17  Implementing Encoded Archival Description. This course will provide a practical introduction to the application of Encoded Archival Description (EAD) to the encoding of archive and manuscript library finding aids. 

The course is aimed primarily at archivists who process and describe collections in finding aids, though it will also be useful to repository administrators contemplating the implementation of EAD Version 1.0, and to technologists working in repositories. The course will cover the following areas: the history of EAD and its theoretical and technological foundations; an introduction to Standard Generalized Markup Language (SGML) and Extensible Markup Language (XML) including discussions of authoring and network publishing tools; a detailed exploration of the structure of EAD; use of software tools to create and publish finding aids; discussion of conversion techniques and methodologies, and templates for creation of new finding aids; and finally, the integration and management of EAD in an archive or library.