Posted on behalf of Rosie Logiudice:
Dear All,
The National Register of Archives www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/
is seeking to develop and expand on established links between the NRA and
collection level descriptions on repositories own catalogues. This is in
addition to existing links to networks including Access to Archives, Archives
Hub and AIM25. There are now links from over one third of NRA sub-records to a
collection level description page in an online catalogue, many of which can be
browsed through to series and item level descriptions. The project has been
successful to date, with links having been made to archival software, including
CALM and ADLIB catalogues, such as Surrey History Centre, National Maritime
Museum, Dundee University, Nottingham University and Senate House Library.
In order to link to a repository’s online catalogue we would
need to receive a list of all the ISAD(G) reference codes for the collections
held. If this were not possible then details of all collection reference
numbers would also be fine. We are flexible about the file format we can
receive these in (xml, csv, Excel, Access or HTML). We would also need to have
an example of a persistent URL from the repository’s catalogue, which
generates a collection level description page.
For examples of these links please click on the hyperlink below,
an entry on the NRA for the Royden family of Frankby, which includes links to
both The Women’s Library and Cheshire and Chester Archives online
catalogues:
http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=F7613
If the NRA already links to your online catalogue, we would
be keen to receive regular information about additions to it and also ask to be
informed of changes to the structure of persistent URLs, to ensure we can
maintain the links.
If you are interested in taking part or updating existing links
please contact Rosie Logiudice, Resource Discovery Officer, [log in to unmask]
Archives Sector Development, The National Archives, Kew, Richmond, Surrey, TW9
4DU.
Rosie Logiudice
Resource
Discovery Officer
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