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Pre-Conference Events: Jul 22 - Aug 4
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6B - A Treasure Map or a Hedge Maze?: An Honest Discussion of the Traditional Finding Aid

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Finding aids are the lifeblood of archives, and their creation represents intellectual, physical, and emotional labor. Most of us present this labor in a format that has been in use for decades: a single, static document that follows a standard linear presentation. New tools and technologies, such as linked data, OAI-ORE, and renewed attempts to understand the communities that access our materials all present us with opportunities to rethink this core document.

Luftschein: Leveraging New Technologies to Enhance Archival Description
Huggard: Translating legacy, linear, paper-based finding aids to discrete data points in ArchivesSpace and other collections management systems
Rizzo: The effects of standardization and collection management systems on the presentation of finding aids, and how those standards/systems impact description and usability especially for marginalized users and how they might be improved
Sirotkin: N/A
Tang: Functional but usable? Finding aids and assistive technology

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Susan Luftschein

Head, Special Collections, USC

Sue Luftschein is the Head of Special Collections in the USC Libraries, where she oversees a department that houses rare books, manuscripts, and archives. Since joining the USC Libraries in 2009, she has played a leading role in helping to improve the care of and public access to... Read More →

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