[SOA] OhioLINK EAD FACTORy Receives SOA Merit Award

[Janet Carleton]

OhioLINK EAD FACTORy Receives State-level Award

The OhioLINK EAD FACTORy (Finding Aid Creation Tool and Online 
Repository) was the recipient of a Society of Ohio Archivists Merit 
Award. According to the SOA Web site, http://www.ohioarchivists.org/, 
"This award [is] given to individuals or organizations that have by 
excellence in deeds, actions, or initiatives improved the state of 
archives in Ohio over the past year." The OhioLINK EAD FACTORy is a 
joint project of the EAD Task Force and the Kent State University Libraries.

The award was presented to the Task Force at the Society of Ohio 
Archivists annual conference on May 22, 2009. Members of the 2008-2009 
Task Force and development team are Janet Carleton, Ohio University; 
David Gaj, Kent State University; Cara Gilgenbach, chair, Kent State 
University; Beth Kattelman, The Ohio State University; Amy McCrory, The 
Ohio State University; Rhonda Rinehart, The University of Akron; Meg 
Spernoga, OhioLINK; Toni Vanden Bos, Wright State University; and Sheila 
Yeh, OhioLINK.

More information on the project can be found at http://ead.ohiolink.edu.
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Janet M. Carleton - carleton at ohio.edu - 740.597.2527
Digital Initiatives Coordinator / Women's & Gender Studies Librarian
Alden 237, Ohio University Libraries, Athens, Ohio
Digital Initiatives - http://media.library.ohiou.edu/
Library - http://www.library.ohiou.edu/