5 Things Thursday: Metadata, Finding Aids, Archives, Digitization

Here are five super things to peruse:

1. How will the Vatican digitize millions of documents? Start with 50 experts, five scanners and a lot of time…
2. Take part in the Librarian Design Challenge over on theanalogdivide.
3. Metadata is a GAAS – granularity, automation, authority, and structure are all key players in creation.
4. Great article on adding finding aids to the library catalog. MARC, EAD and crosswalks…
5. How do archives make history? For one thing, don’t underestimate the powerful message behind the organization of the archive itself.

 

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