Multi-repository archives online

EAD ; METS (for digital objects) ; MARC21 ; Collection guides and digital objects are assigned persistent identifiers according to a naming scheme called the Archival Resource Key (ARK).

Information for contributors; EADs or PDFs (for legacy finding aids! attached to the EAD with an extref tag) are submitted with voroEAd publishing system ; Contributing tutorial ; The submission of METS requires contacting California Digital Library (CDL) and submiting a sample batch, then publish the digital objects online and send URL to CDL ; MARC records are submited through voroEAD.

There is a repository level page with repository information, number of physical collections, number of collections with digital objects, geolocation (google maps) and list of collections to browse (e.g.); Link to the repository website from item and collection level (e.g.).

The collection level allows the navigation through the series and subseries, with option to check the digital objects whenever they are present (e.g). However, the item level page with the digital object only keeps from the archival context the collection title and the repository (e.g.).

Simple and advance search ; Browsing by institutions, collections and geolocation (google maps).

Some mention to the importance of finding aids and archival context on the "About OAC" link.

Random digital images on home page with link to the collection.

Best practices for EAD ; Guidelines for Digital Objects ; Digital file format recommendations.

CDL hosted Archives Space ; voroEAD as publishing management system and validation tool.

EAD.

Finding aid indicates that there is a digital object on the item level (e.g.), and the link will redirect to the repository website where the digital object is located, therefore archival context depends on origin repository ; in this example, the item level with the digital object only keeps the repository from the archival context ; there is no option of browsing or searching by digital object.

Simple and advance search ; browse by category, material type, repository, collection title, recently added resources and recently updated.

EAD

RMOA allows participating institutions to create new finding aids utilizing a web-based input form, but no documentation available.

Browsing by repository just links to the list of collections held but no further information on the repository (e.g.) ; Contact information for the repository on the collection level page (e.g.) ; links to the repositories website on participating institutions on the "contact" section

No item level navigation found ; They recommend the use of DAO tag on their best practices, but haven't found digital object embedded ; Some of the collections have an image associated without any metadata (e.g.) ; Seems like the digital collections belonging to the repositories are published on a diferent portal, Heritage West (simultaneously search digital collections from Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, Utah, and Wyoming).

Simple and advance search ; browse by institutions, subject, genre or places.

Brief explanation of what a finding aid is on home page.

It doesn't seem that they higlight any specific collection.

Best practices for EAD ; Use of EAD Linking Elements in RMOA.

"Tools for contributors" leads to a login document management system ; "Western Archival Network information", updated on 2012, presentation with information about the project and the shared technical infraestructure (some information about the membership model).

Use of FTP software with the Arizona University account.

The repository level page allows browsing by subject, date or collection, but no further information about the repository (e.g.) ; the collection level page includes repository logo, with link to the repository website (e.g.).

No item level navigation found. No possibility of browsing by digital objects and no digital objects found. However, on their best practices they recomend the use of DAO tag.

Simple and advance search ; browse by repository, subject, date, author and title ; includes search tips.

Common European profiles of EAD, EAC-CPF, EAG (Encoded Archival Guide) and METS (additionally enabling the Archives Portal Europe to deliver standardised data to Europeana. EAG is a metadata shcema to encode the holdings guide of a specific repository.

Each partner is expected to convert his/her data into the common format before integrating them in the portal, using the specific tools downloadable on the site or the online tool available in the portal's backend.

The directory search leads to the repository level page ; Great amount of information for each repository and link to the existing finding aids within ;  The collection and item level include name of repository.

Thumbnail of digital object embedded on Finding Aid (e.g.) ; Thumbnail links to the the actual repository website where the digital object is located.

Single and advanced search by collection, names or institutions ; directory of countries and geolocation (with google maps).

Haven't found.

Slide show on the home page with images linking to the "featured documents" section. In this section they showcase favorite items but within their historical context and not the archival one.

The Archives Portal Europe network eXcellence is the project technical documentation web page and has all the best practices, tools and specifications for the standarization and ingest to the Portal.

Local data preparation tools.

Shares finding aids on Europeana.