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A Microsoft Office Alternative to Archivists’ Toolkit
Matt StraussHeinz History Center
Began in 1879
Western Pa. history
Processing has not always kept pace
with collecting
Basic Processing Grant awarded in
2011.
Introduced MPLP processing to
backlog.
Provided additional staff
over collections processed
amounting to linear feet
reducing the backlog by
in just
600
2,130
75%
2 years
Project Goals
Descriptive and administrative information
MS Word finding aids, catalog records, EAD Files
An important part of the planned project…
…but there were concerns from
the IT Dept.
Benefits of building a Microsoft alternative
Already installed
Tons of online help
Quickly and easily built
No coding necessary
Applications play nice with one another
Even More Benefits:
Table view
55 Fields
Form view
Different tabs
Finding aid MARC EAD
Mail Merge
Pre-Merge
EAD MS Word template
Post-merge
Copied into XML editor
Some clean-up is required
Does not support container lists
Built for collection-level description
Helped to keep project on track
