Case Studies

RLIN, AMC, and Retrospective Conversion

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Abstract

For one year, beginning in October 1984, the Northwestern University Archives was involved with eleven other large research libraries in an archives and manuscripts retrospective conversion project sponsored by the Research Libraries Group (RLG) and funded in part by a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH). This article is based on the experiences of one institution involved in the project, and considers some of the specific steps that RLG has taken to implement the new Archival and Manuscripts Control (AMC) format, assesses the ways in which the new format fits into the Research Libraries Information Network (RLIN) national bibliographic database, and recounts the experience of creating records in RLIN.

How to Cite:

Cloud, P., (1986) “RLIN, AMC, and Retrospective Conversion”, Archival Issues 11(2), 125–126. doi: https://doi.org//archivalissues.10529