EAD Editor
Tutorials Introduction
On this page we are building up a series of audio file tutorials on creating content for the Archives Hub.
At present, these are simple audio files. The idea is for you to work along with the tutorial to create a description for the Hub using the EAD Editor.
How you use these audio files will depend upon your computer set up. If you just click on a link below, this should download the file and open it in your default browser audio player. You can then use this to listen to the tutorial whilst using the EAD Editor.
Alternatively, right-clicking on the file will normally allow you to download and save the file to a specific place on your machine.
Unit 1: Creating a collection-level description using the EAD Editor
Unit 1 Section 1 -Getting started: accessing the EAD Editor
Contents: browser requirements, EAD Editor homepage (3:33)
Unit 1 Section 2: Saving and deleting descriptions, cutting & pasting text(1:59)
Unit 1 Section 3: creating a basic collection-level description using mandatory fields. (18:04)
Includes:
- Introduction: create file; sample description; ISAD(G)
- Mandatory fields (2:48)
- Reference (3:14)
- Title (5:29)
- Dates (6:53)
- Level (8:37)
- Extent (9:24)
- Repository (10:40)
- Creator (11:32)
- Scope and Content (12:32) - includes adding paragraphs (13:08); adding lists (14:27); and viewing your description (15:29)
- Access Conditions (16:09)
- Language (16:57)
Unit 1 Section 4: Creating a more detailed description using non-mandatory fields (14:09)
Includes:
- Introduction
- Loading your basic description (0:53)
- Sponsor (2:20)
- Administrative and Biographical History (3:43)
- Archival History (5:14)
- Immediate source of Acquisition (6:13)
- Appraisal (7:00)
- Accruals (7:28)
- System of Arrangement (8:10)
- Conditions Governing Reproduction (9:28)
- Physical Characteristics (10:13)
- Existence or Location of Originals/Copies (10:40)
- Related Units of Description (11:20)
- Publication Note (12:14)
- Note (13:06)
- Archivists' Note (13:26)
Unit 1 Section5: Formatting Descriptions (10:13)
Includes:
- Paragraphs (0:24)
- Linking: Archival Links (2:32); Web Links (5:00); Email Links (6:08)
- Titles (7:17)
- Lists (8:07)
- Comments (9:40)
Unit 2: Creating a component-level description using the EAD Editor
Unit 2 Section 1: adding lower-level information to a collection-level description (6:54)
Includes
- Adding a component (1:17)
- Editing screen for components (1:51)
- Reference codes (2:07)
- Mandatory fields (2:33)
- Navigation tree (3:00)
- Adding another first-level component (4:37)
- Adding a second-level component (5:23)
Unit 2 Section 2: tips for creating lower-level descriptions (4:23)
Includes:
- Fields (0:13)
- Repetition of information (0:23)
- Component structure (1:38)
- Deleting components (2:44)
