1st Edition

Encoded Archival Description on the Internet

By Wendy Duff, Daniel V Pitti Copyright 2002
241 Pages
by CRC Press

241 Pages
by CRC Press

241 Pages
by CRC Press

Archivists and librarians: here is the perfect introduction to archival description and its latest technological applications! Encoded Archival Description on the Internet introduces a variety of perspectives that will assist you in deciding whether EAD is an appropriate tool in a given context and, if it is, provides the knowledge you need to begin planning, organizing, and implementing... Read more
Contents
  • Introduction
  • Archival Description: Content and Context in Search of Structure
  • The Development and Structure of the Encoded Archival Description (EAD) Document Type Definition
  • Stargazing: Locating EAD in the Descriptive Firmament
  • Archival Cataloging and the Internet: The Implications and Impact of EAD
  • The Online Archive of California: A Consortial Approach to Encoded Archival Description
  • Consortial Approaches to the Implementations of Encoded Archival Description (EAD): The American Heritage Virtual Archive Project and the Online Archive of California (OAC)
  • Providing Unified Access to International Primary Research Resources in the Humanities: The Research Libraries Group
  • EAD and Government Archives
  • Cross-Community Applications: The EAD in Museums
  • Encoded Finding Aids as a Transforming Technology in Archival Reference Service
  • Popularizing the Finding Aid: Exploiting EAD to Enhance Online Discovery and Retrieval in Archival Information Systems by Diverse User Groups
  • Index
  • Reference Notes Included

Biography

Wendy Duff, Daniel V Pitti