffee and registration
10.00 - 10.15
Welcome and introduction
Ishbel Barnes,
Managing Director, Scottish Archive Network Ltd
10.15 - 11.15
EAD the Way Forward 1
Daniel Pitti
Project Director Institute for Advanced Technology in the Humanities,
University of Virginia
11.30 - 12.30
EAD the Way Forward 2
Peter Horsman
Chair, ICA Committee on Information Technology
12.30 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 15.00
EAD and Descriptive Standards
Kent Haworth ICA Committee on Descriptive Standards
15.15 - 16.15
EAD, ISAAR and ISAD
Dick Sargent Director, National Register of Archives, HMC
16.15 - 16.45
Tea
16.45 - 17.45
Discussion and first day summary
Chair: George MacKenzie European Union Archive Network
Saturday 25 September
9.00 - 9.45
What's happening in Canada
Chris Seifried, National Archives of Canada
10.00 - 11.00
What's happening in Australia
Gavan McCarthy, Director, Australian Science Archives Project
11.30 - 12.30
What's happening in Sweden
Göran Kristiansson, National Archives of Sweden
12.30 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 15.00
Demonstrations
15.00 - 16.00
Discussion and summing up of conference
Chair: Alan Borthwick, Scottish Archive Network
REGISTRATION FORM
Encoded Archival Description (EAD) - the Way Forward for Archives?
Heriot Watt University Campus, Riccarton, Edinburgh 23-24 September 1999
Day Registration:
One Day £95
Two days £140
Scottish Archive Network Participant Archives
One Day £65
Two Days £95
Residential accommodation is also available (including dinner, bed and
breakfast)
at £50 per night
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