Following
the training session, a survey of the archival holdings was conducted.
It was decided that the records would be subdivided
among the team. Once records have been automated they will be posted
to the Internet.
AUTOMATION
AT THE ARCHIVES
The Department gradually introduced computer systems
and literacy using whatever facilities it could afford with limited
resources. Initially in the 1980s this was through training with
library oriented programmes run by the Library Association of Barbados
or Public Service training programmes as well as with the Barbados
Community College and Erdiston Teachers College.
In
1998 the Department of Archives began its venture of automating
its holdings. Mr. Nicholas Maftei, a consultant from Eloquent
Systems in British Columbia, Canada visited the Department
and trained some members of the team who would implement the
programme using the GENCAT Archives System. This programme,
which was purchased by the Department in 1996, is fully implemented
with the multi-level requirement of the General International
Standard Archival Description (ISAD (G)) and represent a practical
implementation of the Rules for Archival Description (RAD)
model. It also fully supports the MARC Integration Format.
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Department of Archives, P.O. Box SS-6341, Nassau,
N.P., Bahamas. TEL: (242) 393-2175/393-2855. FAX: (242) 393-2855
Email: archives@batelnet.bs/webmaster@bahamasnationalarchives.bs.
Website: www.bahamasnationalarchives.bs.
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