#findingaids — Public Fediverse posts

Family Tree Magazine: Newspaper Finder: A New Tool for Searching Old Newspapers (Review and Tutorial). “Newspaper Finder doesn’t host any newspapers itself. Rather, it serves as a convenient, easy-to-use, place-based index to newspapers held by other databases. These include some of the largest and most-useful for genealogists. As of this writing, Newspaper Finder crawls the collections of […]

Family Tree Magazine: Newspaper Finder: A New Tool for Searching Old Newspapers (Review and Tutorial). “Newspaper Finder doesn’t host any newspapers itself. Rather, it serves as a convenient, easy-to-use, place-based index to newspapers held by other databases. These include some of the largest and most-useful for genealogists. As of this writing, Newspaper Finder crawls the collections of […]

Family Tree Magazine: Newspaper Finder: A New Tool for Searching Old Newspapers (Review and Tutorial). “Newspaper Finder doesn’t host any newspapers itself. Rather, it serves as a convenient, easy-to-use, place-based index to newspapers held by other databases. These include some of the largest and most-useful for genealogists. As of this writing, Newspaper Finder crawls the collections of […]

Family Tree Magazine: Newspaper Finder: A New Tool for Searching Old Newspapers (Review and Tutorial). “Newspaper Finder doesn’t host any newspapers itself. Rather, it serves as a convenient, easy-to-use, place-based index to newspapers held by other databases. These include some of the largest and most-useful for genealogists. As of this writing, Newspaper Finder crawls the collections of […]

Family Tree Magazine: Newspaper Finder: A New Tool for Searching Old Newspapers (Review and Tutorial). “Newspaper Finder doesn’t host any newspapers itself. Rather, it serves as a convenient, easy-to-use, place-based index to newspapers held by other databases. These include some of the largest and most-useful for genealogists. As of this writing, Newspaper Finder crawls the collections of […]

happy happy. I got to do happy low-stress techy stuff all day. I made up a stylesheet for our xml/EAD finding aids, made a printer-friendly version, and set up the web server to automagically add the stylesheet to all the .xml files in a specific directory whenever a browser asks for them. This allows me to not edit the files themselves but still have them look cute. #archives #findingaids #systemslibrarian #xml #eads #geekingout

Texas State Library and Archives Commission: State Archives Announces Collections Newly Accessible Online. “The Texas State Library and Archives Commission (TSLAC) has announced new and revised finding aids recently made available online, along with fresh uploads to the Texas Digital Archive, its repository of electronic items.” Way too much for me to summarize.

https://rbfirehose.com/2025/02/25/texas-state-library-and-archives-commission-state-archives-announces-collections-newly-accessible-online/

Final Report Now Available: Building a National Finding Aid Network (#NAFAN) https://www.infodocket.com/2024/08/13/final-report-now-available-building-a-national-finding-aid-network-nafan/ #libraries #findingaids

Uncovering hidden #narratives in Georgia Tech's #history

“Inclusive #description can be defined as ‘description which recognizes that no #archival function is neutral, including description, but that actions can be taken to remediate and avoid bias and harmful language in finding aids, catalog records, and other description.’ “

#archives #findingAids #archivists

https://apps.library.gatech.edu/courses/hidden-narratives

@OCLC releases its report on Building a National Finding Aid Network Project. To review, go to https://loom.ly/Lg9YuG8 #NAFAN #FindingAids #EAD