I found a short blog post wherein someone expresses the same level of excitement about the semi-new archival standard for encoding authorities, EAC-CPF, that I have been buzzing with of late. (Be sure to check out the project links, so you can get as excited as I am!)
I have just started playing with EAC-CPF, and doubt I don’t know enough to “teach” it, but I’m happy to lead a discussion on the topic. In particular, I am interested in finding out how aware the DH community is of EAC-CPF, and whether anyone else (DH, archivist, or otherwise) has been exploring or using it.
About Jennifer Hecker
I am the director of the (THATCamp-inspired!) Austin Fanzine Project, founder of the Austin Archives Bazaar, and an enthusiastic supporter of proactive documentation of social and artistic communities. I also advocate every chance I get for archives and libraries, as they are respectively the foundations and the engines of our civilization.
For a decade, I was a manuscript archivist specializing in processing large literary collections. Major projects include the Norman Mailer Papers, the David Mamet Papers and the Morris L. Ernst Papers, all at the Harry Ransom Center, and the Richard W. Pound Olympic Collection at the University of Texas Libraries. I am currently working with the UT Libraries to improve access to archival materials for both the public ("users") and the archivists themselves.
